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Mountain Bike Destination: Salida, Colorado

When we announced the results of our algorithmic ranking of the best mountain bike destinations, there was an understandable amount of head shaking. How, for example, could Salida, CO rank higher than places like Moab and Whistler? Well, a big reason is that Salida has more singletrack trails within 25 miles of town than either …

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Ride Report: Braving Silver Creek’s Charms in Salida, Colorado

Under a banner of thunderheads, Endo and I hitched our wagon to a post outside Absolute Bikes in Salida, Colorado. our drive from Crested Butte had just taken us up and over a menacingly-dark Monarch Pass–the type of summertime moodiness that can turn frighteningly surreal given a proper mix of rain, wind, and lightning. Luckily, …

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Ride Report: Endless Views and a Near-Endless Descent on the Canyon Creek Trail, Sargents, Colorado

One of my informal goals for the 2014 season has been to ride at least one chunk of new-to-me dirt every single week. Since I’m still relatively new to Salida, that’s been pretty easy with such a wealth of incredible singletrack so close to home! However, as I ride more and more of the easily-accessible …

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Ride Report: Above Treeline on the Alpine Tunnel Trail, St. Elmo, Colorado

I bumped into Shawn Gillis, the owner of Absolute Bikes in Salida, Colorado, and we started chatting about an article I was working on about pros’ favorite trails. While I wasn’t able to get a detailed quote from him in time for the article, he did mention to me that his favorite trail, hands-down, was Alpine …

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Returning to the Monarch Crest after a 5-Year Absence: Why Did I Ever Leave?

The main point of our month-long road trip during the summer of 2013, and the pitch that helped me win the Sylvansport GO camper, was that my wife and I would be traveling the nation to find a new place to live. However, by the time our road trip actually came around, we had pretty …

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