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Planning to head west in June, hoping to spend 3 days driving out with stops in Warren Pa, Loudonville OH and then Lake Ridge ks (outside of topeka) based on my map-scouring of the I70 corridor on mtb project. Good idea? What am I
missing? Can add a day or maybe two.
Planning to swing down to Bentonville on the way home but no other ideas. Lmk what you recommend and thanks in advance!
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If I were focused on riding over time, I would probably go North, into Canada, Down through Michigan/WI, (UP trails) Rapid City, S. Dakota, and then south, possibly hitting up Curt Gordy, Ft. Collin’s, etc.
But if ya gotta go through Ohio/Etc, then that doesn’t work.
I looked at driving that way, hitting Duluth trails and then south. Is ND worth it? Not much (that I could find) between MN and Den.
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I don’t know of anything in N.D,, but SD has some great stuff near Sturgis and Rapid City.
Yeah, I meant SD. Drive from MN to Sturgis looks long with not much to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
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There's some great riding on the east coast portion of that trip. There's also some great riding in Colorado.
While there is riding in between, you're better off spending your riding time to the east or west, and just drive through the middle as quickly as possible.
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Pretty much agree if you are taking 70. However, things have changed in the last ten years, this is the best resource I have found.
https://www.singletracks.com/mtb-tra...oad-trip-rock/
WARNING: A lot of the really good alpine shit in Colorado may not be G2G in June.
For safety I'd push to July.
If you're not interested in high country riding, disregard this warning. :D
Coming from Vermont (which does have some great trails), even the low hanging front Range/Western Slope stuff is going to blow his mind.
Yeah - but June is likely too hot for that stuff. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by rideit
It is called flyover country for a reason. Get to CO preferably CB or Breck. June is a little early, maybe go to fruita first, then head back through the mountains.Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
Haha, yeah…Crack-O-Dawn rides, be done by 9:30!
In Ohio, I'd recommend East Rim (adjacent to I80). Vulture's knob is old school but fun (admittedly nostalgic for me though). Loudonville means Mohican I assume? It is fun as well. Horn's Hill is also great if you are into jumpy DH trails.
I still haven't worked Brown County into a trip but it's supposed to be good.
Wilson State Park in KS was a good stop to stretch the legs on my recent trip.
Potter's Pasture was wonderfully weird.
Are you camping or hoteling?
Vultures Knob may still have free camping? Located pretty much in between I80 & I70
Mostly camping, and my main goal is to make the trip relatively quickly but ride each day. Spending a few weeks in Co, have ridden there a bunch. My wife got into Hard Rock so we’ll be in the san juans for a while.
I’ll bring some ski stuff just in case.
Good call on Vulture’s Knob, I was planning on mohican but free camping sounds tempting. Thanks for all the recs!
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if you're going through ohio i would try to hit horns hill, best riding i've done in the state and great community there
If you take I 70 make sure to stop at the Hickory Hut in Salina, KS. You won't be sorry. Goddamn good barbecue.
Excellent. Horn hill and Salinas right off of 70 for some food after riding outside of Topeka.
Would you ride Horn hill over Mohican?
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Bentonville, AR. Map it, it's not that out of the way on a VT-->CO drive (I did the same not long ago). It's so worth it.
Yes. Mohican is XC, Horn's is lappable DH. I haven't been in years but what they have now is supposed to be very good.Quote:
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You may find some old videos of Mohican Wilderness DH, but all that stuff has returned to nature AFAIK. It's too bad, that was some rowdy riding back in the day.
Mohican State Park does have a nice (for Ohio) CG on the river.
Feel free to PM if you want to ride or ski in the San Juans while you're here!
Good stuff.
Biggins, hitting Bentonville on the way home. Never been but it is highly recommended, and now even higher with your rec.
I guess I should clarify that I enduro/xc stuff, and snowaddict I will most certainly be in touch to ride or ski. Thanks!!
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Another vote for Wilson State Park.Quote:
Originally Posted by snowaddict91
Thanks all. Current itinerary:
Day 1
Vt-State college/Rothrock
Day 2
State college-Brown cnty In
Day 3
Brown cnty-Wilson state park
Day 4
Wilson state park-Boulder
Days5-??
Boulder, front range, Fruita, Silverton and surrounding areas.
Lmk if you want to ride!!
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I've got no advice to offer here but I did a similar drive from Vermont to Jackson Hole a few summers ago and it was amazing. I stopped in WI, ND, SD and MT to ride along the way and rode some incredible trails.
Have fun, Glap, and don't rush it if you don't have to.