By Charles Pekow — Nearly 80 miles of trail will soon open to bicycles in the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area. The National Park Service announced it will allow bikes on approximately 79.8 miles of trails in the Whiskeytown Unit beginning March 11. Until now, riders could use bicycles — including pedal-assist e-bikes capable of speeds […]

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Picture this: you roll out at 7 a.m. at 7,000 feet. Cool mountain air fills your lungs as you pedal onto a winding ribbon of singletrack. Your tires hum over smooth, velvety dirt. Alpenglow lights the ridgeline. You focus on the climb, the rhythm of your breathing, the quiet whir of your drivetrain. All around […]

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New Trailhead to Unlock 5,000 Acres of Riding in Teton Valley as Landowners Partner With Trust for Public Land VICTOR, Idaho (October 1, 2025) — Riders in Teton County, Idaho, are getting a major boost with the protection of a 10.2-acre parcel that will serve as a trailhead into thousands of acres of Bureau of […]

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By Maggie Mullen, WyoFile.com — When immigrant laborers built it in the early 1900s, the Hahn’s Peak and Pacific Railway had bragging rights as the highest standard gauge railroad in the country at around 9,000 feet.  Its railcars first hauled gold, then livestock, timber and coal, and soon mail and passengers between Colorado and Wyoming. […]

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By Lukas Brinkerhoff – I’m out of breath. The slightly thinner air and cooler temps have their effect, but the reality is that I’m chasing Josh Howlin’ Wolfe and when you chase the Wolfe, you will be out of breath. We’ve been weaving our way through the pinyons, junipers, and basalt rocks trying to keep […]

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By Lukas Brinkerhoff — The light is breaking from the east catching the tall, dry grass and making it glow a warm hue of yellow. The tread of the trail is dry and dusty and I’m in the middle of the group. The riders in front of me are kicking up dust and the light […]

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RTC’s Trail Grants have provided nearly $3.4 million over 15 years to organizations, municipalities and public agencies to build community participation and fill critical gaps in trail, walking and biking infrastructure WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 19, 2024) — Rails to Trails Conservancy today announced it has awarded $421,500 in grants fueling programs working to develop and […]

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Brian Head Resort announces 2024 summer operations and event calendar BRIAN HEAD, Utah (June 13, 2024) — Brian Head Resort, Southern Utah’s premier mountain resort, is excited to welcome summer with lift-served mountain biking and scenic chairlift rides starting on Friday, June 14. Throughout the summer, Brian Head Resort offers mountain bike and trail races, […]

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MOAB, Utah (November 28, 2023) — Geology happens very slowly… or all at once. Last weekend, precipitation and daily freeze/thaw temperatures triggered a sizable rockfall in Canyonlands National Park. The rockfall damaged a section of the White Rim Road in the Island in the Sky district, north of the Labyrinth campsites. Several large boulders are […]

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EDEN, Utah (August 15, 2023) — The Powder Mountain Bike Park continues to expand in its second year. Operating on the largest ski resort in the country, Powder Mountain’s trail builders have a seemingly endless canvas on which to build trail and they’re taking full advantage.  The two new trail additions to open this week, Snake […]

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Downhill-optimized trails – a rollercoaster on a bike – will be a first in AZ PRESCOTT, Arizona (July 10, 2023) — After years of planning, public comment periods, and collaboration the proposal for the Bean Peaks Gravity Flow Trail System in Prescott, Arizona has received final approval from the U.S. Forest Service. In a press […]

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By Fuzzy Nance — In May of 2017, the Bureau of Land Management issued a press release saying they’d “spent the last two years building and mapping” the “Wood Hill Trail System”. The folks who had been building and riding those trails since 2002 loudly laughed at the absurdity of that claim. Here’s the actual history […]

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EVERGREEN, COLO, April 1, 2021 — Team Evergreen introduces the Session Series at Floyd Hill – a new weeknight short-course enduro series with a weekend finale on The Sluice, a highlight acclaimed trail at Floyd Hill in Clear Creek. The Sluice, originally known as Segment 4, opened for the first time on August 21, 2019. […]

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BOULDER, Colo. (July 22, 2020) — On Wednesday, July 22 the House of Representatives passed the Great American Outdoors Act with a vote of 310–107, following its passage in the Senate on June 17 with a vote of 73–25. The bill now heads to the White House where it is expected to be signed into […]

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By John Shafer — Every year my wife and I try to make a road trip to a new place. Since I’m primarily a mountain bike and adventure photographer, I look for destinations with great landscapes and trail systems. My wife Jenni writes about beer at Craftybeergirls.com so we also look for breweries to visit. This […]

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New Mountain Bike Trails Planned SALT LAKE CITY – On March 3 the Salt Lake City Council formally adopted its first Foothills Trail System Master Plan. The primary objectives of the now-approved plan are to: (1) Provide detailed layout, design and management recommendations for a comprehensive non-motorized foothill recreational trail system that is safe, enjoyable, […]

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By Dave Iltis, Jackie Baker, Mark Deterline, and Mike Rossberg — Fat biking in Utah is on the rise. Add a little snow, or a lot of snow, and Utah’s great summer mountain bike trails can become winter fat bike trails. What were roads can turn in to great winter riding destinations. It is one of […]

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UPDATE: 10/7/2019 – Due to early season valley snow in Cache County, the opening of the Bridger Bike Park is being rescheduled for October 16, 2019. The Cache Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (CMPO) Bicycle Planning Advisory Committee (BPAC) is excited to announce that on October 9th, 2019, at 6pm, the City of Logan, Utah will unveil […]

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The Lee Canyon Ski Resort may add a mountain bike component. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is developing a plan to allow it at the resort in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada. The proposed forest plan amendment would have to not alter the area in a way to disturb the habitat for the the […]

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By Charles Pekow – The National Park Service (NPS) is eager to work with communities and activists on improving bicycling in and around national parks. NPS just released the National Park Service Active Transportation Guidebook: A Resource on Supporting Walking & Bicycling for National Parks & their Partners (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/transportation/bikeped.htm). NPS developed the guide with the […]

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