The first epic road ride of the season had a good turnout yesterday. We started with ~12 riders, took a break in Lyons, and then attacked the South St. Vrain climb. The group kept a moderate pace up the climb, which seems to go on forever, and regrouped at the beautiful Raymond store. Most of the group turned back here, as warm weather in Lyons turned into windy and cold weather on Peak to Peak. It is still late winter on Peak to Peak highway, with snow drifts in the trees. Jay, George and I were running late, so pushed the pace a bit to Ward, where we stopped at the general store for a sufficient amount of time in the intermittent snowflakes to get completely chilled off before the long and cold descent down Left Hand Canyon, over Lee Hill Road, and back into sunny and warm Boulder.
One highlight was getting to see Sean Steeves, ex-Swift member, at the Ward general store, complaining vociferously about the climb to Ward.
