San Juan hut trip/ first time

[Britt]

Hello, I am new to this site and bike packing. My wife and I are planning a Telluride to Moab trip next summer. I have a lot of questions. Can anyone share their experience with use about this hut too hut ride? Equipment? Bike bags? Clothing? Best time of the yr. for trip? Gear? And how to do a shuttle? We live in Greeley,CO. We are thinking about driving to Moab, then renting a small truck/van and driving to Telluride. All feedback and experience would be great. Thank you.

[JRA]

I've never done that route.  But I have been to both the start and finish areas several times each.  Weather would be the question for me.  The Moab area can be VERY HOT in the summer months.  Triple digit daytime highs are common.  Obviously on the other end, in "To-Hell-You-Ride", you can always have a very late spring or a very early fall and it could be quite cold.  If I were going I think I would look at late summer/early fall.  Before the snows in CO, but after the worst of the heat in UT.

Have fun and good luck.