Mountain Bike Mission Trip – Carbondale, Colorado
Mountain Bike Mission Trip: Carbondale, Colorado We joined the Roaring Fork Mountain Bike Association for the development of the Buck Down Trail Project. New hand-crafted downhill trail to ease pressure on Buckhorn Each year, the Colorowdies Mountain Bike Ambassador...Mountain Bike Mission Trip: Eagle, Colorado
The Dig: Sawmill Trail Mission Objective: In partnership with Vail Valley Mountain Trails, reclaim Sawmill trail and reestablish the creek. At the beginning of the project, the creek and the trail were ubiquitous. The vegetation was overgrown, the water meandered back...
Mountain Bike Mission Trip: Silverton, Colorado
The Colorowdies 2022 Mission Trip, to give back to the communities doing it right for bikes, took us to one of the most rugged and picturesque locations in Colorado. Home to the highest ski area in North America and the second highest town in Colorado, Silverton sits nestled off the Million Dollar Highway in the San Juan mountains.
The Mission Continues: 2021 Season Recap
The Mission Continues: Despite the challenges we all faced in 2021, we continue to strive for our mission to Get Rowdy and Give Back. This year we did just that. After a rough 2020 that saw lockdowns, mask mandates, and social distancing we all had a lot to learn in...
Mountain Bike Mission Trip – Summit County, Colorado
For 2021, the Colorowdies raised their gaze on Lenawee trail in Summit County, Colorado. With a plan in place stemming from Summit County Mountain Bike Alliance (SCOMBA) and the US Forest Service (USFS) in partnership with Arapahoe Basin, 40 Colorowdies and friends planned to ‘dig in’ above 10,000-feet.
Mountain Bike Mission Trip – Glorieta Adventure Camps
An enduring and beloved Colorowdies tradition is that of the annual mission trip: the Rowdies travel to a riding destination that’s pushing progressive trail building and advocacy, and spend a weekend doing trail work and riding. The mission trip exemplifies the...
Denver Premiere of “Return to Earth” by Anthill Films
We all ride for different reasons, but one of the universal things we love about mountain biking is that it’s a way to be completely present, to have everything else fall away except the feeling of flowing down a trail, the Velcro rip of your tires on the dirt, the...
Rowdy Film Fest 2019 Recap
A couple of weeks ago, a link on Facebook caught my eye. Its title: “The only metric of success that matters is the one we ignore.” In the blog post, the author—a New York City-based writer—recounts the experience of watching her brother battle cancer. Her brother’s...