MOUNTAIN BIKING

Colorado also offers miles and miles of mountain biking trail with views and scenery that can't be matched. Trails are relatively easy to find at any state park or camping site. There's also many sites such as http://www.singletracks.com/colorado-bike-trails_6.html that provide you with the location and diffaculty ratings of biking trails in Colorado. There's also many different kinds of trails so you have a wide range of options. If you're looking for an easier ride, there are plenty of winding dirt roads that ease on up to a number of different locations. If you're looking for a more challenging experience, you might want to try one of downhill rocky trails that propells you down the side of a mountain. In the summer, many ski resorts use their ski lifts as bike carriers to carry you and your bike up the mountain so that you can more thoroughly enjoy your time going down. Make sure to wear a helmet and proper protective gear when riding. While biking, it is even more crucial to stay on the trail than while hiking because you can get lost a lot more quickly when you're darting around trails and over boulders. Also, from personal experience I can tell you it is very important to make sure you have proper tire patching tools and a tire pump as there are sharp rocks and sticks that will slice a hole in a tire more easily than one would think.