So I was thinking of going to Leadville. Back in November when I bought my fat bike, the guys at Cycles of Life made a point of telling me about Leadville’s groomed winter trails, “One of the best places to ride snow in the area!” A couple of our neighbors cross-country ski and they also mentioned the Leadville trails to me. I figured it would be a good idea to make a trip up to the Cloud City before the snow gets melted out for the season.
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The month of March is certainly making up for what has been an otherwise ‘meh’ snow season in Colorado. I woke up Wednesday with intentions of going for a bike ride but with five or so inches of fresh snow at the house and Monarch reporting nine it seemed like skiing would be the better option.
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When I’ve mentioned to my new neighbors that I’ve been riding the dirt roads and trails in the Arkansas Hills a couple of them have asked, “Have you been to Turret?”
Huh? Where?
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Being of a certain age that qualifies you for such things, Ms. Seeking and I became eligible for our COVID vaccine this week. After a year of weirdness and months of waiting I can honestly say I have never been more excited to receive a vaccination. Come to think of it, I’ve never had a vaccination elicit any kind of excitement at all until this one.
Continue readingIf you haven’t heard of Playing for Change and their Songs Around the World you owe it to yourself to check it out. They basically ask musicians from all over the world to play a song on their respective instruments, then edit it together into something that is truly greater than the sum of its parts. You can find dozens of their songs on the YouTube or the Playing for Change website. This is one of my favorites, The Weight by The Band, featuring Robbie Robertson himself. In the key of F-demented, if you’d like to play along.
After my Fooses Creek ride a couple of weeks ago I began thinking of other places in the area where I could get the fat bike back into the mountains in snow. Preferably someplace with a well-packed trail that goes a little deeper into the woods.
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Besides enjoying our share of the outdoor activities Colorado has to offer, one of the other things that’s been an entertaining part of our relocation has been discovering a whole new assortment of local adult beverages.
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With the in-town trails mostly melted out and muddy I decided to take the fat bike on an adventure a little farther afield in search of rideable snow. I wanted to try segment 15 of the Colorado Trail which runs south from Highway 50 just above Maysville to the top of Continental Divide.
Continue readingI’ve spent the past couple of weeks alternating between skiing and fat biking, depending on the weather in sunny Salida versus up in the mountains. No complaints here, not a one. I found this nice little video about riding the Kettle Valley Railroad trail in British Columbia. And while I have no intention of camping overnight in the snow or riding to Argentina like this guy (check out his other videos if you want to be amazed), I think this video captures the feel of fat biking in the snow as good as any I’ve seen.