Winter Parking and Access at Brainard Lake: What You Need to Know
New for the 2024-2025 winter season is parking fees for the Brainard Gateway trailhead.
Get Ready for Fat Bike Worlds in Leadville!
After 4 years, Fat Bike Worlds are returning to Colorado at a new venue in Leadville! Mark your calendars for a family-friendly three-day festival January 26-28, 2024.
Trailforks Winter Map
Did you know you can see summer and winter maps on Trailforks? This is especially useful for the Brainard Lake Recreation Area that has trails that only exist in the winter, and Little Raven trail changes from bike accessible in the summer to ski only in the winter.
How to Make More Fun (Fatbiking) Trails
Backcountry snow riding comes with rewards and challenges. Unlike groomed trails at a Nordic center, in the backcountry there are no hard and fast rules, but we can do a lot to “self-groom” a trail to be awesome (or trash it so it’s basically unrideable).
My 5 Year Journey to Falling in Love with Fatbiking
My first fatbike ride was in January 2014, but I didn’t fall with the sport and buy my own fatbike until January 2019. I’ll share what I did wrong and what I didn’t know so you don’t have to miss out on 5 years of fun.
Fatbikeology
Catch the recording of our 12/17/2020 Fatbiking 101 Zoom meeting.