Colorado High Country 1200
2024 Event Procedures
Rev. 21-June-2024

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Check-In and Inspection
Checkpoints and Proof of Passage
Ride Start
Overnight Food, Lodging, and Bag Drop
Ride Finish

Check-In and Inspection
Check-in/inspection will be 4:00 – 5:30 pm on
Saturday, June 22 at the Quality Inn in Louisville. If
this will not work for you, let us know. (Time will belimited at the event start.)
For inspection, you will need to show your:•reflective gear for your bike and yourself (legbands and reflective vest or equivalent) – need tomeet RUSA guidelines;•

lighting system mounted on bike and backup
lighting system (see requirements below).

•drop bag –(preferably filled, to assure that yourbag is not too heavy); if it’s too big, you can findanother across US-36 at Target or Costco; limits
are 10" x 10" x 20" or 40" combined linear
dimensions, and 25 lb.

You will receive your brevet card and tag for your dropbag, and sign your waiver.
After inspection, you may wish to join other riders fordinner at a neighboring restaurant. There are several
within walking distance.
Lighting Requirements
Two independent taillights are required. At least one
may be mounted on the bike at all times.
A bike-mounted headlight is required. Two fully
independent headlight systems are strongly
recommended. A helmet-mounted backup system is ok,
if it’s sufficiently powerful. The headlights can be both
battery powered, or a dynamo setup and a battery light.
Proof of Passage and Checkpoint Cutoffs
Intermediate checkpoints have no time limits. You must
only finish within 90 hours for the 1200k or 75 hours forthe 1000k. This still means budgeting your time!
Your brevet card shows the would-be closing times forintermediate checkpoints (although they are untimed).
This is for rough guidance only. Don’t be too concerned

if you arrive after closing time early in the day or after along climb.
You may use a GPS tracking device, photos, or answer
info questions on your brevet card to provide proof ofpassage. This can be in any combination, e.g., if yourGPS device becomes inoperative, you can fall back tophotos or info questions. Please consider inscribing
your brevet card with arrival time at checkpoints – thishelps us study timing for the future.
At the Ride Start
Sign in between 4am-4:30am at the Quality Inn.
Riders depart at 5:00am.
Drop Bags – Deposit your drop bags at the designatedspot in the meeting room at the hotel. If your drop bag is
too voluminous or heavy, you will be asked to leave items
behind before the bag is accepted.
Luggage Storage – As in years past, the Quality Inn
staff is making provisions to store guests' bicycle bags
and other luggage in the meeting room. We or they will
give you directions.
Parking – You may park in the Quality Inn spaces if you
are staying there at start/finish. Otherwise, ask hotel
staff if you may park there, or find another spot to park.
This could include the RTD Park-and-Ride south of thehotel. (Pay for four days’ stay.)
En Route
Overnight Accommodations – At Walden, we
provide hotel-room accommodations (if selected), food,and your drop bags. Volunteer staff and lodging are at
the North Park Inn.
Walden Check-In – When you arrive at Walden thefirst evening, volunteers will provide you your drop bag(available late afternoon). If you’ve selected included
lodging, volunteers will assign you a room. This will be
your room to keep for all three nights, unless somesituation arises.
Food will be available in a common area. There will beevening items and then breakfast items in the morning,including items to take with you. We will have inside andoutside areas, or you may take food items to your room.
Check-Out – Before leaving after your final stay in – ortransit through - Walden, return your drop bag to thecommon area.
Bike and Other Cleaning – Be especially careful notto soil hotel towels or linens with bike oil, grease, etc.
We are liable for expenses and our good reputation. Ask
the staff for rags or paper towels.

Sign-In/Sign-Out – IMPORTANT – Each time you
arrive in Walden, sign in on the sheet provided. Thenremember also to sign out when you leave, whether
your stay is half an hour or overnight. This lets us keep
track of the riders and post rider progress on the website.

Après-Finish Dinner

Rider TrackingJerseys and Vests

Rider Progress - People can follow riders’ arrivals anddepartures from Walden on the Rider Progress
Spreadsheet (see link on CHC home page). We will try tokeep this updated several times a day, but volunteers’
first priority will be to support the riders, so there may
be times when updates lag.

A second ordering period for jerseys and vests is underway. You may order from Voler through July 1.

Tracking Devices – If you will be using a SPOT,
Garmin, or other tracking device with Web visibility, you
can give us the web link and we will add it to the Rider
Progress spreadsheet.
Blog – We should also be posting more general updates
on conditions, etc., on the Colorado High Country blog:
http://coloradohighcountry1200k.blogspot.com/
Emergent and Out-of-Time Situations
If you have a situation in need of emergency care, phone
911. If you can, alert us via the volunteer phone numbers
on your card, or have someone else do so. We cannot
stand in for emergency responders, but want to know
what’s going on with all the riders. If using a SPOT orother tracking device, consult with us.
If you are unable to continue, for mechanical or otherreasons, our aim – when a volunteer is free – will be to
get you to the staffed checkpoint (Walden), and thenwork on your options for getting back to Louisville.
If you need to abandon because you are outside thecheckpoint time windows and do not feel you can makeup the time, let us know, and we can discuss youroptions for getting back to Louisville.
Ride Finish
Finish is at the Louisville Quality Inn. We'll be there
mid-afternoon on June 26th until dinnertime.
If you finish when there is no event staff present: e-mail,phone, or text your name and finishing time to me. Then
have hotel staff validate your finishing time, and retain
your card.
Drop bags will be available starting Wednesday
afternoon at the Quality Inn.
IMPORTANT: Please collect your luggage and drop bag
when you finish. We can keep them in the storage area orhotel common areas for only a limited amount of time.

Riders traditionally adjourn in groups to a neighboring
restaurant, such as Murphy’s across the street from thehotel. This year there is no formal dining arrangement.

Medals
We will present Colorado High Country 1200 medals atthe finish. Finishers can also purchase Les Randonneurs
Mondiaux 1200 medals from the RUSA Store.
Cautions and Advisories
From our pre-riders (Jenn, Rashid, Vernon, Debbie):– Walden to Saratoga is a 67-mile stretch with climbing.
Services may not be open in Encampment, so carry
plenty of fluids.
– The final six miles into Kremmling (generallydescending) are on US-40, which can have traffic andhas limited shoulder. Be alert and ride predictably.
– Stock up in Kremmling, as there are no services until
Walden, except possibly something in Hot Sulphur
Springs, and limited hours at the Rand store. There arestores at jct. US-40 and US-34, 1.9 miles past turn toHwy. 125 (not on route).
Preliminary Menu at Walden Overnight
Sunday Night – Italian-themed - Spaghetti redsauce with meat and pasta, Italian bread, Salad
Mon, Tue, Wed Mornings - Coffee, Juice, Cereal,
Waffles, Breakfast burritos, Eggs
Monday Evening – Mexican-themed – Burritos,
Chips and salsa
Tuesday Evening – Burger Night - Burger withbuns, Condiments, Chips
Extras – Watermelon, Bread, PB&J, Fruit, Sodas, some
gluten-free options

Bonne Route!
-jle