Help me pick a partial route.

[RayBob58]

New user here. Considering a 4 or 5 day trip on the COBDR next summer. Coming from St Louis out I-70. Thought I'd trailer out and possibly bring my road bike also. I'm thinking I'll ride the COBDR 1 day north, overnight, then return, overnight, then ride 1 day south, overnight, and then return. Pretty sure I'll be camping. Any suggestions on a base camp? Just from a quick look at the map, I'm considering somewhere around Gunnison, but I'm open to suggestions. Thanks in advance.

[Jonathan]

If you are doing one day north and one day south, that is a good choice. The south part is nice and ya can even do the Alpine loop that way. Depending on how challenging you want it, you can try out Hancock Pass. We went from Breckenridge to Lake City in one day.