With temps heating into the 90’s we decided to head to high country and try out a new loop. This route took us up a rough dirt road to the ghost town Alta Lakes with a handful of crumbling sites, on up further to some lakes, and ended with a swooping descent down Magic Meadows …
It’s a little cooler up at the Boggy Draw trails in Dolores, CO so we put together a new to us loop up there for a quick ride before the heat. A friend had told me about a new fun trail in the network and we incorporated it. Bonus, it has a fun name…String Bean. …
I know, I know, it’s been awhile since our last blog post. Summer is in full swing and we are busy enjoying the trails , lakes, and rivers in the area. Instead of doing separate posts, I will lump together some of our recent adventures. Durango Durango has a nice town trail network of various …
Near the tiny town of Dolores, Colorado is a trail network called Boggy Draw. We have ridden here a few times in the past but there are new trails now! Somewhere around 16 miles is groomed in the winter for fat/snowbiking which is a cool addition to the area. However, on a warm sunny summer …
What better way to spend a Saturday then at Burrofest in downtown Mancos? We actually didn’t take many pictures, but it was a blast. A couple interesting burro facts: Burros are desert-adapted animals. They originated in North Africa and came to North America with the Spanish Conquistadors and Missionaries. Burros don’t have the undercoat horses …
McPhee Reservoir is the fifth largest lake in Colorado and has a really fun trail that goes along the rim. We’ve ridden it before and love this ride so did it again! The dam was constructed and is operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and dams the Dolores River to furnish municipal and …
The newly built Aqueduct Trails in Mancos, CO are a nice addition to the area. These close to town trails wind through pinyon, juniper and sage with big views of Mesa Verde, the Sleeping Ute and the La Plata mountains. There are 12 miles of trail but if you want more you can double up …
After spending spring in Arizona and New Mexico, we’ve migrated back over to Colorado for the summer and are staying in the Mancos area for a few months. We’ve spent quite a bit of time in SW Colorado over the past couple decades and always have a good time. We’ve already been busy with all …
Walnut Canyon National Monument in Flagstaff rounded out our stay in the area. We hiked about a mile into the canyon passing 25 cliff dwelling rooms constructed by the Sinagua, a pre-Columbian cultural group that lived in Walnut Canyon from about 1100 to 1250 AD. Sinagua is Spanish for “without water”, an acknowledgement that the …
The trails in Flagstaff are tough in that there is a lot of climbing and with exposure. Derek rode some different loops out here and I’ll just lump them together. We do most of our stuff on weekdays so there wasn’t many other users out. I did see some trail runners and he came across …