Some History on Crested Butte: My guide was Erica Reiter, PR Manager for Crested Butte “The difference between Crested Butte and say Aspen or Telluride is that they were gold and silver mining towns with a lot of money in the big booms.  Crested Butte was a coal mining town.  […]

Mayor Houck: “We get Ride the Rockies and Bike Tour Colorado year after year after year because it’s such a great part of the state to be in.  At first, folks were asking is there a lottery?  How do people sign up?  It’s a whole different ballgame.  I think they’ll […]

INDEPENDENCE PASS 2011Justin Todd Back when this was announced when Lance and the governor came together to push and get this all taken care of I was sitting down with a friend of mine who’s a national champion   Her fiancé rides for HTC, TJ Vangarder.  We were talking and he […]

According to Maureen Poschman, PR Director for Aspen Chamber Resort Association, “The town’s going to be packed.  When it was the Coors Classic the town was packed. We don’t know how packed it’s going to be.  One of the things I say to the restaurants is you need to be […]

HOTEL ASPEN & MOLLY GIBSON LODGE 2011 Michael Brown and his partners bought the hotels and completed a $1.5 million renovation in 2010.  They wanted to bring in the friendliness of a ski lodge, but have it in a setting where the services and amenities were like a 4 star […]

MARK JOSEPH 2011 Aspen Stage Technical Director “I’ve been involved in cycling since I was a kid.  Started in Berkeley, CA.  I raced all through college.   I quit racing because I hurt my knee. 1979 I came out this way with George Mount in the Red Zinger car that he […]

Glenwood Springs is a great stop to refresh from the race if you have the time.  It’s about halfway between Aspen and Vail.

The Vail Time Trial will be at approximately 8150′.  It looks to be similar to the route the Coors Classic used in its Vail TT in 1988.