From: Mike Sojka
So, it looks like there is no day 6 but I think it is part of Day 5. There does not seem to be a day 7 recommended but it might be part of Day 5 too. And, Day 1 is confusing with two different routes looking like the recommended one.
This is mainly to Sarah and Dave who have some experience with bike GPS units and may have already played with the file given to us by SJH2H. I uploaded the file today to ridewithgps.com and it unpacked into 10 different routes. A couple of the routes were actually two days in one though they were not named as such (at least how ridewithgps unpacked the one file). Also, I noticed the routes do not follow the roads exactly which means we will probably be getting false negatives about being off-route almost constantly.
My question is has anyone else tried looking at the routes inside a gps application and what have you seen? We can go over this in Gunnison before the trip but it would be nice to do more homework now to really understand what we are going to experience out on the route and which route to use each day. GPS units can be hard-to-use and frustrating in the best cases. This looks like a ready-made confusion maker right off the bat (at least the way it looks to me which I hope is ridewithgps.com's fault)
Telluride to Moab (looks like this is the official 1st day)
Day 1: Alt. Galloping Goose sanjuanhuts
Day 1: Tride to LD Hut sanjuanhuts
Day 2: Alt. Rim Trail Loop sanjuanhuts
DAY 2: ALT. UPPER SPRING CREEK LOOP SANJUANHUTS
Day 3: SC Hut to CO Hut sanjuanhuts
Day 3: Alt. Recommended sanjuanhuts
Day 4: CO Hut to GR Hut sanjuanhuts (note this route is 60 miles long - NOT!)
Day 5: GR Hut to GW Hut sanjuanhuts (NOTE THIS ROUTE IS 70 MILES LONG - not!)
Day 7: Alt. PorcupineRim Trail sanjuanhuts
I am confused and am hoping one of you can help me. If not, we may want to have a discussion with SJH2H.
Thanks for reading!!
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