Aspen Valley Hospital’s trauma department is seeing more patients with severe bike injuries — an growing proportion of which are the result of e-bike accidents.
The increased use of e-bikes, the more use of trails in general and the explosion in demand for rental bikes have led to more bike crashes on area trails, local officials say.
Trail use numbers in Pitkin County were mostly down this summer from the pandemic peak in summer 2020, though the full COVID-19 influx affect on local outdoor recreational resources in future years remains unclear.