The Best of the Crest ; World-Famous Bike Trail has to Be Done Just Right

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As a van full of mountain bikers hurtled up Monarch Pass on a recent morning to the start of the Monarch Crest Trail, Salida local Tom Purvis gave riders directions through the mountains. Unfortunately the spandex-clad Sacagawea wasn't having much luck.

"It can be confusing. There used to be a sign, but someone stole it. So after 12 miles, take a right, a left, a right and a left, and watch out for the phantom trail," he said.

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The Best of the Crest ; World-Famous Bike Trail has to Be Done Just Right

Maria Floria, a Denver rider taking the trail for the first time, sat next to him wearing a determined but blank look.

"OK," she said. "A left, right, left. Right?"

"No, left."

"What?"

"Right will send you down Starvation Creek," the van driver chimed in.

I was sitting in the seat just behind them. Normally, I would have been giggling under my breath at the whole muddle, but the one time I'd ridden the Cr...

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