Mountain Bike Summit County and Vail Singletrack [Paperback]

Holly Annala (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 27, 2005

Wonderful views, cool mountain breezes, fields of wildflowers, colorful aspens, and hundreds of miles of sweet singletrack await you, all within two hours of Denver! This mountain region offers a variety of uncrowded trails, and Mountain Bike Summit County and Vail Singletrack is the best guide to these trails. From beginner to expert and everywhere in between, this complete and accurate guide includes more than 40 singletrack loops for every level of rider. With plenty of options for exploring, the possibilities are endless. This guide is written for folks who want to experience the great singletrack rides around Summit County and Vail, and it fits right in your pack for easy reference out on the trail. Detailed topo maps and descriptions for each ride help you choose and locate the perfect loops for your ability and time. Keystone, Vail, Copper Mountain and Breckenridge offer lift accessed downhilling for all levels of cross country and expert downhill riders, and an overview of these trails is also included. Also included is a listing of the area’s bike shops for all your biking and information needs. Get ready to ride!! This is Holly's second book.

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About the Author

Holly Annala lives in Crested Butte, Colorado with her husband, Rob Mahedy. She grew up on a ranch in Durango, Colorado and has always loved the outdoors. Holly has been mountain biking for 18 years, raced NORBA sport and expert, teaches mountain bike clinics for women and guides in Crested Butte, and has written one previous mountain bike guide, Crested Butte Singletrack and Hartman Rocks in Gunnison. She is happiest out on the trail and camping around the west.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Holly Annala (May 27, 2005)
• ISBN-10: 0972305017
• ISBN-13: 978-0972305013
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,848,319 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lacks some basic features of most guide books, June 17, 2008

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Dr. T Zen (Colorado) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mountain Bike Summit County and Vail Singletrack (Paperback)

I have mixed feelings about this book, and I can only partially comment on it because I haven't yet put it to good use (I will add/change the review once I have ridden some of the trails). In thumbing through the book to determine a ride, I was disappointed because there is no map in the beginning with trail numbers so that one could get an idea of where the rides are located. There is a vague regional map, divided into areas such as rides in Breckenridge, Keystone, etc., but the individual rides are not marked. Further, there is no summary of the rides at the beginning, such as a page that divides rides into "best singletrack," or "best views," etc. Also, they are not initially divided into skill levels. What all of this means to me is that to choose a ride, one has to flip through at least a few rides and read or skim about each of them. I hope that I'll be pleased with the ride description enough to upgrade this rating when I'm out riding the trails, but in my experience with guide-books, I've come to expect more helpful overviews.

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a good guide . . ., September 15, 2010

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Fischman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mountain Bike Summit County and Vail Singletrack (Paperback)

. . . with a good overview of available rides and the area and helpful descriptions of each. It does, hoever, have one serious flaw for a MTB guide book: no elevation profiles. You can get an idea what you're up against from the topo maps, but nothing beats an accurate elevation profile when planning a ride.