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Mammoth Lakes, CA: Home of the Kamikaze Games, and Miles Upon Miles of Sweet Singletrack

“So the thing about riding Mammoth is…” Somehow I knew Gabe Taylor, head of bike park operations at Mammoth Mountain, would comment on the elevation. Was it my gasping and sputtering that made him offer this nicely-packaged, handy excuse for me? The one I was just about to deploy? I don’t know, but I was …

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Advocacy, booby trap, sabotage, Trail, Trails - October 21, 2016

Ride Heads Up: Trail Sabotage in Eagle, Colorado

Riders in and around the Eagle, CO area: keep your wits about you out on the singletrack, as you could encounter booby traps. Traps have been discovered on the Dirt Surfer trail. Here’s the original posting: “I want to share this alert for anyone riding Dirt Surfer in Eagle. These were found on the trail …

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Riding Like Royalty: Mountain Biking the Rim of the Grand Canyon with Rim Tours

As I pounded my last tent stake, the first plump, squat drop hit me square on the snout. Distant thunder and lightning had played at the edges of our ride in on the Arizona Trail, but I’d been too taken with the scenery to notice. We six guests and two guides scurried around like ants …

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Embarking on a True Adventure: Overnight Heli Biking in New Zealand

When you’re looking for adventure, you can’t do better than heli biking: it’s your ticket to rarely-ridden singletrack and stunning scenery. But you don’t have to stop there; why not take it to the next level and create an overnight experience? As the experts for guided mountain bike tours in New Zealand, JustMTB was the …

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Into the Labyrinth: Mountain Biking the Fjords of Norway

As we fly over snow-capped mountains, glaciers, a rugged west coast that cuts deep into the inland mountains and steep-sided fjords, we are for sure coming into land in Norway, for an unrivalled mountain bike expedition. Why are we embarking on this expedition in Norway? We learned that the Norwegian fjords are relatively under explored …

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