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The Steamboat Scream |
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State:
Colorado
Submitted
By: Bill Belei
Date Submitted: Nov 99
Motorcycle Type: 93 Ninja 600
Motorcycle Road Length: 81 Miles
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Road Scenery: 
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This
route takes you from one of Colorado's largest and most
beautiful mountain lakes to town of Steamboat Springs Colorado.
You will start out at the South end of Lake Granby. From
there you can see the mountains of America's most beautiful
national park - Rocky Mountain National Park. Start out
in Grandby Colorado on 40 heading West. Along this part
of the route you will see some of Colorado's old railways
and initially pass through some relatively dry terrain.
You will pass through some very small towns of Hot Sulpher
Springs and Parshall and then to on to Kremmling. From there
the route turns North (still on 40) and the scenery begins
to open up with large valleys and awesome looking isolated
mountain peaks. As you get closer to Steamboat you will
begin ascending into the mountains and the Arapaho Nat'l
forest. The scenery really "greens up" with lush forest
and some lookout points that you need to pull over and checkout.
You'll then crest at Rabbit Ears Pass (see if you can find
why it got that name) and begin a slow descent down toward
Steamboat springs. Shortly before you exit the mountains
you'll see one of the nicer valley views off to the West.
The route ends when you pull into Steamboat and can take
advantage of a world class ski town's off season activities
and attractions. This route has a great variety of different
terrain to see. Lakes, dry mesas and mountain peaks, to
lush forest and awesome valleys.
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Motorcycle
Road Quality:
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Overall
the road quality is good in terms of black top conditions.
It doesn't have a whole lot of twists and turns to peg your
fun meter but it does have some nice rolling inclines and
turns that you can twist the throttle on if you so desire.
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Roadside Amenities: 
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Not
much to do "off the road" until you finally arrive at Steamboat.
Once there however, you will find a robust ski-village full
of restaurants, shops, and recreational activities. You
can save a lot of $$$ by buying ski garb in the off season
from the many ski-shops. Also you will be able to take
advantage of summer ski area attractions such as renting
a mountain bike then jumping on a ski-lift to the top of
a mountain and having a blast coming down - all with minimal
pedaling. Lastly, what may be the greatest perk is the
money you'll save by staying at the multitude of hotels,
motels, or condos that are renting rooms at bargain off-season
prices.
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Directions
through this route are pretty straight forward as you start
in Granby
CO, and head west on Rte. 40 towards Kremmling and continue
on 40 straight into Steamboat Springs.
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