Category: Adventures

Telluride, Colorado // Mountain Biking the San Juans

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After 8 years, I finally made it to the last of the real mountain towns in the West, Telluride, Colorado. In my opinion, Telluride is the closest we can get to a European town in the Alps. Quite literally at the dead end of a box canyon, surrounded by walls of the San Juan mountains, piercing the sky. With snowfields and glaciers covering the summits. Sure, is the town comically unaffordable for anyone who actually wants to live there, yes, but it still does exist. And there are a handful of locals that still make this town as unique as …

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Race Report: Point 2 Point // Park City’s 75 Mile Mountain Bike Race with 10,000ft of Climbing

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One word to describe the Point 2 Point Race would be, unrelenting. 75 miles of trail, cutting through every single riding area that Park City has to offer, with 3 distinct climbing sections that total over 10K feet of vertical gain. The elevation profile of the course looks like a heart rate monitor, without any flat sections to recover. There are the small spikes when you’re in Round Valley, followed by massive spikes with the climbs up to Deer Valley, 9K at PCMR, and eventually up to Canyons. 400+ racers take on the course each year, with nearly 50 of the hopefuls …

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First Real Dual Sport Ride, Off-Roading in Wasatch State Park

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By the 4th failed attempt at the same rocky, steep section of trail, I realized I was in way over my head. Up until this point, I had enough skill and cross-over mountain biking talent to get myself, and my Yamaha WR250r, in this position. But it was quickly apparent that I did not have enough talent to successfully climb this 50yd section, and definitely not enough skill to navigate back downhill the technical terrain that I had already climbed. Fortunate for me, I was not alone. My experienced riding buddy, Nate, was also with me on his, comparatively massive, …

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Sunrise to Sunset Park City Adventures on the Summer Solstice

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The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, the beginning of the summer season, but most importantly 15 hours and 5 minutes of daylight! For the first time in my life I finally accomplished a goal I had in the back of my head. That goal was to be outside, in the mountains, from sun-up to sun-down, utilizing every minute of daylight that I long for in those cold, dark winter months. This stemmed from a video I saw, many years ago, of someone surfing at sunrise on the Oregon coast, then followed by some biking, and eventually a …

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The Winter Without Snow | Park City 2025-2026 Ski Season

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Just three years ago, Park City Mountain Resort, and most of the West for that matter, received a record amount of snowfall. On average, Park City Mountain & Canyons receive just under 300″ of total snowfall per year, but during the 2022-2023 season we received 612″ of snowfall. Yet, here we are, wrapping up the 2025-2026 ski season and Park City has only recorded 171″ or half the average. And the lack of snow was painfully evident throughout the winter. The mountains and hills normally blanketed in at least some amount of snow from November to April were nearly brown …

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What’s Better? Lifetime of Weekend Trips or a Grand Adventure of a Lifetime?

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Inspired after watching Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman ride around the world on their BMW motorcycles back in 2004 in The Long Way Round, I couldn’t get this idea out of my head. Especially after having a chat with my buddy who’s traveled all over the world, who proceeded to tell me about his motorbike trip from the top to bottom of Vietnam in his 20s. But one thing these guys have in common, besides epic stories from trips on two wheels, is that these adventures come around once in a few years. Which had me wondering which is better? …

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1st Ski Mountaineering (Skimo) Race // Ski Racing Both Uphill and Downhill

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Racing is fun, and as much as I try to hold back from signing up for races because it’s so hard to compete with the super fast athletes, I still get drawn back in and put in my place every time. My first skimo race was no exception, but luckily, I had no illusions of standing on the preverbal podium at my local ski race. Starting in the back, behind all the high school kids and with the rest of the “casual” racers, we headed uphill to complete as many laps on the course as possible in about 1 hour. …

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TRIP REPORT Day 4 // Bikepacking the GAP and C&O Canal Trail in 4 Days | DC to Pittsburgh

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Distance Vertical Gain Duration 88.4 Miles 538 Feet 8 Hours 53 Minutes Starting off our morning, the wet trail was lit up with the beams of our headlamps and bike lights with our final day on the bikes ahead of us. Finally, got the boys to start riding at 6:30 AM, my preferred start time for a big adventure. To me, moving in the dark is like free miles and free time, in that, everything you accomplish before the sun comes up feels like a bonus and somehow easier compared to starting later in the day. This made our breakfast …

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TRIP REPORT Day 3 // Bikepacking the GAP and C&O Canal Trail in 4 Days | DC to Pittsburgh

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Distance Vertical Gain Duration 92.9 Miles 2,224 Feet 10 Hours 29 Minutes Waking up to the predicted forecast of rain on the roof of the cabin we spent the night in was difficult pill to swallow. I’d previously completed a bike touring trip for 3 days around the White Mountains of New Hampshire entirely in the rain, and I was not looking forward to almost a century ride in the rain today. With a bit more pep in our step this morning than the previous two, we loaded up our bikes, dawned all our warm clothes, rain gear, and pushed off …

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TRIP REPORT Day 2 // Bikepacking the GAP and C&O Canal Trail in 4 Days | DC to Pittsburgh

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Distance Vertical Gain Duration 86.3 Miles 974 Feet 9 Hours 22 Minutes Waking out of a sleep, on a terribly uncomfortable couch, that only an entire day on a bike can put your body into, I was ready for another day in the saddle. But there were a few items to square away before we could pedal off towards Paw Paw, West Virginia nearly 90 miles away. Pat found himself carrying extra gear that was simply not useful, so he wandered down to the Post Office and shipped extra clothing and a pair of shoes. I was off in the other …

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