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Month: August 2020

Mountain BikingNew Mexico

Exploring Taos Trails

Heidi Faller Posted onAugust 29, 2020August 29, 2020 Mountain Biking, New Mexico, Taos Leave a Comment 109 Views

Slide Trail and Petaca Point After a big ride the day before, we dialed it back a bit and did a fun exploring ride along the river gorge that clocked in at 20.8 miles with 1800’of climbing. Slide Trail...

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Mountain BikingNew Mexico

Goodbye Angel Fire and Hello Taos

Heidi Faller Posted onAugust 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Angel Fire, Mountain Biking, New Mexico, Taos Leave a Comment 114 Views

Angel Fire Town Trails Boondocking rules for the most part, state 14 day maximum in a forest and we usually stay all 14 days before moving on. Our trailer is equipped for us to have enough fresh water and...

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Mountain BikingNew Mexico

Big Kahuna Loop

Heidi Faller Posted onAugust 22, 2020August 22, 2020 Angel Fire, Mountain Biking, New Mexico Leave a Comment 109 Views

The Big Kahuna ride shares sections of trail we rode on other rides, and includes plenty of new trail and gravel road as well. We started from downtown Angel Fire earlyish one morning in order to beat any chance...

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Rio Chiquito Loop

Heidi Faller Posted onAugust 22, 2020August 22, 2020 Angel Fire, Mountain Biking, New Mexico Leave a Comment 105 Views

Our Rio Chiquito Loop was exploratory. We wanted to incorporate some parts of South Boundary into our ride, and check out Rio Chiquito Trail, and Buena Suerte Trail. To do this, we linked everything together with some forest roads...

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BeerMountain BikingNew Mexico

Taos Vortex & Ojitos Nogal Rides

Heidi Faller Posted onAugust 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Beer, Mountain Biking, New Mexico, Taos Leave a Comment 114 Views

Taos Vortex Ride I have no idea why they call this ride the Taos Vortex, but it was a blast. The MTB Project app describes it as a grueling endure-techno rockhopping ride on the best foothill trails. The route...

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Mountain BikingNew Mexico

Elliot Barker and Mondragon Loops

Heidi Faller Posted onAugust 16, 2020August 16, 2020 Angel Fire, Mountain Biking, New Mexico Leave a Comment 122 Views

Sage to Elliot Barker Loop We only rode a part of Elliot Barker Trail the other day so we came up with a loop that incorporates some of the closer in town trails, and also climbs up to Apache...

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Angel Fire, New Mexico

Heidi Faller Posted onAugust 16, 2020August 16, 2020 Angel Fire, Mountain Biking, New Mexico Leave a Comment 125 Views

Angel Fire Bike Park Our first ride in Angel Fire was at the bike park. Angel Fire Bike Park is world class. The lift assisted mountain hosted a world cup competition in 2005 and holds downhill races regularly. The...

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Questa to San Cristobal Loop

Heidi Faller Posted onAugust 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Mountain Biking, New Mexico Leave a Comment 136 Views

Questa to San Cristobal is a mostly gravel loop that requires mountain bikes. We rode 28 miles with 3865′ climbing. The loop goes up into the mountains behind Questa, NM on some NEVER used doubletrack before dropping down into...

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HikingMountain BikingNew Mexico

Horsethief Mesa and Enchanted Forest

Heidi Faller Posted onAugust 9, 2020August 9, 2020 hiking, Mountain Biking, New Mexico Leave a Comment 123 Views

Horsethief Mesa and John Dunn Bridge The Horsetheif Mesa singletrack by Taos is outstanding. We put together a loop there and added an out and back down to the Rio Grande John Dunn Bridge for a total of 24...

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Mountain BikingNew Mexico

Rio Grande to Ute Mountain Ride

Heidi Faller Posted onAugust 9, 2020August 9, 2020 Mountain Biking, New Mexico Leave a Comment 81 Views

On paper this looked like a cinch. Ride 31 miles with 1750’ of climbing. In reality, it seemed really hard. We left from Sheep Canyon overlook where we saw otters playing in the Rio Grande waaaaaay below us. It’s...

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