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Before you start pedaling an e-bike, familiarize yourself with all the local rules. You can find these on city, county and federal land management websites, depending on where you plan to ride. (Provided by Craniologie Breckenridge)
Erik Skarvan was teaching two women how to mountain bike between Aspen and Snowmass last summer when, seemingly out of nowhere, three men zoomed past on e-bikes, forcing Skarvan and the women to scramble off the trail.
Not only were the men breaking the law e-bikes, or bicycles propelled by pedaling and battery-powered motors, aren’t allowed on Pitkin County singletrack trails but the men also nearly ran into Skarvan and his clients at top speed.
INDY PASS ROCK WORK THIS WEEK
While Independence Pass remains closed to vehicles for another two weeks, a two-mile section also will close to pedestrians and cyclists next week for maintenance, according to a Colorado Department of Transportation news release.
The section of Highway 82 between Weller Campground and Lincoln Creek Road will close to all foot, bicycle and other non-motorized traffic between Monday and Friday “to allow for urgent rockfall mitigation work,” according to the release. There will be no access to the Weller Lake Trailhead.
“The work includes rock scaling, which involves pushing loose rocks off the mountain slope above the highway,” the CDOT release states. “The rockfall mitigation is necessary before CO 82/Independence Pass reopens to vehicles for the summer season.”