UpaDowna- Unleash Your Adventure

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Celebrate Colorado Gives Day and join UpaDowna for an Ugly Sweater Holiday Bike Ride! Wear your best ugly sweater, deck your bikes with holiday lights, and join us for a casual, no-drop bike ride. After the ride, grab a post-ride beer or meal from a local food truck and hang with the Yeti Crew. Beverage specials will be provided to all cyclists!
Fun trophies will be awarded to the best sweater!

Helmets and front and rear bike lights are required. Need a helmet? Borrow one from UpaDowna at no cost. Bike lights are required in the front and rear of your bike.

What is Colorado Gives Day? Colorado Gives Day is Tuesday, December 10, and celebrates the impact of coming together and lifting up our local communities. Last year, Coloradans came together to raise over $54.2M for Colorado Gives Day spreading a wave of generosity across the state. Since the inception of Colorado Gives Day in 2010, communities have been supporting nonprofits like UpaDowna, raising more than $469 million through the giving event to help our communities thrive. With the causes you care about the most organized in one place, it's easy to find something you're passionate about with more than 3,800 nonprofits to support.
Cost: This is a donation-based event. Recommended $5 per cyclist. You can also donate directly through our Colorado Gives Day website in advance or at the event.
*Starting on Nov. 1, when a Colorado Gives donor sets up a new monthly donation through ColoradoGives.org, they will match the first donation up to $100, with a total matching pool of $250,000 across all organizations.

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Event Details: Adventure on Tap is a part of UpaDowna's Community Campfire Program. Join us for a casual gathering as our speakers share their stories, passions, and experiences outdoors to inspire you to pursue adventure and new activities!

'Gather Around the Campfire' and join UpaDowna with Larry Dewitt and Steve Bremmer as they talk about their journey from Cabo San Lucas to San Diego. They spent about six months planning and training for this ride. Steve had to train because he didn’t even have a bike. Larry is a well-known mountain biker from Colorado Springs, who has quite a resume, including multiple Leadman's, and a top finish in the Continental Divide race. He coaches local high school mountain bike teams and a clientele of riders. With any endeavor this big there are bound to be problems of which they had their share. Learn from their foibles!

Meet Steve who lives in Manitou Springs next to the Barr Trail. Among his 150 lifetime marathons, he ran the Pikes Peak marathon ten times with a PR of 4:31. His road marathon PR is 2:36. He has run a marathon in each of the 50 states, and in 2009 ran all the marathons in Colorado in one year—there were 20 that year. He has also done a few ultras (50K to 100 miles) and climbed mountains ( 98 of the highest 100 peaks in Colorado and 47 of the 50 state high points). He is now 69 and transitioning from competitive races to choosing his adventure—thus bike-packing the Baja Divide on gravel bikes. The next big ride is the trans-Mexico trail from Guanajuato to Antigua, Guatemala next spring.

$5 Specials at Ricco's Cafe

• Cheesy bread appetizer with a side of marinara (vegan available) and a 6 oz glass of house wine (red, white, or rose) or a draft beer. $5
• Add $3.00 for an upgrade for a slice of ONE TOPPING pizza