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News: Rocky Mountain National Park To Allow Limited Mountain Biking
In a recent announcement that marks the successful culmination of lobbying by local mountain bike advocates as well as collaboration between Grand County, Colorado State, and National Park Service officials, a two-mile stretch of the East Shore Trail will soon be open to mountain bikes. The East Shore Trail is six miles, two miles of …
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Opinion: Response to “Wilderness is more important than thrill rides”
George Wuerthner of Mountain Bikers for Wildlands wrote a letter to the editor of the Idaho Mountain Express and Guide, saying, in part, And as a mountain biker, I believe the single best way to preserve the Boulder-White Clouds area is wilderness designation. I am extremely disappointed in the overall selfish message from the …
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