The Alien Run Trails are technically challenging and scenic mountain bike trails routed near an alleged UFO crash site in Aztec, NM. The area boasts rugged singletrack winding through pinon tree and desert scrub badlands with playful slickrock areas. Allegedly, in March of 1948, a UFO was rumored to have been tracked by radar and …
Derek and I finally rode some of the trails in Farmington, NM. We started in the BLM Glade Run Recreation Area, featuring 19,000 acres of slick rock, rolling terrain, and sandy arroyos. This is high desert so there is a lot of sage, pinon pine and juniper. It being a weekday, we didn’t see any other …
Before the giant rain storm this past weekend, Derek and I rode our bikes on a loop up out of Mancos that went by the Jersey Jim Lookout and around towards Dolores before dropping back down to Transfer Campground. Jersey Jim Tower is an old Forest Service Fire Tower 55′ in the air with an …
Sometimes trail names make sense and other times I think the creator just picked a name they liked. In this case, it was named appropriately. We mountain biked a fun loop in Dolores, Colorado that included a trail named Bear Tracks. You see where I’m going with this? I started seeing a ton of bear …
Seeking to escape the heat, we headed up a little higher above Mancos, CO to ride in the Chicken Creek area. It’s nice because there is a lot of shade from the big pines and aspens. Plus, the cool breeze coming off the La Plata Mtns helps when it’s a warm summer day. We have …
Wow, time is flying. We haven’t done a post in forever. Never fear, we’ve been busy riding and hiking and I’m even swimming at a local pool! There were a couple days in August where we got drifting smoke from a fire by Rico, Colorado and we had to play the AQI map game to …
When it heats up at lower levels, head up in elevation! This ride topped out at 10,500 and while it was a lot of climbing, the downhills were fast and deserved. The area around Southern Colorado has a lot of gravel roads leading to the high country. Some of the roads are good gravel and …
Chicken Creek Trail is ranked moderate on most mapping apps but it has some pretty tough parts sprinkled in. Riding it as an out and back is challenging so we opted to ride it as a loop this time but piecing in a section of dirt road to get to the very top (8866′ elevation). …
Aspen Loop is a burly doubletrack/gravel/singletrack big loop in Mancos. We’ve ridden the entire thing before, but this time I did just part of it as a loop with another gravel road to get out to Sharkstooth Pass Trailhead. I started from the trailhead just past Transfer Campground in Mancos, CO. The trail is not …
McPhee Reservoir in Dolores, Colorado is a magnificent lake fed by Dolores River, with a headwater high up on Lizard Head Pass in Telluride. The singletrack loop we rode starts in downtown Dolores, climbs up onto the mesa via a newish trail called Black Goat, and circles along the reservoir before dropping back down. Fantastic …