Visit Crested Butte Mtn. Bike Hall of Fame
The Crested Butte area, home of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, has some of the best mountain biking in the country. Crested Butte is one of the places that the sport of modern mountain biking began. The more you ride here, the more you realize why mountain biking endures here.
Many local rides are long and epic. Even the shorter rides access incredible mountain scenery. There is so much beauty in these hills, that one of the best ways to see as much as you can in one summer is on a bike. To the well conditioned, thirty to fifty miles in a day is possible. For the novice, half of that will be a challenge. Even so, you will cover more ground on a bike in day than just about any form of outdoor transportation.
Most of the trails around here have been slowly transformed into bike trails by the sheer number of people who ride them and maintain them. Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association (CBMBA) is a very active local organization that is affiliated with the national organization IMBA (International Mountain Bike Association). CBMBA has been passionately involved in trail maintenance, trail protection, access, and land holder trust. Most of the small trail signs you'll see along the way are compliments of CBMBA and the local forest service.
If you are thinking of visiting Crested Butte and would like travel or lodging information contact the Chamber of Commerce at 800-545-4505.
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