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Country Road 126 is a dirt-packed road that serves as a roadway for cars, a double track for bikers, and a trail for walkers. The road goes through pine trees, birch trees, and under power lines.

Tolland is a small, almost deserted settlement on this rural road. It was named after the Toll family who lived here and ran the post office and hotel in the early 1900s. Today it's mainly holiday cabins, but it's interesting to ride through.

There is packed dirt parking lot here which grants access to a network of singletrack and doubletrack trails spiderwebbing off into Eldorado Canyon State Park.

There is a large packed gravel lot here with restrooms and access to numerous dirt roads and singletrack trails.

Gross Dam Road is a mostly-smooth, hard-packed gravel road that connects Flagstaff Road to Coal Creek Canyon Highway. This scenic road sees very little traffic and there are great marked scenic overlooks along the way. Although the road is generally pretty moderate in grade, there are a few moments of 1‍2-15% gradients to get your heart rate up if ascending the road from Coal Creek Highway.

Gross Reservoir is a large lake on the other side of Flagstaff Mountain. There is a hard-packed gravel road on it's eastern shore which is a great place to snap a few photos after the tough climb up Super Flag and long descent down. If you are unwilling to take you bike on gravel, however, you still get great views of the reservoir and the surrounding area at the junction on the pavement.

Nederland is an old mining town that is now known as a gateway to outdoor recreation, due to its proximity to Indian Peaks Wilderness, Rocky Mountain National Park and Roosevelt National Forest.

The Moffat Tunnel is a railroad and water tunnel that cuts through the Continental Divide in north-central Colorado (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moffat_Tunnel). There is also a parking lot here for people wanting to hike in the area.