With around 400 miles of non-motorized trails, Mesa County is a hot spot for mountain biking, seeing around 100 to 120,000 visitor days per year in each of its three main trail systems. A recent ...

A highly anticipated mountain bike trail system in western Colorado figures to grow this summer. That's thanks to a grant from Colorado Parks and Wildlife that leaders in Montrose recently announced.

Highly anticipated mountain bike trails have opened in Colorado’s central Rockies. Announced Thursday, Drop Shaft and Hopper trails are the first bike trails to debut as part of a long-dreamed, ...

After three years of hard work, rock removal and dedication, Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association has completed the Mesa Top Trail, its latest High-Country mountain biking trail. The trail ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mountain biking can be intimidating, especially for beginners venturing off familiar trails. Yet not every far-flung fat tire destination requires the skills ...

Bear Creek Lake Park is “one of the hidden gems of the local mountain-biking scene,” describes Andrew Goodwillie, advisory council member of the Colorado Mountain Bike Association. Happy trails are ...

When I first visited Crested Butte to mountain bike, it was a bit of a rude awakening. I wasn’t prepared for the endless climbing, steep grades, and high-altitude suffering. Even after a few more ...

Bummed that the women’s-only VIDA MTB Series isn’t coming to its birthplace of Summit County this season? There’s still hope yet. Find your flow in the mountains with customized instruction from VIDA ...

Purgatory Bike Park recently opened the Shangri-La Trail. Photo by Eric Berry The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Tire pressure optimized: check.

Moab, Utah, and Fruita, Colorado, are some of the West’s great mountain bike meccas, so it’s no surprise that the backcountry route that connects them—the Kokopelli Trail—is a stunner, too. "It’s one ...