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*Durango mountain biking - Durango Downtown
P.O. Box 2073,
Durango
Colorado
81302
970-247-9345
Type: ATV
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Durango
Colorado
81302
970-247-9345
Type: ATV
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Mountain biking in Durango, Colorado, home to the first-ever World Mountain Bike Championships, is an attitude as much as anything. According to a friend from Texas, you can tell the quality of a town's recreational spirit by the number of roof racks on the cars. In Durango, it seems that half the vehicles you see look like some neo-20th century Christmas tree -- decorated with bikes, skis, kayaks, sailboards, and canoes.
Possibly the best mountain bike ride directly from town goes out 25th Street to the southern terminus of the Colorado Trail. From there, various options exist. A local favorite is an out-and-back on the main trail. The trail generally follows Junction Creek for a few miles, before climbing up the opposite side on a series of steep (but ridable) switchbacks.
Each switchback presents nice mini challenges, and each is different both up and down. Above the switchbacks, the trail leaves the conifers to enter a rustling aspen forest, home to elk, deer, and the occasional black bear or mountain lion.
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