Durango might be best known on the bike scene for producing top-tier cross-country mountain bikers. The local gravity racers, however, are also making people take notice of Durango.
At the 2023 Gravit.
The Big Mountain Enduro (BME) rolls into Brian Head Resort on Saturday, July 22 for two days set against the backdrop of Cedar Breaks National Monument.
Downhill ripper Asa Vermette picked up another win on his mountain bike over the weekend. Vermette (Frameworks enve Renen bc 2nd Ave Sports) bested the men’s pro field at Purgatory Resort’s Big Mounta.
With Colorado ski areas shifting into summer operations, resorts are opening trails to mountain biking or will do so any day. Many utilize their chairlifts for "bike hauls," requiring the purchase of trail passes for access. Copper Mountain allows free mountain biking but charges for bike hauls. Trail access is free at Arapahoe Basin, where there is no lift-assisted biking. Most of the resorts with mountain biking operations also offer rentals, lessons and clinics.
After an epic snow year, the high country trails at Purgatory Resort are finally ready to roll. Purgatory started running Lift 1, the Purgatory Express, on Thursday to carry mountain bikers to the top.