It was a late Saturday morning and my local friends were geared up for another mountain biking adventure. Today, we would begin our adventure the intersection Chaffee County Road 274 and Raspberry Gulch. As we traveled west (on Chaffee County Road 272) toward the mountains, I captured these two photos of Mt. Antero (top) and Mt. Princeton (bottom). Not too shabby!
	Special thanks to Stephen Naegele, who recently obtained a brand new mountain bike and allowed me to use his older one. It was definitely an upgrade from my mountain bike. (NOTE: See me riding the older bike with Dave in Telluride.) Stephen's bike was brand spankin' new ... look how clean and shiny it is! :)
	We traveled up Raspberry Gulch Road and I do want to emphasize the word "up." This is all uphill into the gulch.
	We reached the intersection of Raspberry Gulch Road and the Colorado Trail. My friends did a loop by taking the Colorado Trail north (toward Eddy Creek) and returning back on North Eddy Creek Road. Wanting to be different, I decided to continue up Raspberry Gulch Road until the road ended another mile farther.
	Raspberry Gulch Road ... Very pretty! :)
	It was nothing against my friends at all, but I probably needed to spend some time alone and psychologically, I wanted to reach the end of the road from an exploration standpoint. The road has some significant uphill grades and there were just a few people camping along the way. I stopped to rest along the very peaceful creek that ran along the road.
	I think I discovered a new area to visit during the fall foliage color season. :)
	The road becomes very rocky and bumpy near its end ...
	... And in fact, there is a large tree laying over the road.
	Me with the mountain bike. :)
	I made it ... to the end of Raspberry Gulch Road. A trail continues at this point but I do not know much about this path. Looking at my topographical map, this would look like a really neat place to climb up to Mt. Antero. I could imagine a really nice trail reaching Antero from here - unlike the ugly and narrow road on Antero's west side. Of course, I am not suggesting such an expedition to Antero unless you are a really experience mountaineer. Don't be stupid out there! :p)
	The ride back down Raspberry Gulch Road was fast and enjoyable. It was so nice to sit on my butt and let gravity do the work! I arrived back close to the time my friends finished their loop. Some of my other mountain bike and bicycling pages: Twin Lakes, CO Trout Creek Pass, Poncha Pass Cottonwood Pass, Independence Pass 126 Miles in West Texas