Category: Mountain Biking
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In Search of Abandoned Contention Ghost Town
Several weeks ago when we hiked out to Presidio Santa Cruz De Terrenate, we noticed on the trail head map that the townsite of Contention was not too far off in the opposite direction. We had tried to find Contention 8 years ago when we were fairly new to the desert and I was pulling… Read more
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Mountain Biking Along the Mogollon Rim
As we get older, birthdays have started to become just another day. How old are we again? 29? …for the 2nd time in a row? 3rd? Anyway, I decided this time around we were going to pack my birthday weekend with adventures along the Mogollon Rim near Payson, Arizona just to make sure these middle-aged… Read more
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Mountain Biking to Monte Cristo Ghost Town
One of our favorite adventures this year was a tough, 9+ miles, ride-and-carry mountain biking trek out to the abandoned Monte Cristo Ghost Town several miles outside of Granite Falls, Washington. Read more
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Mountain Biking the Saguaro National Park East Loop
The day after we arrived home from a fantastic vacation in Washington State, we headed back to Honeybee Canyon Loop on our mountain bikes to burn off those holiday calories. Third time’s the charm, we successfully complete the loop without getting lost and were rewarded with flats on both our bikes! We managed to patch… Read more
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Honeybee Canyon Loop: Getting Lost So You Don’t Have To
Good thing we’re motivated to shed off our summer-fat (in most places, people gain weight over winter. In Arizona, winter is our active season because only crazy people run in 110°+ summer). On our first attempt to find Honeybee Canyon Loop the week before, we just kept biking up and down the street trying to… Read more
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Mountain Biking the Wheeler Creek to Art Nord Trail
All it took was one foray into mountain biking and my addiction to the sport took root! My brother & I headed to Snowbasin for a change of scenery from biking on Antelope Island. I thought less boulders would make this slightly easier but trying to ascend a mountain trail on a bike is tough!… Read more
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Mountain Biking Antelope Island State Park Trails
My older brother took me on my first mountain biking trail for my 31st birthday on Antelope Island, Utah. I think he thought that because husband and I hike and run all the time, that somehow I could handle a trail that utahmountainbiking.com calls “insanely rocky and rates an “expert” in technical difficulty”… and he… Read more