Mountain Biking Activities / Excursions

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Utah, USA

• Slickrock Bike Trail - Moab  (difficult)
• Baby Steps and Klondike Bluffs - near Moab   (medium)

Colorado, USA

• North Trail - Vail  (difficult)
• Boneyard - Eagle   (medium)

Quebec, Canada

• Mt. Tremblant - St. Jovite
• Ski Bromont - Bromont

New Hampshire

•  North Conway, Near Firetower

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Slickrock was my first real Mountain Biking experience ever. That is, I rented an actual mountain bike and went on a real mountain bike trail.  I own a commuter/hybrid/city bike - in between a racing bike and a mountain bike.  I have practiced with it a lot, but I was not Ready for Slickrock Bike Trail!
Slickrock is a very difficult and famous zone to challenge any skill level.  So I tried the 2-mile practice area first & even there I hurt myself.  Then I did the 10-mile loop in 100 degrees Fahrenheit at mid-day!  What a nut!  Yeah, you gotta try it  :-)   Very fulfilling to finish it.  Well,  that is,  IF you make it back in 1 piece.

The Baby Steps bike trail was quite painful for me also.  First,  I hurt myself quite badly the day before on Slickrock.  Secondly, not being a mountain biker,  and having biked super-hard the previous day,  oh my bottom hurt so bad...  Every time I sat I regretted it.  I wanted to make it to all the long,  remote single-track sections.  But when I took a wrong turn and came back on the shorter,  easier trail (ie. Klondike Bluffs),  well I had to chalk it up to divine compassion leading me home before I became permanently damaged.  LOL

Photo from start of North Trail in Vail. High ride.  Ending this one was strange, because I had to ride the bike back to my car on paved roads & bike trails, on basically level ground. Somehow this short section was more exhausting than riding up the mountains. Is it because full-suspension MTB's are inefficient on roads, or because the energy of exploring nature was not flowing through me? Well, you go out there and try it & report back your theories to me.   :-)

On Boneyard / East Eagle trail  I had limited time because I had to get the bike back to the rental place.  So I had to go fast, but no harm in that! It is in between the mountains & the desert.  I thoroughly enjoyed this trail, because after a hard day biking the previous day,  I was ready for some fun but not overwhelming activities. You start out on the Boneyard trail and come back on the East Eagle trail and it is a blessedly short ride back to your vehicle.

The only little drawback about mountain biking is trying to transport your own personal bike halfway around the continent or the world. So I will try not to spend too much on this particular toy, since you end up renting them anyways.

Well, if you are a mountain biker, I hope there is some way for you to tell me if you liked this page. Until then, thanks for checking it out!