From 1977-1980, I lived on the line every free moment I had . I was stationed at Ellsworth AFB in Rapid city. I’m a huge CB&Q railroad enthusiast and their line ( now a trail) through the black hills has been my addiction . A gentleman named Rick Mills has written a couple of great books and numerous magazine articles about the route . Thank you so much for this excellent trip down memory lane on a path I’ll never trod again

@zrey17

9 ай бұрын

Very cool thanks for sharing your story! Never knew about any of that.

Very nice video. I'm hoping to ride it summer of 2023.

Awesome. I'm going in August.

Nice trip dude! Human-powered adventure 🙌🏻💪🏼

Just bought a cabin out that way. Nice to know we have a gem like this close by. Thanks for posting.

you may have ridden a hundred miles with all the times you went back for the camera lol cool video

I enjoy your enthusiasm.

Thanks so much for such a well made video!

WARNING. No MAP screenshots in the video. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sweet ride!

Good footage! 🤙🏽 I might have to go check that out!

Good vid. Marmot, not beaver.

@zrey17

4 жыл бұрын

Oh okay good to know.

👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️❤️

I just completed that part of the trail over the weekend (7/25/2020). I was great. I am going to do the 2nd half in a few weeks, I am planning to complete the whole thing in one day this September.

@zrey17

4 жыл бұрын

Right on Aaron! Check out my video if you haven't already of the second leg. Best of luck getting it all in one go in September.

Really nice looking trail. You mentioned the trail was $4, is that per day or is it a one-time fee (to use within a set number of days). At what elevation were you at where snow was covering the trail? Thanks!

how many hours you think that 1st 50 miles took

@zrey17

4 жыл бұрын

It's hard to say being that I stopped to film all these shots. I would say if you are in shape it would take 4-5 hours of riding time. If you check Strava you could probably see how long it takes people on their leaderboards.

Do they have places to park a vehicle for a few days while u do the trail?

@zrey17

Жыл бұрын

There is ample parking at the trailhead but unfortunately I don’t know if you can park there for multiple days. I’d imagine it’s fine to do so. Their website will have more info or someone to contact on it. I believe the trail is maintained by the state.

Or the last fifty miles

Hey man we need some new videos!!

@zrey17

2 ай бұрын

Johnnie! I appreciate that! I do need to dust off the editing laptop and post some more videos. I have some Colorado Trail videos in my pipeline.

How long did it take you?

@zrey17

4 жыл бұрын

Leti Ceroja I don’t exactly remember but I believe like 8 hours. That’s with me filming all this obviously and I stopped in Rockford for lunch. You could prob get it in 6 hours with a good pace and no big stops.

Is it impossible to put city and state in the description?

i think u could have biked over the snow

@zrey17

4 жыл бұрын

True the snow was wet and heavy being that it was May so I opted not to.