[Closed] 490 Miles of prime USA Singletrack (A few pictures attached)

Back in September I spent 21 days riding in America and hit up some sweet trails in Colorado, Utah and Arizona

Day 1
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I flew out on my own with my bike to Denver from Heathrow , and stayed the first couple of nights in Denver @ Cherry Creek

Day 2
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I started out high for my first ride Kennosha Pass to Georgia Pass and back via Jefferson which topped out at 11800 feet It was a fantastic ride, 24 miles of great high altitude singletrack riding

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More Pictures can be found on this page

[url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=657508 ]Day 2 Pictures[/url]

Day 3
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I headed over to Winterpark and rode some more high altitude trails over there

I wouldnt ride the trails at the bike bike again - apart from a few nice xc trails at the top of the mountain it was all way too DH for me

But the Fraser Valley trails are well worth doing - i ended up riding around 25 miles today with the help of a couple of lift rides

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I stayed the night at copper mountain ski resort

Day 4
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I left Denver and headed over to Vail on the way to Salida , I rode a trail I'd done before which is pretty good - The Lost Lake Loop

The ride has a mix of singletrack and dirt roads - but dirt road is just a quick way to get to the great singletrack and views

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From vail I drove on over to Salida ready to ride the Monarch Crest Trail

Day 5
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Woke up to find it had been raining in the night - I spoke with a friend in Gunnison and he suggested I should head on over there and give the crest a miss , until the weather got better , so I went over there and rode some great trails at hartman Rocks

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Theres a maze of excellent smooth singletrack mixed up with techy granite outcrops at Hartman rocks, we rode for a couple of hours before it rained - later on that day i returned for more riding as it was so good there.

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[url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=657519 ]Day 5 Pictures[/url]

Day 6
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I drove up to Crested Butte and rode Trail 401 and the Deer Valley trail, Trail 401 has a long road climb up high but then has miles of great singletarck back down the valley, The Deer valley trail has great singleytrack through aspen tree stands

Riding down 401
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Deer Valley Trail
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Day 7
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Me and my friends from Gunnison Rode one of my favorite rides in Colorado the Monarch Crest trail an awesome 36 mile high alpine trail

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More Pics from ride are on this web link

[url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=657667 ]Day 7 Pictures[/url]

Day 8
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Id enjoyed the Crest so much that I returned on my own and rode it again !!!!!

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The ride was excellent and I made good time along the way, I even managed to find time to go and ride at Hartman rocks again

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Day 9
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Today I went back up to Crested Butte and rode Reno - Flag - Bear - Rosebud - Sound of Music - Deadman's Gulch

There were quite a few tough climbs but the singletrack was sublime

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[url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=657769 ]Day 9 Pictures[/url]

Day 10
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Today I headed off to Grand Junction where I rode the new trail Butterknife

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Then in the evening I met up with a couple of locals to ride the ribbon and holy cross trails

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[url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=657774 ]Day 10 Pictures[/url]

Day 11
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Today I rode over at the kokopelli trail system - I rode stage coach, horsetheif bench, Marys, Steve Loops, Lions Loop and Troy built - the trail system is fantastic here

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In the evening I went and rode over at 18rd joes ridge and kessel run were a hoot in the dark

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Day 12
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I got up early and went and rode the Whole Echilda I met up with some friends from Gunnison to do the ride

The whole enchilda is one of the best trails in Moab

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[url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=658071 ]Day 12 Pictures[/url]

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Day 13
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another Early start as I headed over to St George to met some friends I was going to do the Narrows hike in Zion Canyon with.

I stopped off and did a couple of world class bike rides near Bryce canyon, Thunder Mtn and the Cassidy / Losse canyon trail

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More pictures here [url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=658289 ]Day 13 Pictures[/url]

Day 14 / 15
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Me and some friends who live in St George did the Zion Narrows as an overnight hike - it was a pretty amazing hike - the only downside to the hike was the heavy backpack and the sleeping in a tent...

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More pictures here [url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=658640 ]Day 14/15 Pictures[/url]

Day 16
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As it was too hot to ride in St George we decided to go and ride at Brian Head

We rode left fork of bunker creek and Dark Hollow - both were great trails

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[url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=658646 ]Day 16 Pictures[/url]

Day 17
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I returned to Biran head on my own today as St George was still too hot to ride

It was very windy but still warm, I rode Right fork of bunker creek, then rode back up left fork and finished the ride with dark hollow and back up on the scout camp loop

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Day 18
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I left St george and headed over to the rainbow rim trail it was a long drive - but the views from the trail were very good - i rode 36 miles and wacthed the sunset , before discovering I had a puncture in my suv, i ended up getting into flagstaff at 3am in the morning

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More pictures here [url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=658887 ]Day 18 Pictures[/url]

Day 19
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After sorting out a replacement rental vehicle I had a rest before going for a ride in sedona
I managed to get a few miles in before it poured with rain

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More pictures here [url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=659123 ]Day 19 Pictures[/url]

Day 20
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I met up with a local and had a great ride on some of the newer Sedona mountain bike trails

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In the evening i also did a night ride in sedona

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More pictures here [url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=659811 ]Day 20 Pictures[/url]

Day 21
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My final ride of the Holiday was on Mt Elden in Flagstaff

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More pictures here [url= http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=660008 ]Day 21 Pictures[/url]

I'll be posting maps , more detail etc on my website [url= http://www.mtb-hol.com ]my website[/url] in a few months as i've got shed loads of extra material still to process