Summit locals dish on favourite rides for various circumstances and experiences
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DILLON — In search of a super path for a sure type of circumstances or trip expertise? The Summit Every day gathered collectively 11 of probably the most passionate members of the native mountain biking and biking neighborhood to share their favourite trails, routes and rides for various circumstances.
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Jared Black has been the supervisor at Ridden in Breckenridge since 2012. An avid bicycle owner for seven years, Jared has an intensive data of year-round fat-tire biking, and he loves driving his fat-tire bike all winter and summer time lengthy.
Ben Ferrante is the president of the Summit County Mountain Bike Alliance and has been on the group’s board since 2012. He has a deep ardour to guard Summit’s trails and to assist domesticate a tight-knit biking neighborhood and superb path community all through Summit County.
Brent Ford is the final supervisor of Pioneer Sports activities in Frisco and Silverthorne and is a passionate bicycle owner who routinely rides trails and terrain of every kind in Summit County.
Lasse Konecny is an up-and-coming junior elite mountain biker from Breckenridge who began off driving on coaching wheels and is now driving as much as 50 miles a day on trails throughout Summit. Not too long ago, he’s develop into one of many state’s finest aggressive youth mountain bikers and travels overseas to compete in junior elite occasions.
Camden Latimer‘s life has revolved round biking tradition from a younger age. For the previous 12 years, he has labored with bikes in some capability. At the moment, he spends a lot of the yr touring across the western U.S. working at mountain bike occasions for Rocky Mountain Bicycles.
Phil Lindeman is a former sports activities editor for the Summit Every day and present information director for Krystal 93 radio. He filmed the primary Discover Summit digital bike information in 2015, when he found and fell in love with Summit’s quick and punchy lunch loops. Discover him driving Breckenridge on weekdays and Frisco on weekends.
Scott Reid is the director of recreation for the city of Breckenridge and an avid mountain biker who loves spreading the enjoyment to others, whether or not it’s children, newcomers or seasoned riders. Scott has achieved the Breck Epic various instances in addition to the native Summit Mountain Problem sequence and now focuses on cultivating an ideal system of trails to share with others.
Taylor Shelden grew up in Summit County earlier than a professional biking profession took him and his bike everywhere in the world. Taylor is now retired from street racing, however that simply means he will get to spend extra time having fun with the paths in Summit.
Jeff Westcott, often known as “Westy” to most across the county, is the person behind all the Mav Sports activities Promotions lately. His job consists of bringing the center of the Summit County sports activities scene collectively for the annual Summit Mountain Problem, which options greater than a half-dozen mountain bike occasions for riders of all ages and skills every summer time. Westy additionally operates and directs occasions just like the Imperial Problem, a one-of-a-kind snowboarding occasion that comes with a biking element.
Scott Winn is an avid bicycle owner and bike service supervisor at Pioneer Sports activities in Frisco. When he’s not tuning up bikes for a cruise down Vail Cross or a climb up the scenic Frisco Peninsula trails, he’s driving throughout the county from his house in Silverthorne.
James Welch is the vice chairman of the Summit County Mountain Bike Alliance, for which he manages IT and alliance memberships. Some of the passionate mountain bikers within the county, James loves getting out on his bike alone to benefit from the excessive Alpine.
Right here’s the lowdown, straight from the Summit sources, on what you must know:
Favourite white-knuckle downhill
- Brent Ford: The double blacks at Keystone Bike Park
- Camden Latimer: Lenawee Path off the bottom of A-Basin
- Phil Lindeman: The Keystone Far East Blacks — Cowboy As much as Holy Diver to Paid-In-Full to Wild Factor at Keystone Bike Park
- James Welch: Lenawee Path
- Jared Black: The bus loops from the highest of Baldy
- Lasse Konecny: B-Line
- Scott Reid: Wheeler Path to Spruce Creek Path
- Scott Winn: The Miners Creek Path from Breck into Frisco
- Taylor Shelden: Barney Circulate to B-Line to Sidedoor
- Jeff “Westy” Westcott: Lenawee Path to 100 Acre Woods
Favourite 1-hour loop
- Brent: Groovy Path loop through Soda Creek
- Camden: Tiger Dredge up Summit Gulch Street right down to ZL
- James: The Soda Creek-Soda Ridge loop
- Phil: Choose a route within the Frisco Peninsula
- Jared: The Flumes Loop
- Lasse: B&B to Minnie Mine and down
- Scott Reid: The Sidedoor-Slalom combo
- Scott Winn: Frisco to Copper recpath
- Taylor: Boreas Cross Street to Baker’s Tank to Aspen Alley
- Westy: B&B to Turks to Sallie Barber down Barney Ford to V3
Favourite path to kick your butt
- Camden: Nice Flume to Georgia Cross
- James: West Ridge
- Phil: The Soda Creek Scramble route
- Jared: Burro Path to Wheeler
- Lasse: Vomit Hill
- Scott Reid: Something within the Golden Horseshoe
- Scott Winn: Colorado Path to Serale Cross to Camp Hale
- Taylor: Pennsylvania Gulch — in both course
- Westy: Little French
Favourite path for the views
- Ben Ferrante: Manner up excessive on Miners Creek
- Brent: Oro Grande Path
- Camden: Lenawee Path
- James: Broad Open on Tenderfoot Mountain
- Jared: Baker’s Tank off Boreas Cross Street
- Phil: Boreas Cross all the best way to Como
- Lasse: Boreas Cross Street to the Divide
- Scott Reid: Colorado Path
- Scott Winn: Oro Grande
- Taylor: Aspen Alley
- Westy: Wheeler southbound
Favourite fall foliage trip
- Ben: Aspen Alley
- Brent: The rec path from Frisco to Copper
- Camden: Gold Rush right down to Como
- James: Wild Factor at Keystone Bike Park
- Jared: Aspen Alley
- Phil: Decrease Salt Lick community
- Lasse: Aspen Alley
- Scott Reid: Gold Rush right down to Como
- Scott Winn: Aspen Alley
- Taylor: Aspen Alley
- Westy: Aspen Alley
Favourite winter fat-tire terrain
- Ben: Turks Path
- James: Turks Path
- Jared: Turks Path within the Sallie Barber space
- Lasse: Gold Run Nordic Middle
- Scott Reid: French Gulch
- Scott Winn: Frisco Peninsula
- Taylor: B&B Path and Turks Path
- Westy: French Gulch
Favourite downhill path at Keystone Bike Park
Editor’s observe: Although some bike park trails are positioned on U.S. Forest Service land and are accessible through uphill, the bike park is closed to lift-served driving and park jumps and options are closed and never being maintained by park workers. Discover extra info at KeystoneResort.com/explore-the-resort/activities-and-events/summer-activities.
- Brent: Helter Skelter
- Camden: Helter Skelter
- James: Jam Rock
- Phil: Paid-In-Full
- Lasse: Helter Skelter
- Scott Winn: Cash
- Westy: Inexperienced or blue runs — I’m not expert or younger sufficient for the black
Favourite singletrack
- Ben: The Colorado Path beginning at Kenosha Cross
- Brent: Soda Creek to Groovy loop
- Camden: The Georgia Cross descent on the Colorado Path
- Jared: Peaks Path
- Phil: Aspen Alley
- Lasse: Little French Path
- Scott Reid: The one in entrance of your tire
- Scott Winn: Peaks Path
- Taylor: Nice American Flume, off the bottom of Little French, connecting Little French to the Colorado Path
- Westy: Colorado Path
Favourite technical rocks-and-roots ascent
- Brent: Peaks Path
- Camden: Peaks Path to the highest of Gold Hill
- Jared: Spruce Creek to Wheeler path
- Phil: Baker’s Tank
- Lasse: The climb up Little French
- Scott Reid: The south fork of the Swan to Georgia Cross
- Scott Winn: Miners Creek
- Taylor: Humbug Hill
- Westy: North Fork
Favourite circulate path
- Ben: Gold Mud
- Brent: Baker’s Tank
- Camden: Sidedoor
- James: Slalom
- Jared: Barney Circulate trails
- Phil: Slalom
- Lasse: Sidedoor
- Scott Reid: Barney Circulate
- Scott Winn: B-Line
- Taylor: The brand new Onerous Luck path off Gold Run within the center flume and into Tom’s Child
- Westy: V3
Favourite path for sundown
Ben: The ridgeline on the Frisco Peninsula
Brent: Oro Grande
Camden: Pink Path to the Colorado Path, or in reverse
James: Broad Open on Tenderfoot
Jared: Mike’s Path into Higher Flumes
Phil: Wheeler to the saddle between Peaks 8 and 9
Lasse: Frisco Peninsula’s Buzzsaw path
Scott Reid: West Ridge
Scott Winn: Oro Grande
Taylor: The center and higher flume within the Flume Trails within the Highlands
Westy: Baker’s Tank
Favourite path to impress your out-of-town associates
Brent: Baker’s Tank
Camden: Miners Creek
James: Keystone Bike Park
Jared: Carter Park switchbacks to Barney Ford trails to French Creek
Phil: Peaks Path
Lasse: V3
Scott Reid: It is determined by what sort of rider they’re. The alternatives listed here are nice.
Scott Winn: Baker’s Tank to Aspen Alley
Taylor: Up Backdoor and down Sidedoor
Westy: Horseshoe Gulch
Favourite path for newcomers
Ben: Perimeter Path at Frisco Peninsula
Brent: Frisco Peninsula Perimeter Loop
Camden: Oro Grande
James: Lady Scouts at Keystone Bike Park
Jared: The river path alongside the rec path in Breck
Phil: Choose one thing out of B&B Trailhead
Lasse: The Frisco Pensinsula
Scott Reid: The river path in Breck
Scott Winn: Frisco Peninsula Perimeter Loop
Taylor: Frisco Peninsula
Westy: Oro Grande space
Favourite path to get air on
Ben: Sidedoor
Camden: Cash at Keystone Bike Park
James: B-Line
Jared: Onerous Luck
Phil: Cash at Keystone Bike Park
Lasse: Barney Circulate
Scott Reid: B-Line
Taylor: Sidedoor
Westy: Barney Ford/Barney Circulate
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