Featured Trails Area of the week: Santa Monica Mountains by Cedar The Santa Monica Mountains are a low range of peaks and hills rising up to an elevation of ~4k'. This seaside range is situated just west of Los Angeles and extends all the way into Ventura County near Oxnard. CA-1 also known as Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) runs along its southern foothills and connects a number of seaside villages making the mountains easiliy accessible. These towns include Santa Monica, Malibu and Oxnard. The highway also provides an interesting view out to as far as Catalina Island. [more] Riverside Greenbelt At Brotherhood Bridge Scenic Pullout by junodirtrider Known locally as the Brotherhood Bridge Trail, the Riverside trail is the most recognized photo of Juneau, Alaska and the Mendenhall Glacier. A lovely stretch of paved greenbelt that ends in a neighborhood, the Riverside trail can connect to Backloop Road and the Dredge Lake trail system which runs all the way to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. Therefore, anyone who has access to a bicycle can hang out and enjoy one of Juneau's best kept joyrides. [more] Trójgarb, Krąglak & Chełmiec by Visentin This ride aimed to visit a wide part of the Sudetes, with three summits of average size, starting from Szczawno-Zdrój near Wałbrzych. Trójgarb turned to be extremely difficult by bike. The mountain isn't tall, but sharp from each side. Bike-and-hike is needed wherever we come from during the climb. The descent proved to be very challenging as well. Krąglak turned to be very anecdotal. The Chełmiec trail marked as "bike suitable" on the Compass map revealed an extremely steep start, followed by a great descent. [more] Dirty Bismark by Chris The "Dirty Bismark" is the name given to the dirt version of the uber-classic road ride, the Morgul-Bismark. The Morgul-Bismark was a famous stage in the now-defunct Coors Classic stage race that took place in the 70s and 80s. The route for the road race started and finished at the top of "The Wall"...a steep climb at the southern end of McCaslin Blvd. [more] Regional Trail by camerona91 The Regional Trail is the wide dirt road used to access the lower areas of Hartland Bike Park. The Regional Trail looks to be the remains of an old fire road. It is about one car width wide along most of its length. The trail is hard packed gravel for the most part, with sections of loose rock. There are a few steeper sections, but nothing ridiculous. The Regional Trail is the main access trail to reach each area of the park. [more] Dark Hollow by Matt K Dark Hollow Trail is one of two great downhill trails located at Brian Head Mountain Bike Park, the other being Bunker Creek. It starts at Brian Head Peak (11,307 feet) and starts descending almost right away - 5,000 feet over 13 miles. After the first mile the trail begins descending and is steep, rocky, and very technical. Some riders may even want to walk short portions. Views are beautiful as the trail passes through meadows and forests composed of aspen and spruce. [more] [See Past Featured Trails]

Featured Articles MTB trails in North Italy : Trentino Alto adige by tiziana What better way is there to enjoy the charm of Trentino's natural environment than riding your mountain bike along the numerous paths and tracks which allow you to discover places of incomparable beauty? [more] My biking "war injury"... by Visentin As I was heading back home, I had to cross the city center of my little home town Agen. That was late afternoon in dusk. I passed the train station and arrived at the big central place locally known as "Place du Pin". A file of cars waited at the red light, but I was getting cold so I didn't bother waiting and overtook them on the right side near the walkside. But suddenly, something hit my so quickly that I didn't realize immediately what was going on. [more] A Nice Day Riding to Meadow Dale by Josh Lewis All though this was'nt much of a bike ride, me and my friend Sean made the best of it. The trail it self was about 1.25 miles each way, but we decided to ride our bike to the place which would add more distance making the trip somewere around 7 to 8 miles. This does'nt sound like much to a mountain biker, but yester day I went snowboarding which was tiring, and there was a lot of steep down and up hill. Before the trip I was going to go on a hike but my mother was out so I could'nt go :-( [more] Predators of the Rocky Mountains by FlatheadNative ny mountain biker venturing into the wilds of the Rocky Mountains needs to be aware of the various predators that call this incredible area their home. In the cycle of life predators and prey play supporting roles to each other. A balance of both populations indicates a healthy ecosystem [more] Telluride to Moab: San Juan Hut System: 215 Miles by bulamonster I'm posting this because when I did this trip there wasn't much online about what to expect. In summary, this is a 7 day mountain biking trip from Telluride to Moab on fire roads and single track. Total ascent is 16,300 feet and total descent is 21,050 feet. For the most part, the first 3 or 4 days you're riding at around 10,000 feet. The remaining days, you're riding around 7,000 feet. It's 215 spectacular miles. We started our trip on Wednesday, August 27th in 2003. [more] Cygolite HiFlux 100 LED by Matt K I recently purchased the Cygolite HiFlux 100 light that I hoped would be sufficient for off-road trail riding over fairly challenging terrain. I have used the light for about 3 hours (2 rides) and am happy to report that I am very satisfied with the purchase. [more] [See Past Featured Articles]