12:00 PM FUN PLUS-H3-24-NW Meet Merri Bruntz (303-517-9781) at Anderson Park (44th & Field) for a loop ride to Golden, through Arvada and back to the park. We will ride the Clear Creek Trail, Tucker Gulch, Mesa St Trail, Van Bibber Trail and the Blunn Trail before taking 52nd Ave through western Arvada to return to the park. Note: We will spend approximately one mile on a wide shoulder on Hwy 93 during this ride.

Wednesday Dec 17, 2025

11:00 AM INT H2-35 (1116 ft elevation) SE Cherry Creek Trail/Reservoir and Colorado Front Range Trail Extravaganza. Meet Peter Rudy (303-406-3709) for his second ride as a leader! This ride is geared at longer distance, maintaining a consistent (not blistering) pace (15+-). Yes, it will still be a very fun and scenic ride but focused on improving your endurance for longer rides, such as for bike tours. It's not a race. The ride is limited to 12 people - you will need to sign up and RSVP on Meet-up. Text with questions.

We will meet at the little known, Cook Park Recreation Center, 7100 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver. It borders Monaco. Park in the northwest Corner of the lot. The lower part of Cherry Creek Trail is far less crowded with walkers and mostly competent, faster road cyclists.

From Cook Rec Center, we go south on the Cherry Creek Trail (CCT) to Kennedy Park, under C270 to Cherry Crk Res, then around the east side of the Res into the State Park. We will take the little known EAST SIDE Cherry Creek State Park trail. We will continue south to C470 trail, then we bike west a bit to Happy Canyon Trail, then north to CCT, and back to where the CCT enters CC State Park. But we now will be going around the Res on the west side. We will then take the CCT back to Kennedy Park, and to our point of beginning.

We will have a stopping point about halfway. I suggest bringing something to nibble. As many of you know, the entire second half is a slight (but lovely) downhill!

Here is my attempt at mapping on Ride with GPS.

> https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53485134

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