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Welcome to
Mountain Bike Capital USA™!
From the gentle paved grade of the Fraser River Trail to the twisted single-track of Icarus or the fun whoop-de-doos of Flume, you can find family fun or hard-core challenge — and everything in between. With over 600 miles of marked and unmarked terrain, there's a variety of terrain for all abilities. To view trail profiles, check out our main Mountain Biking website: www.MountainBikeCapitalUSA.com
The SolVista Bike Park at Granby Ranch was created to provide an incredible outdoor experience, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Skilled riders and beginners alike, will find trails and amenities to make their two-wheeled adventures safe, fun and unforgettable on double and single-track trails. Denver's Westword rated SolVista Bike Park as #1 for bike parks in 2010!
Winter Park Resort is home to Trestle Bike Park - the fastest growing bike park in the USA! - with 33 miles of downhill freeride trails with over 175 features including tabletop jumps, elevated stunts, drops and banked cruisers. The Olympia Express and Zephyr Express lifts will operate, taking bikers to the top. New in 2010 downhill riders will find additional features on 8 new trails added last season and for advanced gravity-fueled guests, Trestle is announcing the extension of Jump Trail. Novice park riders check out Green World - an expanded five mile, top-to-bottom beginner trail that will provide new downhill trail riders with a full-mountain experience. Don't miss Freeride Fridays at Winter Park Resort!
Check Out the Biking Map!
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Now Check Out the NEW Biking Trail
of the Week!
Click here for the detailed directions (without even having to ask anyone for directions!)
Lastly, Check Out All the Races - whether you compete or spectate!
Winter Park is THE place to race with gravity-defying
downhill races to cross-country thrillers...
2011 Mountain Biking Races & Events
Throughout Winter Park & The Fraser Valley:
June
3 Opening Day at SolVista Bike Park
11 Trestle Bike Park Opens at Winter Park Resort
11 Epic Singletrack Hill Climb Kick Off
11-17 26th Annual Ride The
The Denver Post Ride The Rockies is an annual bicycle tour that takes
2,000 cyclists on a week-long trek through Colorado's Rocky Mountains,
from Crested Butte to Georgetown, Colorado. Cyclists will be treated to 6
scenic mountain passes, 1 loop ride and 22,000 feet of vertical gain over
the course of 6 days and 412 miles.
16-19 Triple Dhip Downhill (SolVista)
19-25 17th Annual Bicycle Tour of
Colorado's Original Loop Tour: Central City, Estes Park, Granby,
Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs, Frisco, Central City.
Limited to 1,500 cyclists.
25 Epic Singletrack X-Country Super
29 Women's Wednesdays at Winter Park Resort starts, runs every
Wednesday through August 31
July
1 Freeride Fridays at Winter Park Resort starts, runs every Friday through
September 2
9 Treadfast Benefiting the National Sports Center for the Disabled (
Park Resort)
9
10 Epic Singletrack Super Downhill
16 Mountain Bike Capital
16-17 Trek Dirt Series 2011 Camp - Women's & Co-Ed
28-31 5th
Park Resort)
News! Grand County's Channel 17 will have LIVE coverage of the event. Here is
their schedule:
Thursday, July 28th Dual Slalom 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM (MDT)
Friday, July 29th Slopestyle Qualifiers 2 PM – 5 PM (MDT)
Saturday, July 30th Slopestyle Finals 1 PM – 4:30 PM (MDT)
Saturday, July 30th Intergalactic Pond Crossing Championship
5 PM – 6:30 PM (MDT)
30 Epic Singletrack Crankworx CO X-Country
August
13 Free Bike Clinic: Improving Cornering Techniques (SolVista Bike Park)
14 SuckerPunch Downhill Challenge (SolVista Bike Park)
19-21 Trestle All-Mountain Enduro Presented by Trek
20 Free Bike Clinic: Conquering Steep Terrain (SolVista Bike Park)
20 Epic Singletrack Mary Jane Circuit
27 Epic Singletrack King of the
September
2-4 Sol Survivor Mountain States Cup (SolVista) - The Mountain States Cup
returns to SolVista in 2011, with riders competing in cross-country,
downhill, 4x and super-D events.
10 Red Bull Final Descent (Winter Park Resort)
Are you ready for 12 hours of mind blowing competitive downhill? Cap of
your 2011 MTB season in a fury!
10 Colorado Crooked Roubaix - road bike tour in Grand County/Winter Park
Update: this event unfortunately has been cancelled!
Grand County is home to Wheat Ridge Cyclery's 90 mile ride for the hard
core that starts at Hideaway Park. Can you crank the Crooked?
Click to read the event write up on BikeRadar.com.
For more information on any of the bike series events, please visit Winter Park Resort or SolVista Bike Park at Granby Ranch.
To check out a sampling of the trail rides available in Grand County, visit www.MountainBikeCapitalUSA.com