July 2025 DBTC Ride Schedule
Tuesday, July 1st:
7:15 AM. INT-H4-32-SW-1930' elev gain. "GREEN GABLES SW LOOP TO MAGILL'S ICE CREAM" REGISTER BY TEXT (303-905-8510) to leader by June 30, 5:00PM. MEET 7:15. Join Marilyn Choske at Green Gables Park; enter from east side of Garrison, located between Wisconsin & Florida, for this ambitious leg-burner, heart-pumping LOOP ride. Pedal south and west thru Bear Creek Park & Mt. Carbon to C470 south. Ride onto Ken Caryl to South Valley Road and on to Deer Creek Canyon Road for a short way. Exit at Ute and access northbound Kipling Parkway bike path all the way to Girton (near US285). Continue north & east to Magill's on Jewell. Bring $ and enjoy your ice cream. Finish the ride NW to Garrison & Florida and our awaiting cars. Here's your RWGPS link of the route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43427152
8:00 AM Leisure H2-20-SW Englewood/Littleton Taco Tuesday Ride SW Loop Meet Lin Hark (303-507-3502) at River Run Park (2101 W Oxford Ave, Access from Englewood’s Broken Tee Golf Course). We will ride a loop through Englewood, Littleton, Cherry Hills Village, and the Highline Canal. Part of the ride will be on the gravel trail along the Highline Canal. We will stop at a couple of parks. Bring a snack, a lock and money for an optional Taco Tuesday Lunch at Monaghan’s - oldest bar in Sheridan!
Wednesday, July 2rd:
9:00 AM FUN-H2-20 SW Twin Tunnel Route Meet Patty Gaspar (303-618-5069) at Broken Tee Golf Course (2101 W. Oxford, Englewood 80110) for a ride up Big Dry Creek to the Highline Canal. The canal is hard packed along this beautiful section of the trail that will have you humming Country Roads. I will be on my road bike, but a hybrid works. After a snack along the trail, we will go UNDER Hampden and Colorado Blvd. using the two new tunnels then 4 miles of downhill on Dartmouth and back. Picnic lunch after.
Thursday, July 3rd:
9:00 AM FUN-H2-23-NW – BACKWARDS LIMERICK RIDE. Meet Jeff Krinsky at the parking lot down by Clear Creek Trail and the picnic shelter at Prospect Park (44th & Robb St) in Wheat Ridge for this backwards ride twist. We will ride the Clear Creek, Ralston Creek, Blunn Trail Ride counter clockwise to change things up. In addition, back by popular demand, this ride marks the 4th return of the great LIMERICK Ride. So have your favorite rhyme ready or just listen to those of others during the GREAT LIMERICK breaks that are strategically located on the loop!!!
Sunday, July 6th:
7:30 AM. FUN-H2-21-W-1034’ elev. gain. "2025 Almost(July 7)- BIRTHDAY-GIRL RIDE!" REGISTER BY TEXT (970-903-8409) to leader by July 5, 5:00PM. MEET 07:30. Join Lauren Delle as she has offered to lead almost-birthday-girl, Marilyn Choske's annual ride, at Anderson Park, 44th & Field St, Wheat Ridge--back parking lot near big pavilion. Nice, no-rush, casual pace for this westbound loop to Golden and the Peaks-to-Plains trail & return. Some hills up, some down! The group will stop for birthday cake & iced tea at Marilyn's place upon returning to start. Limit 10 riders, including leader. Ride will not go if rainy or forecast is for morning rain. Call the leader if in doubt.
Monday, July 7th:
8:00 AM FUN PLUS-H3-27-NW Meet Merri Bruntz (303-517-9781) at Anderson Park (44th & Field) for a ride west along the Clear Creek Trail to Easley Rd to the Arvada Reservoir. We will ride a loop over the reservoir and then after a break, we will return through Arvada neighborhoods on 50th and 52nd Avenues and through Wheat Ridge neighborhoods to the start. Bring a sack lunch for an early lunch afterward.
Wednesday, July 9th:
9:00 AM FUN PLUS H-2-19 SW Meet Peter Woulfe (540-219-6674) at Clement Park. Meet behind the library near the skateboard park. We will ride some quiet streets in the Columbine neighborhood to South Platte Canyon Rd., to Chatfield State Park, up the dam, ride the paved portion then to the C-470 trail, to Garrison St., onto a few quiet, winding streets, to the Dutch Creek Trail, and return to Clement Park. Bring your lunch to socialize after the ride.
9:00 AM FUN PLUS H-3.5 - 34 miles, 2200 feet of gain. Meet Diane Short at 9:00 at the ski rental shop just east of the gas station in Downieville - exit 234 off of I-70. Bike through Empire to the top of Berthoud Pass and back. Four riders to RSVP* in order for the ride to go. *303-271-9642 (land line). Not on Meet Up. If the weather is not safe, I will move to Tuesday or Thursday.
Friday, July 11th;
9:00 AM FUN-H2/3-24-1800' elev. gain. "Georgetown Ice Cream Ride" –
Meet Patty Gaspar (303-618-5069) for this Idaho Springs-to-Georgetown ride. We will ride through Idaho Springs and follow the service road up to Georgetown. Bring $ to purchase and enjoy your ice cream treat. Return the same route. CASUAL pace to and ZIPPITY-DO-DAH from Georgetown (mostly downhill). DIRECTIONS: I-70 Exit 241. Take first RIGHT at the exit roundabout and follow the road up & over I-70. Just past the green sign, turn RIGHT towards County Road 314 (if you miss this turn, you're back on eastbound I-70!). Turn RIGHT at the stop sign & continue to the ballpark ahead and park on the north side of the park.
Sunday, July 13th:
9:00 AM FUN-H2-21-NW Meet Jeff Krinsky (720-373-9107) for THE TRIPLE LOOP HIDDEN ARVADA GEMS 2.0. Experience this brand spanking new exciting ride that takes us from a central point out to three separate loops that are about 7 miles each. You can do one, two, or all three of these fabulous loops. Loop 1 goes west by Rose Roots Community Garden to the Village of Five Parks. Loop 2 goes north by Oakhurst Parks 1 and 2 to Standley Lake. Loop 3 goes south by the Lakecrest Cluster and Clubcrest Parks to beautiful Majestic View Park. Meet at the center of the three loops at the Standley Lake Library parking lot at 8485 Kipling Street in Arvada where the action begins!
Monday, July 14th:
8:00 AM FUN PLUS-H2-27-NW Meet Merri Bruntz (303-517-9781) at Crown Hill Park (26th & Garrison) for a ride south to the Stone House and then east along the Bear Creek Trail connecting to the South Platte Trail. We will then ride north to REI for a break. We will return via Highlands and Wheat Ridge neighborhoods. Bring a sack lunch for an early lunch afterward.
Tuesday, July 15th:
8:30 am LEISURE H-2 -20-S Meet Karen Kelley (303-260-9029) at Littleton YMCA 11 W Dry Creek Ct ( Broadway & Dry Creek area). HIGHLINE CANAL- out and back to Highlands Ranch mile 21-11. The trail is all pea gravel. Bring a snack and money for lunch after.
Wednesday, July 16th:
9:00 AM FUN-H1-30 SW Bout Time! Meet Patty Gaspar (303-618-5069) at Bout Time! 3580 S Platte River Drive A in Sheridan for a ride on the Platte River Trail to the Cherry Creek Trail to the Highline Canal then DOWN Dartmouth. This is a very pretty, pleasant ride with a gradual upstream followed by a great downhill and lunch at Bout Time! (bring $). There are no bathrooms at the start, but there is a Starbucks when you turn off of Hampden into Riverpoint.
9:00 AM FUN PLUS-H2-25 miles-SW Meet Peter Woulfe (540-219-6674) at the Stone House (Estes & Yale along the Bear Creek Trail). We will ride east on the Bear Creek Trail to the South Platte, go up Dartmouth Ave. to Dahlia Street, Happy Canyon proceed to Quincy Ave. on to Clarkson to a trail behind Englewood High School some neighborhood streets and then return. Bring your lunch to socialize after the ride.
Thursday, July 17th:
9:00 AM FUN PLUS H-3 H4 40 miles, 2900 feet gain. Meet Diane Short at the closed Forest service station on the west side of Hiway 103 at the 240 exit off of I-70 at the west end of Idaho Springs. There are no restrooms or water, but parking and riding through ID Springs is congested, so this is safest option. Take bike paths and frontage roads to Bakerville. Rest stop in Georgetown on the way up. Option for 50 miles and about 3600 feet if continue to Loveland Valley. Not a planned part of the ride. Four riders to RSVP* in order for the ride to go * 303-271-9642 (land). Not on Meet Up. If weather is not safe, will move to Wednesday or Friday if possible.
See the July newsletter for all of the July rides here =>