Sunday, January 18, 2009

Trip planning - Shelf Road

As I start to put the trip together I was reviewing "The Most Scenic Drives in America" and came across the 'Colorado Springs Loop'. What caught my eye was the following alternative:

For the thrill seekers willing to leave the ease of highway travel behind in order to explore the untamed Colorado contryside via an unpaved back-country byway. Shelf Road is the route of choice. The challenging, whote-knuckle drive leads from Cripple Creek to Canon City, passing numerous geological marvels, Window Rock amoung them, then comes "the shelf", where the road is just a ledge sliced into the wall of Fourmile Canyou. At Red Canon Park 100 foot spires cast their lengthy shadows, and the site of dossil excavations awaits at th broad mountain valley that encircles Garden Park, a prime locale for spotting wild turkeys.

I wounder if a Wing could complete this road? You can see it on a map here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

No drinking before driving on the shelf road