[RaceFace2040]

Hi, me and a couple of buddys are going to be in colorado for a week or 2 during the summer, and we are wondering what some good resorts to go downhilling and dirt jumping at. I heard vail and keystone are good but i have no idea what the trails are like. We will all be on hardtails so were also looking for skateparks/dual/mtnx courses/ and dirt jumps. Any info will be very aprecitated.
thanx
Evan

 

[where_am_i?]

Keystone is good- long DH run, with some techy tipe woods sections (nothing to technical though) and some fast, open, rocky sections). Also they are planing on building a new trail this year with jumps and bridges and such.

Vail is fun- the '94 DH course is a fun through the trees and fairly fast trail.
Magic forest is pretty good- not to technical but has some fun jumps on it.


As for skateparks:
X-games in denver is good, but it is expensive (there is some video of it here somewhere in the pic of the day thread)

Boulder park is small, but fun, and close to CU campus and dorms where there is good street riding. But it only alows bikes untill 11 AM

And DJ
you pretty much got lake arbor as your best choice.

 

[phillyvanilly]

we dont let texans ride here

 

[Full Trucker]

Originally posted by where_am_i?
...you pretty much got lake arbor as your best choice.

And it's one of the best spots this side of anywhere.

 

[RaceFace2040]

Were making plans to go to keystone now. Anybody know how far away lake arbor is form keystone?

 

[phillyvanilly]

About 2 hours I would guess, it takes me about that to get to keystone from boulder(Southwest), and 20 minutes to arbor(southeast). Im not sure what the fastest dirct route between the two would be.

 

[DHblur]

I live at Lake Arbor and it once took me 60 minutes flat from my house to Keystone. That was borderline legal though. Normally hit should take about an hour-thirty from here to there. Make the extra half hour trip on past keystone to Vail for even more thrills. And don't miss Lake Arbor while you're here.

 

[where_am_i?]

In the summer boulder to keystone can be done in about 1:30 driving fairly legally, But it can also be done in less than an hour if you are so inclined

 

[Motionboy2]

Originally posted by DHblur
I live at Lake Arbor and it once took me 60 minutes flat from my house to Keystone. That was borderline legal though. Normally hit should take about an hour-thirty from here to there. Make the extra half hour trip on past keystone to Vail for even more thrills. And don't miss Lake Arbor while you're here.

Borderline? I made it to keystone from Golden in an hour and THAT was borderline legal!

 

[streetweapon_dh]

Originally posted by Motionboy2
Borderline? I made it to keystone from Golden in an hour and THAT was borderline legal!

yeah really. In reality, you will never predict the drive (traffic) from keysone to arbor. I'd guess average time driving normal, about, ummm, one point five hours.

 

[where_am_i?]

They should have a race: First stage is driving from Golden to Keystone, then you hop on your bike and do the DH run.

All i need is a Farrari... with bike racks :devil:

 

[woody415]

Originally posted by where_am_i?
They should have a race: First stage is driving from Golden to Keystone, then you hop on your bike and do the DH run.

All i need is a Farrari... with bike racks :devil:

You should probably learn to spell Ferrari right first, before going and applying for the loan

 

[Motionboy2]

Originally posted by woody415
You should probably learn to spell Ferrari right first, before going and applying for the loan

Naw, Just make sure you got your name and address spelled correct and you are good

 

[c2001]

what about wilderness trails up in silverthorne? those are a lot closer than arbor to keystone.

 

[DHblur]

True! but...........

 

[Motionboy2]

Originally posted by ©2001
what about wilderness trails up in silverthorne? those are a lot closer than arbor to keystone.

That is true, someone was doing a lot of work on those last I checked too!