22W04 — Sespe Trail Uncovering a Lost Gem of Singletrack
The trills from the creek are incessant. Goldfinch and Kinglets chirp songs across resonances that I cannot spell using the alphabets I know. It’s...
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We know less about the deepest points on our planet than we do about the surface of Mars. More than 6,600 individuals have summited Mount Everest,...
Being funny isn’t always easy. But drawing funny is downright difficult. Combining humor and art walks a fine line in which both must be...
Low-hanging bushes whip me in the eyes as I lay my bike over into the next turn. The sun set at least 30 minutes ago behind the high plain on which...
Adventure Features
Monkey Puzzle The Missing Pieces of Central Chile’s Volcanic Hinterlands
The laws of physics are immutable. In Newtonian mechanics, momentum is the product of an object’s mass and velocity. This could explain why...
Three women embark on a 180-mile bikepacking mission to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas that started with a helicopter drop in the hinterlands.
My eyes burned in the parching air as I squinted through blinding rays of midday sunlight at the imposing, snowcapped anvil that loomed above the...
Etched into the mountainside below soaring, 13,000-foot peaks is a steep, one-lane jeep road. Watermelon-sized rocks shift and settle underneath our...
Culture Features
For the Love of Speed The Ingenious Mind of Mert Lawwill
Mert Lawwill never really rode mountain bikes. Perhaps this is because he was more used to doing 100 miles per hour on his motorcycle while racing...
The Sedona MTB Festival is drawing in folks from far and wide to revel in communal singletrack celebration.
Known for his fearless freeride stunts, Matt Hunter blends adventure and outdoor passion, inspiring global riders with his trail-loving ethos.
At The Crow’s Nest in the southern Oregon coastal town of Gold Beach, over a plate of fish tacos and under the gaze of mounted boars and framed...
Awareness Features
High Standards Tom Stuessy's Vision for Vermont
When Tom Stuessy took the job as executive director of the Vermont Mountain Bike Association (VMBA), the organization’s bank account had only $...
A master and his paintbrush. Jerome David gets dirty on Hey Bud with a McLeod, a classic trail-building tool he’s spent thousands of hours...
UPDATE: The comment period for the Custer Gallatin National Forest's Draft Environmental Impact Statement is underway. For more information about the...
Mike McCormack, also known as Mike Mac, addresses the Breck Epic race field in Breckenridge, CO, moments before they start off into a week of...
Travel Features
Reason to Stay Embracing the Rugged Roots of the Snowshoe Highlands
Explore Pocahontas County’s rugged trails, rich biking history, and growing recreation scene, from Slaty Fork’s backcountry to Snowshoe’s world-class courses.
Queenstown Travel Guide
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It's love at first sight on arrival into Queenstown, New Zealand's ultimate biking destination on the South Island. As you descend toward the...
The community of Stowe offers all the glitz and glamor of a high-end mountain destination, but the trails themselves have been built by generation...
A deeply rooted culture of mountain biking has embedded itself into this region's social fabric, emanating from Burke Mountain and imprinting itself...
