Customer Reviews

Mountain Bike Summit County and Vail Singletrack

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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.

. . . 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.