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Blackjack is Open for Business!!

I was able to get out and help build the last 200 yards of trail with about 20 other merry folk on Saturday and to say this is the toughest Black Diamond I've ever attempted to ride is an understatement. The initial drop in will have most people walking and a few moves after that will have all but the best riders questioning themselves. I was way off my game Saturday and I let Blackjack get the better of me by throwing me over the bars. After that, my belly swallowed my balls and even some of the easier features wigged me out and had me walking lines I know I can ride.

The trail though, is an understated incredible and it will become legend throughout the country. It's by far some of the best use of rock features I've seen coupled with amazing views, outstanding trail layout, and feature upon feature that will beg even the most gifted riders for a smackerel of blood or bike if their off their game. Its a big win for the Front Range riders who have been demanding for tougher trails to test their limits on.

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ribbon cutting

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Raspberry Ridge

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The Overlook (taken last Sunday)

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Blackjack

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Jason showing us how to ride the initial drop in. Aptly named "The Slot Machine"

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Grand opening of Black Diamond Singletrack in Buffalo Creek



Come out to the Grand opening of the Rasberry Ridge and Black Jack Trails in the Buffalo Creek area of Pike National Forest headed by COMBA and sanctioned by the US Forest, Front Range Mountain Bike Patrol and IMBA. We'll be meeting this Saturday April 23rd at 8:30am at the Miller Gulch Trailhead in Buffalo Creek to build the last 200 yards of trail needed to open these trails to the public. Rasberry Ridge climbs to the ridge of hilly rocks (I call these fortress rocks) overlooking the Sandy Wash Trail. It features climbing single track that utilizes as much of the natural rock as possible. Once at the top and the overlook, drop your saddles and expect to be thrilled by a black diamond downhill dubbed, Black Jack. Black Jack features steep rollers, drops, rock gardens and as much use of the natural terrain as possible to create the area's 1st US Forest Sanctioned Black Diamond trail. There are alternate lines built around the tougher features to allow the trails use by a variety of riders.



Be sure to RSVP here

I Flew to Mars

Moab's desert is a foreign land to me. Red cliffs that scrape the sky, strange and mystical rock formations that cover its surface, a tilt of the strata that makes me think I am leaning though I am straight. Moab is both beautiful and stark at the same time. A place of wonder and intrigue that can excite and frighten the mind.

LPS & Porcupine Rim

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Slickrock

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The Magnificent 7 & Portal

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The Mad Cyclocrosser

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Look closely and just about dead center and you'll see a rider on the cliff

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Pipe Dream

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Amasa Back, Pothole Arch, Rock Stacker, Jackson's

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For all of the photos see mine or Guacamole's.

and check out the Crazy Cyclocrosser...this may have been one of the easier moves he made that day.