2009 Vapor Trail 125 - High Altitude Ultra-Marathon Mountain Bike Enduro - an ultra-endurance training ride through the highest of Colorado's High Country, tracing the steps of the miners and railroaders who settled Colorado nearly 150 years ago, see the history, smell the pines, watch that little drop of sweat on the end of your nose... this training ride is a BIG point-to-point mountain bike training ride, starting and ending in Historic Downtown Salida, Colorado. Stoke Your Fires

The 2009 Vapor Trail 125 - Great Day!

The 2009 Vapor Trail 125 was one of the great ones. Impacted by weather, we had to move the start back to the traditional midnight, and had to shorter the course to accomodate that. The course was 110 miles, and still had just over 18,000 ft of climbing.

See photos here on youtube.com, or download the higher resolution slide show from vt125.com (78 megabytes). (Right-click and choose Save As...)

Fun facts about the Vapor Trail 125:

10 PM Start!
125 miles, 20,000 feet of climbing (and descending). Pack an extra lung.
Aid stations manned by "absolutely fantastic" volunteers who'll make you feel like the superhero you are.
More 14er's than any other county in the lower 48--and we make you ride all over them!
Un-Arguably (over post ride brewskies) some of the best singletrack in Colorado.
Ghost towns, abandoned railroad depots, infamous mountain passes.

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