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Trail Report: Fat Biking the Apex Trail, Colorado, in the Winter

Apex Park is one of the most popular places to ride and hike in the Colorado Front Range, and until recently, lay somewhat dormant during winter when big dumps would envelope the trails in deep, impassible snow. Enter the fat bike, and the past three seasons seem to have maintained Apex’s popularity even when the mercury pointed …

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contest, scott, Singletracks, trails - March 16, 2016

Scott Spring into Adventure Contest Day 3: Add a New Trail

It’s day 3 of the Scott Spring into Adventure Contest and against all odds, the top two slots are unchanged with No1InParticular and chuckpelley hanging onto their positions. I suspect several folks are hanging back right now for strategic reasons; we do still have 9 days to go after all! Today’s tip: Add a new trail …

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Five2Ride: The 5 Best Mountain Bike Trails in Arkansas

While Arkansas may have flown way under the mountain biking radar for many years, with trail building booming in places like Bentonville, an increase in Arkansas’s marketing efforts promoting the outdoor opportunities that the state holds, and a previous IMBA World Summit being held in Arkansas, the secret is officially out. Arkansas is flush with excellent mountain bike …

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4 Must-Ride Fat Bike Trails in Leadville, Colorado

Leadville, Colorado is a small mountain town with the dubious honor of being the highest incorporated town in the United States–we’re talking about elevation above sea level, here, although you can hit up a local dispensary while you’re in town. I say “dubious honor” because while the extremely high elevation has given rise to absurdly-challenging …

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Someone Is Sabotaging MTB Trails in BC Again

Last year a woman in North Vancouver, BC was caught and eventually charged with intentionally sabotaging local mountain bike trails. Well, it seems someone is at it again in BC, this time in the Nanaimo area across the water from Vancouver. From globalnews.ca: Police say on Feb. 27, a local woman found wire strung at neck …

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