I finally got back from the beach, its nice to be home. Here is the full report on me and Curiouscaptains trip out to Keystone and Vail.
The first day we were in Denver and we hit the warped tour, it was pretty cool, we drove to keystone that evening. We found the mountain cross course and some stunts near the Keystone lodge after building the bikes.
Day one of DH was at keystone. Here are some shots.
Cowboy up, by far my favorite trail at keystone. I love this kind of stuff.
Right at the beginning of Wild Thing there is this cool turning stunt.
On TNT somewhere. It started thundering that run so we got shut down, 3 runs that day.
Screwin around at the hotel.
Our bikes got rained on when they were sitting on the balcony that evening. I took this laying on the hotel bed.
Next day, more Keystone.
Motorhead, a freakin awesome trail with berms and jumps. This berm is followed by a small double. This is all I took that day. 4 runs.
Wednsday we had a little rest day and didn't buy a lift ticket, the armpump got bad after 2 days at keystone, the braking ruts were pretty bad on a few trails. All we rode Wed. was mountaincross and some singletrack. Here are a bunch of MTX shots.
BIG ass berms
A bunch of the really fun step up.
My favorite shot by far from the trip.
James walking up.
awesome light.
Thursday, we hit Vail. Vail was tons of fun, although some construction at the bottom made for a lame road ride after every run. We got 7 runs in before the lifts stopped.
Here is a drop at the top of the 94 DH trail
On magic forest, one of my favorite trails, lots of cool hips and stuff.
94 DH
another favorite.
Last of vail.
Friday, last day. We rode Keystone again and it was really fun. It was much faster after a week of riding I felt. I took a few final shots. We got 3 runs in before the rain started. We hit 2 normal runs (cowboy up to motorhead etc.) Then we rode over and hit Mosquito Coast once too. Mosquito is a blue but it has some fun sections and a little jump line with 2 sweet doubles.
Motorhead table.
Motorhead little stunt thing.
My duct taped helmet in the woods.
Wild thing.
Wild thing.
Thats it, I had SOOO much fun, you CO guys are lucky. Please post any comments or questions. I really like how resort riding you can take multiple fast runs, then take a chill run and stop for pictures without worrying about messing up your flow since you have been up so many times already. Thanks for looking!
The first day we were in Denver and we hit the warped tour, it was pretty cool, we drove to keystone that evening. We found the mountain cross course and some stunts near the Keystone lodge after building the bikes.
Day one of DH was at keystone. Here are some shots.
Cowboy up, by far my favorite trail at keystone. I love this kind of stuff.
Right at the beginning of Wild Thing there is this cool turning stunt.
On TNT somewhere. It started thundering that run so we got shut down, 3 runs that day.
Screwin around at the hotel.
Our bikes got rained on when they were sitting on the balcony that evening. I took this laying on the hotel bed.
Next day, more Keystone.
Motorhead, a freakin awesome trail with berms and jumps. This berm is followed by a small double. This is all I took that day. 4 runs.
Wednsday we had a little rest day and didn't buy a lift ticket, the armpump got bad after 2 days at keystone, the braking ruts were pretty bad on a few trails. All we rode Wed. was mountaincross and some singletrack. Here are a bunch of MTX shots.
BIG ass berms
A bunch of the really fun step up.
My favorite shot by far from the trip.
James walking up.
awesome light.
Thursday, we hit Vail. Vail was tons of fun, although some construction at the bottom made for a lame road ride after every run. We got 7 runs in before the lifts stopped.
Here is a drop at the top of the 94 DH trail
On magic forest, one of my favorite trails, lots of cool hips and stuff.
94 DH
another favorite.
Last of vail.
Friday, last day. We rode Keystone again and it was really fun. It was much faster after a week of riding I felt. I took a few final shots. We got 3 runs in before the rain started. We hit 2 normal runs (cowboy up to motorhead etc.) Then we rode over and hit Mosquito Coast once too. Mosquito is a blue but it has some fun sections and a little jump line with 2 sweet doubles.
Motorhead table.
Motorhead little stunt thing.
My duct taped helmet in the woods.
Wild thing.
Wild thing.
Thats it, I had SOOO much fun, you CO guys are lucky. Please post any comments or questions. I really like how resort riding you can take multiple fast runs, then take a chill run and stop for pictures without worrying about messing up your flow since you have been up so many times already. Thanks for looking!
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