Denver, Colorado has 850 miles of urban trails that are absolutely breath-taking to bike through. After Europeans, such as Sir Alexander Mackenzie , and Americans, such as the Lewis and Clark expedition , began exploring the range, minerals and furs drove the initial economic exploitation of the mountains, although the range itself never experienced a dense population.
14 Since the less dense continental crust “floats” on the denser mantle rocks beneath, the weight of any crustal material forced upward to form hills, plateaus or mountains must be balanced by the buoyancy force of a much greater volume forced downward into the mantle.
Our headquarters is nestled in the heart of downtown Telluride, home to great backcountry skiing, a lifetime of ice climbs, spectacular hikes, 13 and 14,000′ summits, and the famous Via Ferrata For adventurous visitors to Telluride, the Via Ferrata is a must-do.
Also importantly the back seat folded down and I could remove the wheels from my Kona ‘Lavadome’ mountain bike and although somewhat dirty and somewhat inconvenient in the days prior to folding mountain bikes I was able to take my mountain bike on regular off-roading weekend adventures.
And if you’re going to tackle a mountain you may as well choose the biggest one within easy reach, so we picked Snowdon – the tallest mountain in Wales and England (there’s plenty taller in Scotland but that is just too far from Rugby for a short run out).