Mountain Biking Colorado S Front Range

Mountain Biking Colorado's Front Range includes over 45 of the greatest off-road mountain bike rides along Colorado's Front Range. A mountain biking atlas to the Front Range region, this one-of-a-kind guidebook details each trail in relation to local history, geology, archeology, legend, and lore. Mountain Biking Colorado's Front Range includes rides near the major Front Range communities of Fort Collins, Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs. In addition to the rides, this book also includes additional chapters on mountain bike related topics such as the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA), Any and All Bikes one-stop mobile bike shop, and Denver's famed HandleBar & Grill. Readers will find highly detailed and accurate maps, route directions, brilliant photography, vivid descriptions, and much more.

This convenient Binder Edition presents 94 classic bike rides from Fort Collins in the north to Colorado Springs in the south, as well as the popular high country of Summit County and Vail Valley. The binder allows riders to easily remove one ride at a time from the book and take it with them in a weather-proof plastic pouch. The rides are also available as handy "take-along" booklets for each separate region. Debra Acord, longtime Colorado Front Range resident, and "Out There" editor for the Colorado Springs Gazette knows and writes about the territory like few others.

" ... Sixty of the greatest off-road mountain bike rides along Colorado's Front Range, with local history, geology, archaeology, legends, and lore to enhance your rides"--Publisher's description

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.

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. Maps.

This convenient Binder Edition presents 94 classic bike rides from Fort Collins in the north to Colorado Springs in the south, as well as the popular high country of Summit County and Vail Valley. The binder allows riders to easily remove one ride at a time from the book and take it with them in a weather-proof plastic pouch. The rides are also available as handy take-along booklets for each separate region. Debra Acord, longtime Colorado Front Range resident, and Out There editor for the Colorado Springs Gazette knows and writes about the territory like few others.

This convenient Binder Edition presents 94 classic bike rides from Fort Collins in the north to Colorado Springs in the south, as well as the popular high country of Summit County and Vail Valley. The binder allows riders to easily remove one ride at a time from the book and take it with them in a weather-proof plastic pouch. The rides are also available as handy take-along booklets for each separate region. Debra Acord, longtime Colorado Front Range resident, and Out There editor for the Colorado Springs Gazette knows and writes about the territory like few others.