Mountain Biking
In Colorado, Mountain Bikers Get Video Guides to Trails
Using head-mounted cams, a team has put together point-of-view video guides to all the trails at Trestle Bike Park, near Boulder, Colo.By Michael Frank, Adventure Journal, Guest Writer, 8-26-11
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| A couple rents mountain bikes to attack the trails of Trestle Bike Park, which go through downhill ski runs at Boulder, Colo. Photo by Tim Wilson, Flickr. | |
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In case you didn’t know it, the world-famous Whistler Mountain Bike Park in Whistler, B.C., Canada, has a south-of-the-border rival: Colorado’s Trestle Bike Park, otherwise known as Winter Park Resort’s summer playground outside Boulder, Colo.
And the people at Vital MTB, which creates videos and other online content to connect the BMX, motocross and mountain biking scenes, have been super-busy this summer building an online video directory of all of Trestle’s trails.
The handy thing about what they’ve cooked up is that it’s not just folks boosting trails at pro-level speed. They take it at a reasonable pace, and they pop smart directions up on the screen, like, “Stay Left,” or “Experts Only!”
These vids let you virtually pre-ride any track on the hill, to see what you’re in for before you commit. (Why hasn’t anyone done this for the ski world?) About the only thing missing is hearing the riders gasp for air, since the top of Trestle Mountain is 10,700 feet.
A video of riding the Boulevard Trail at Trestle Bike Park is posted below.
Michael Frank writes for Adventure Journal, from which this article is republished with permission.
The Boulevard Trail at Trestle Bike Park - More Mountain Bike Videos
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