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We interrupt this gripping, earth shattering tale for other recent happening. Life is good when you can barely keep up with yourself–moments so intense they would usually be burned deep into conciousness begin to blur together. Overwhelming. Looking forward to lying in bed, letting fresh memories flow; analysing, re-living, wondering. Yet, every night I’m asleep …. [Continue reading] 
Last year’s fun on the CT: Vol. 1 Vol. 2 Time for Chapter 2, Volume 1. This year I reside in Manitou Springs, not Golden. We decided that rather than shuttle a car to Denver, we’d ride right from my house in Manitou. The CT is not far, but a question remained – where exactly …. [Continue reading] I’m off to ride across Colorado with Mike Curiak… again. We ran into plenty of trouble last year, and never made it to Durango. This year we’ve got a different route (Mike has dubbed it the Colorado Alpine Route) that only uses portions of the Colorado Trail. There are plenty of variables and possible roadblocks …. [Continue reading] 
My first ride in Manitou Springs (after moving here this summer) was on the Intemann Trail. I was in a totally new place and the signs were confusing. But occasionally I’d see a carsonite with the words “Ring the Peak” on them. There’s only one peak they could be talking about! My curiosity …. [Continue reading] 
I should be taken out into the street and pistol whipped. I’ve been in Manitou Springs for, what, months now? And I’ve only made it to ~8000 feet on the Barr Trail. Barr starts 0.25 miles from my house, and ends at 14,000+ on Pikes Peak. How can I call myself a mountain …. [Continue reading] 
I always get a kick out of how comically steep the riding in Salt Lake City is. Well, at least the riding I spent my ‘formative’ years on. After driving across Wyoming, hitting Rawlins to check for GDR racers (Matt Lee rolled in 2 hours after we left), we left the house I …. [Continue reading] 
I ride up or down this road 4 or so times a week, but today I ran into this: “Flagman ahead.” I couldn’t help but laugh–on today of all days. Of course I flipped the flagger the bird and blasted through. [Joking] If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you’re living under a …. [Continue reading] 
Knee woes continue here in Manitou Springs. Everyday the upper reaches of Pike’s call to me, and every day I fail to heed that call. But at least I’m riding. Short, low and weak. But riding. I feel great every time I head out, which is always a good thing. But just as things get …. [Continue reading] 
My latest obsession is the Ring the Peak Trail. When I first got here to Manitou Springs I saw the signs on some of the local trails. I knew that one day I’d be following them as far as they go. Turns out they go pretty far. The trail is about 80% done, …. [Continue reading] 
From Mike. 
We’re working on an alternate route for the Colorado Trail. A major piece of the puzzle was getting from Gunnison (Hartman Rocks) to ~Los Pinos Pass. So I spent a few hours with the Gunny BLM/Forest Map and TopoFusion quads and aerials. A few possible options presented themselves, but only on-the-ground recon would …. [Continue reading] 
Jay and I burned our legs and lungs on Milagrosa last night. It was a glorious ride. Beautiful evening light, warm temps, cool twilight descending. Challenging trail, both technically and aerobically. I haven’t gasped for air like that in sometime. 99% of the trail is climbable, but no human being in existence could …. [Continue reading] 
For whatever reason, I’ve never made the trip to Sedona before. Too much excitement down here in Southern AZ, I guess. Yet, I often blow right by on my way to southern UT or CO. Troy‘s ride was the perfect excuse to give it a try. I really liked the idea of an overnight …. [Continue reading] 
Pretty cool to start a bike tour from your house. I pedaled across Tucson early. I didn’t need an early start, except to avoid traffic in town. Soon enough I was climbing Redington Road. The desert spoke silence to me. Quite a contrast from the AZT 300 racers who dodged gunfire and all …. [Continue reading] 
The ’07 AZT 300 is now over. For all the info, including some writeups, go to: http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=248117 Congratulations to the only finishers and race winners, Tim McCabe and Zach Macdonald. They rode into the Alamo Canyon trailhead, the finish line, after four days, fifteen hours and forty two minutes on the trail. That’s …. [Continue reading] 
Lee and I have been thinking about a return to Apache Pass all winter. But it wasn’t happening. Then I got a .GPX file in my Inbox. A line overlaid on a map. Nothing more. As soon as I saw Lee had added something new to the route, I was in. Chimney Canyon. The unknown. …. [Continue reading] 
It started as a way to link the AZT with CDT. Then it grew into a thru-hike in its own right — a remote route linking two sprawling megalopolises. Phoenix to Albuquerque — in 700 miles. Brett Tucker is the mastermind behind the GET. Ever since I read his glowing introductory page, I …. [Continue reading] 
Tim on the ‘micro track’ / Hedgehog trail My feet were killing me as I mashed my way through the University, post Tucson Mountain ride. It was not a good feeling to be (seemingly) back where I was last year.I’m lucky that I was planning on transitioning back to platform pedals anyway. Because it …. [Continue reading] |
 Scott Digital Nomad, nowhere, USA Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes runner, sometimes packrafter. I love to ride my bike, get out, and explore this beautiful planet we find ourselves on. I live in a 20 foot GeoPro Trailer, traveling about the west. Main author of TopoFusion GPS Software, co-founder of Trackleaders.com. More... Projects / Sites  
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