The legend of Samaniego

Few trails have as much mystery and mystique surrounding them. Few have as many yarns woven about them.

And few people have ever completed the trail, end to end. A Sammie yarn often begins thusly, “We tried to ride that trail once…”

The allure is too big — the promise of more than a vertical …. [Continue reading]

June 16th, 2010 | Category: Mountain Biking | One comment

Round the Mountain 2010

There’s a little trail called Round the Mountain in the Pinaleno Mountains (aka Mt. Graham). It’s the kind of trail that screams at you from topo maps. Explore me! Ride me! Switchbacks beyond belief and deep canyons unknown… how can you resist me???

(*) New myTopo maps in TopoFusion, coming soon!

I …. [Continue reading]

June 4th, 2010 | Category: Mountain Biking | 7 comments