Twelve, eighteen or twenty-four miles — all three start with the same van ride to the summit. The honest differences are how long you are out and how much of it you pedal.
The Frisco Peninsula is the friendliest dirt in the county and fifteen minutes from the shop. What to expect, what to rent, and when to turn around.
Fifty paved, car-free miles link five towns and two passes. Here is how to ride the best of it in a day without a roof rack or a parking fee.
The Summit Stage is free and stops outside our door. A realistic three-day summer itinerary built entirely around it, with the bike rental doing the rest.
The biggest night-ski operation in Colorado is three miles from our door. Which runs stay open, how cold it really gets, and when to pick up your gear.
Keystone lets a first-day skier descend from the summit to the base on a green. That is rarer than it sounds, and it changes how you plan a beginner trip.
Structure, base bevel, side bevel and wax — in plain language, and why a ski that works at Keystone in January is not the one you want at A-Basin in April.
One thin pair, not two thick ones. The five minutes at our counter that decide whether your first day is fun, and what to say if something hurts.
About two thirds of the oxygen you get at sea level. What that means for your first day, your sleep, and the one drink that feels like three.
