Subject: RE: Where to go for a week of mountain biking? Look at Angel Fire New Mexico. If not for this year, then next.
There are plenty of Condos, the Main Lodge, and VRBO Homes right there.
And perhaps most importantly, it's great terrain is virtually undiscovered compared to any Colo Ski Resort.
Besides the obvious ski runs, here's a course that leaves from the Lodge front door, and in about 12.5 miles for a 25mile out and back includes a Cat 1 climb on the Eliot Barker Trail.
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/93868807/?new_route=1
They hold a 100 Mile Ultra Run on this course that had ONE finisher last year and made plenty of Leadville finishers DNF. Wanna try 25 of it?
Also, even the Mid July normal Temps are in the 80s for a high, low 50s for a low, so you spend much of your day 'Cool, but Warm' and then 'Warm, but Cool'. There's also plenty of good eats.
Frankly I don't tell other folks about that area much... I've driven for over an hour on a summer Holiday weekend without seeing another Car (do THAT in Colo ) and I'd like to keep it that way. But fellow Bikers are welcome!
They hosted a bunch of events last year including the National Collegiate Mtn Bike Championships, so the word is getting out.
Here's their Bike Park site, events page from last year, and you can link to the home page from there.
Enjoy!
http://www.angelfirebikepark.com/events.php
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