Where else can mountain bikers complement a day's bike ride with a dizzying glissade down a mid-August snowfield? Where else can they descend nearly 40 miles through five biogeographical zones? Where else can they catch a major league game and be ripping along rocky singletrack 30 minutes later? Colorado, that's where. Snow in August, lighting above timberline, and 100 degree desert temperatures are all to be expected in the sport of Colorado mountain biking. As the country's highest state, Colorado offers its mountain bikers a unique perspective into the sport and raises the bar for all who ride. Under the expert guidance of local cyclist Stephen Hlawaty, come admire the beauty and revere the majesty that is Colorado. From this newly revised book, cyclists can expect exhaustive and comprehensive trail descriptions of more than 50 of the state's greatest mountain bike adventures, from beginner to advanced. Included are GPS-quality, digitally designed relief maps, and accurate route profiles showing the ups and downs of each ride. In addition, detailed directions get cyclists to the ride without getting them lost. Detailed mile-by-mile directional cues are also provided with difficulty ratings, elevation gain, trail contacts, and much more. More than 60 photographs round out this book's presentation. It's not just a mountain bike guide to Colorado. It's a guide to Colorado by mountain bike.
A native of Louden, Iowa, Aaron Benson settled in the Big Thompson Valley in 1878. Benson built the ditch to carry water from the Big Thompson River to irrigate 12,000-plus acres of area farmland. While constructing the ditch, ...
So get on your bike and ride.Local mountain biker and author Stephen Hlawaty outlines more than fifty great rides near the major Front Range communities of Fort Collins, Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs.
Consistent technical and physical difficulty ratings let you choose the perfect ride, from a gentle Sunday cruise to an all-day epic. For before and after the ride, the book also includes tips on local camping, hotels, and restaurants.
Here are fifty of the best rides in and around Colorado Springs, ranging from easy singletracks like Rampart Reservoir to strenuous up- and downhill workouts like Tanner-Stultz Loop.
77 trails for the entire family.
Pedal through the eastern prairie grasslands and the Great Sand Dunes National Monument or near the ancient Idian cliff dwellings at Mesa Verda to old mining towns of the high mountains.
Complete with GPS coordinates, detailed mile-by-mile directions, and intimate details of what you'll see along the way, this guide is perfect for the recreational rider.
From Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, this biking trail guide shows the best trails in this beautiful and challenging locale. The book also includes detailed and accurate maps, route directions, photos, and vivid descriptions of each ride.
So get on your bike and ride.Cyclist and author Robert Hurst outlines more than seventy rides ranging from the San Miguel River Ramble to grueling Engineer Pass.
The Mountain Biking Guide to Vail, Colorado