Colorado Backcountry Discovery Expedition

Duration: 5 nights and 6 full days Price: $4,195 Location: North America Difficulty:

Moderate

There is simply no place in North America or the world that offers such an amazing array of Adventure Riding opportunities as Colorado and because of this, RawHyde chose Park County, Colorado as the location of our new training and touring center last year.

Colorado has everything that any adventure rider could ever want. There are thousands of miles of unpaved roads and trails to explore. High mountain passes, massive aspen forests, historic mining towns and more.

We offer an array of things to do in Colorado for the Adventure Motorcyclist and we’re pleased to add the Colorado Back Country Discovery route to our repertoire of inspiring rides.

So welcome to RawHyde’s version of the COBDR. This is a 6 day ride that begins and ends at RawHyde’s new facility high in the Rocky Mountains and is truly one of the most adventurous and beautiful rides available in North America.

RawHyde's Colorado Backcountry Discovery Expedition Itinerary

Arrival Sunday

Hartsel, Colorado

Whether you’re flying to Colorado, or riding your own motorcycle we need to have you plan for an arrival in Hartsel, Colorado about 5 PM on the day before your trip commences.

Day 1 300 miles

RawHyde to Cortez, Colorado

Depending on the weather you’ll begin your day with a beautiful dirt ride from RawHyde to Salida, Colorado. A few shallow water crossings will provide some early morning excitement and then we’ll have a beautiful paved run from Salida to incredible Durango Colorado where we’ll spend our first night.

Day 2 124 miles

Cortez to Ouray, Colorado

You’ll leave Cortez early as today since its your first “off road day” and we need to get our group of riders “into the rhythm” of traveling as a group. The scenery is nothing short of amazing as you begin to climb high into the Rockies. You’ll pass through many old mining sites, and we’ll make a quick stop in Telluride for fuel and then we’ll ride over the incredible Ophir pass before hitting the “million dollar highway” to Ouray and our home for the night.

Day 3 186 miles

Ouray to RawHyde

Todays ride is nothing short of amazing. You’ll ride across at least 9 high altitude mountain passes. Five passes are above the 12,000 foot mark and two more top out at over 13,000. You’ll cross the Continental Divide at least twice as well as visit the historic mining towns of Pitkin and Tincup. Relics of Colorados colorful mining past abound, and todays ride will show you how incredibly diverse the state of Colorado is. You’ll cross the Continental Divide at Cottonwood pass and from there its pavement as we head to Buena Vista for fuel and we wrap up the day on high speed dirt roads bordered by aspen groves as we head in to RawHyde.

Day 4 180 miles

RawHyde to Gypsum

This is a spectacular Day, we’ll leave RawHyde early in order to have enough time for stops along the way to appreciate just how wonderful the scenery is. We’ll begin with a jump over beautiful Westin Pass and we’ll come down off of Westin into America’s highest incorporated city. Leadville Colorado has a significant mining past and there are relics from its mining heyday everywhere. The elevation at Leadville is 10,000 feet. We’ll fuel up in Leadville and head for Hagerman Pass on the Continental Divide. From Hagerman we have a long off road section before we hit the pavement for the run into Gypsum.

Day 5 173 miles

Gypsum to Steamboat Springs

Today we head toward Steamboat on the Continental Divide trail. We’ll run at lower elevations today and the highest elevation we’ll achieve is just over 9,000 feet. It’s a beautiful run with some deep water crossings, classic Colorado – Aspen forests, wide open vista’s and generally amazing scenery.

Day 6 190 miles

Steamboat Springs to RawHyde

We’ve taken a page from our Continental Divide tour to bring you back to RawHyde. You’ll leave Steamboat Springs and head for the top of Rabbit Ears Pass on the Continental Divide. At 12,000 feet at the top of Rabbit Ears pass you’ll turn south on the Continental Divide trail “in the dirt” until you reach the town of Kremmling. From Kremmling the trail continues due south to Breckenridge and over historic Boreas Pass. (on the Continental Divide again) and from there it’s only an hour to RawHyde.

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Reviews from our riders

Jeff Camacho

"I was lucky enough to work with this amazing team." It was a great event. So many talented riders from all over the US came to RawHyde Adventures fo...

Daniel Schneider

"I'll be back!" Thank you all for the awesome Intro Course last weekend. Great bunch of instructors and staff. I'll be back! I also want to thank you...

David Haydock | Cambria, CA

"BMW motorcycles and Rawhyde go hand in hand!" Anyone that asks about my bike or talks about getting an adventure bike, I say two things... Get a BMW...

Mats Ceder | Chicago, IL

"Show up Friday, put away my car keys and my wallet, and enjoy the weekend!" I have attended several training classes and events at RawHyde. It remin...

Bill Bergman

"Simply the best experience thus far on my bike." RawHyde Off Road... Simply the best experience thus far on my bike. Why? Here are a few reasons. ...

Kimiko Krekel | Austin, TX

"I truly enjoyed being off road and felt the confidence I had been missing. What an amazing experience!" I came into the Rawhyde training with a bi...

Tony Goble | Tracy, CA

"The time with Rawhyde exceeded our expectations! " Rawhyde is a wonderful place to begin, or advance your adventure riding skills! The instructors a...

Gideon Weinberger

"I had an absolute blast!" I had an absolute blast! I wish I had known how much fun this would be years ago. The scenery was breathtaking, the bikes ...

Gary Isaac

"Great places to ride and train" Jim, It was a wonderful class, It was fun, helpful and challenging at the same time. I had an absolute blast. I tol...

Nigel Thompson | Aspen, CO

"Best Day Ever on a Motorcycle!" We had an amazing Next-Step (level 2 training group) thi, nobody was the best, nobody was the worst. Everybody rocke...

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