Assault on Mt Herman!

No it's not the newest sequel in the Assault on Precinct 13 series... it's today's training ride. Mt Herman is the main mountain up in Monument where my office is. At the top is an old Works Progress Administration road called Rampart Range that follows the front range mountains down to Garden of the Gods for around 60 miles before descending into Garden of the Gods.

Colorado Guy Steve Garufi has a nice little piece about one piece of the ride here. I think though that the most telling picture is this picture that Steve took from the top of Mt Herman. You can see where you start down at the bottom of the mountain. (click for a bigger version)


I'll have my own pictures later today. I'm bringing my backpack mostly because it's a long ride with NOWHERE to turn off so you need to bring what you can in case of emergency, plus the weather at 9000+ ft is guaranteed not to be as nice as it is at -6000 ft which is where Colorado Springs is. (well, the side that we're on is closer to 6500)