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Pouring Rain in the Desert: A Winter Bikepacking Trip Gone Wrong

The wind picks up, but the clouds aren’t moving. Looking at the sky, the light gray mass that stretches toward the horizon is more “cloud” than “clouds.” A few drops of rain hit the trailhead’s sign while I put on my gloves at the last second, one foot clipped in and the other planted in the …

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How to Choose a Mountain Bike Trail to Ride

“Ahhhh, the weekend approaches. Where shall I ride tomorrow?” For some people, this is not often a question of note as we have limited options next to the house, so we simply ride wherever is convenient.  But for most, there is a wide variety of choices within a day trip of home, and certainly when …

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Fat Biking the Bakersville to Loveland Trail, CO

With family obligations, finding deep backcountry fat bike opportunities are rare for a lot of us. One of my goals this season was to search out fat bike trails on the way to ski resorts from Denver, particularly along the I-70 corridor, so that I could ski a half day and fat bike on the …

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The Bay Area Ridge Trail: A 550-Miler Close to Home

Long distance trails hold a special allure for outdoorsy folks, and judging by the success of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods, the notion holds sway for folks all along the spectrum from couch potato to uber outdoorist. (Read both of these books, but please don’t pay money to see …

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Five2Ride: The Best Mountain Bike Trails in Alabama

Alabama may not boast the big east coast mountain ranges that can be found in nearby Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina, but the Appalachian Mountains actually do extend into northern Alabama, providing an amount of topographic change that those unfamiliar with the state might find quite surprising. Even in central Alabama large hills and rolling …

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