Hi Aaron, I  had friends ride it last fall and the trail crew told them it was open to biles as far as they knew. I heard it was an awesome ride and seems like it would link up to the section from tincup to the Alpine tunnel quite well.  Which I believe is open to bikes.  This would make for an epic canyon creek ride.  Btw good riding with you on the ctr last year it was nice we had such a big posse on that hot as hell day in cochetopa hills.-  Nate from gunny.

So, I sadly had to scratch from my TDR attempt due to some funky work circumstances. I'm now sussing out if I can make it the CTR instead. I have a few questions to get started.

1. It sounds like it's 60 miles from the airport to the trailhead. Is there any way to get a free ride out there? Tough when I am coming in from out of town and can only arrive the day before the departure. I doubt I can afford the riding time to get from Denver to the start. How are others getting this figured?

2. Aiming for a 6 (mandatory day finish. Will there be lots of people headed back to Denver? Yup, this is another "can I cross my fingers and find a drive" question.

3. What is the average rider riding? Am I gonna survive riding a fully rigid Surly Krampus or are most people favoring FS on this singletrack heavy route?

I rode fully rigid last year with a krampus up front and a 2.2 on the rear.  How well do you flow on techy trails?  Do you want to still enjoy riding rigid post CTR?  I finished and felt good about my race but it sucked the fun out of riding rigid.  I plan to race this year and shave hopefully a day off my time.  I have a front shock now and may choose gears this time around.  Another point, I rode with no camelbak, just bike bags and on a rigid I would advise you to do the same.  Hello to Brady, Pete and Todd I had a great time with all of you last year.