Shannon GriswoldAfter the intense year of 2020 COVID anxiety, I decided that 2021 was going to be the year that I spend serious time in the […]
Category: adventure
MTB | Fruita, Colorado: A Sample of Everything
Late winter and spring are desert season in Colorado/Utah. While I thoroughly enjoy some cold weather slickrock, it is nice when it warms up enough […]
MTB | Sedona, Arizona: A Trial of Fitness, Skill, and Equipment
Sometime amid the 2020 pandemic, one of our crew mates declared “I’m going to Sedona, be there or be square!”. Naturally, I was quite interested and immediately started to pencil in some plans.
MTB | Lake Pueblo Blitz
In the spirit of going fast, I decided I wanted to take a stab at some local-ish trails that are almost always dry in the […]
MTB | Evergreen Link-Up
I was after miles and it was getting toward the end of the season in the Rockies. Having never ridden Evergreen trails at all, I […]
MTB | Moab, Utah: An Attempt at White Rim in a Day
On somewhat of a whim I decided that I was going to take a shot at riding the 100 miles of White Rim Road in […]
MTB | Buena Vista, Colorado
This was a straight-forward weekend of riding in Buena Vista and Salida, with a bonus lap up Little Brown’s Creek trail from our campsite under […]
La Plata via the Southwest Ridge
First 14’er since moving to Colorado! While the route is deemed to be a “difficult class 2”, we found it to be 75% class 2 […]
Why the Colorado Trail Race?
500 Miles, Are You Insane? Well, as a matter of fact, it probably depends on who you ask. When I tell people that I want […]