You can also click here to learn about the Memorial Day Weekend event schedule and see all the events. Your event options – something for every rider!Ĭlick the links in the descriptions to learn more and register. Simply finishing this classic ride is an accomplishment that keeps people coming back year after year to one of the best rides around. Durango is centrally located between Denver, Albuquerque, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City. Now, riders travel to the Iron Horse from every state and several foreign countries. Five of them managed to beat the train to Silverton, and it’s been all uphill since then.įor the last half-century, the Iron Horse has become one of the premier bicycle events in the West. So in 1972, a group of 36 riders celebrated the train’s first run of the spring by accepting his challenge. Tom decided the best way to get others to try his favorite ride was to start a race. He’d beaten the train, despite having a longer road and having to climb two mountain passes. When Jim pulled into the Silverton station, there was Tom, waiting for him. One day in 1971, Tom Mayer challenged his older brother, Jim Mayer who worked as a brakeman on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, to a race to Silverton. W e remain serious and disciplined about all of this.Register today for the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic 2022!Ĭome ride with us and take part in this inclusive and exciting adventure we call the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic! This is a must-do, bucket list bike ride in Colorado for both visitors and residents of our state! Origin of the Iron Horse
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It’s way easier overnight and too much fun, so overnight it is, Lets go ride! Partly this is due to demand and COVID procedures which have made day camp more of hassle with regulations of the coming and going to camp each day a safety concern. We are now transitioning our last families this year to all overnight camps for the future. We tried out one week of Overnight Camp 8 years back and have offered it ever since, increasing it by the high demand to ride from kids all over the country.
Yes, Iron Horse Country Ranch does Overnight Camp well! For many years we provided only Day Camp sessions. Wait…did you just say, OverNIGHT? For a whole WEEK?!! Wow!! Your parents must really, really LOVE you! PICTURE THIS… Monday morning, you wake up at home and get ready to head to your Overnight Week of Motorcycle Summer Camp.