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Mountain Bike Roadtrip

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deathcookie
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What are your favorite freeride/downhill mountain bike spots in North America?

Preferably hikeable/rideupable/hitchhikeable

I am driving from Vancouver to Pennsylvania with my bike
Apr 24 2012 11:45PM
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bigbromskier
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Should probably just stay where you are! I've only really ridden Tahoe area and Southwest Montana but heres what I might do.....

Moab seems like a go-to.....there are some sweet spots around Jackson Hole I've heard......Bozeman, MTs a cool town with a few select rides in n around the area......Colorado's got some good stuff but I don't know specifics.....apparently there's a couple alright rides in the Dakota Black Hills......No idea about anywhere between the front range and Pennsylvania, but the northeast has some good rides if you wanna keep going a bit.

That wasn't much help but it sounds like fun....should probably be interesting to see what riding's like outside of vancouver
Apr 25 2012 12:02AM
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deathcookie
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^thanks

I guess I will include all around cool spots in America you guys think would be worth stopping at, including skiing that will still be fun mid May.
Apr 25 2012 12:16AM
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division.bell
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Washington state obviously, here's a link to the trails: www.evergreenmtb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:AllPages&namespace=100

You could bring your skis too. Lift accessed spring skiing on the weekends for the next month or so at the very least at Crystal.
Apr 25 2012 12:39AM
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Bertrand
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Im going to Moab on my way home in California from Colorado. Twill be sick. Then I'll be biking in Santa Cruz, CA. Also sick.
Apr 25 2012 12:54AM
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Funnel
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OP I know it's in your backyard but Whistler is by far the best place I've ever ridden.
Apr 25 2012 2:41AM
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deathcookie
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I know, I am going home for the summer to spend time with my friends/family and work..
Apr 25 2012 11:29AM
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J..H
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For bike resorts check out
Diablo in New Jersey
Highland in New Hampshire

And if you want a mix of cross country and downhill check out Kingdom Trails - Burke Vermont
Apr 25 2012 12:16PM
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Thrash
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I'm from Aptos, Ca(Santa Cruz). Such sick riding everywhere. From UCSC, Demo forest, Nisene, And the Post Office. There's tons of great riding and a ton of really good riders from the area.
Apr 25 2012 12:18PM
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ilikefood
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I've never ridden outside of BC, but if you havn't rode places like Silver Star, Sun Peaks, Kicking Horse, Nelson, Kamloops, Kelowna etc. I would go check out all their riding before heading south. BC has sooo much sick riding, may as well check it all out.
Apr 25 2012 1:49PM
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rudager
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Head out to Golden, BC. Kicking Horse operates in the summer and has amazing terrain. Along with Kicking Horse, Golden is Hlme of Mt. 7, former host hill of Psychosis race. Mt. 7 has 14km of single track vertical, multiple trails, and is accessible by shuttles (which you can do, or they have them provided). Also! Golden has some amazing x-country trails (Moonraker). Golden is a mountain biking town in the summer, plenty of people there, and plenty of bike shops. Check it out for sure
Apr 25 2012 2:37PM
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