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At the heart of three major ecosystems in this mountain biking wonderland, Time Warp Trail barrels down Mt. Ashland through scattered pines and over rock gardens, feeding momentum to hungry tires all the way. This three mile long trail, launching riders down nearly 2500′ of descent, is one thrilling ride that helps to contribute to …

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Earlier in the fall Greg wrote a post about riding Horsethief Bench, one of the most popular trails in the Kokopelli Loops Trail System near Fruita, Colorado. In his post, Greg stated, “Horsethief Bench has fallen prey to its own popularity. . . it looks like it has been loved to death.” This gave me …

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Joe’s Ridge Trail takes you on a roller coaster ride atop picturesque ridgelines amidst the slopes of this Colorado Desert riding area, contributing to the conglomeration of trails found at the 18 Road/North Fruita Desert Trail System.

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I’ve always been a map geek. I can spend hours poring over a good topo map, planning routes and imagining what each spot will look like on the ground. That love of great outdoor maps is what led Singletracks to start posting trail maps online 13 years ago, and it’s what drives us to keep …

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More and more, I find myself having trail déjà vu—the feeling that I’ve ridden this trail before—even when I haven’t. With over 350 trails under my knobbies, you might think it’d be easy to forget that I had ridden a particular trail before, but that’s not it. My mind naturally remembers, catalogs, and categorizes by …

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