Mountain Biking in Laramie, Wyoming
By Peter Thorsness
Last updated 24 September, 2001
The Devil's Playground
I
relegate myself to mountain biking these days as there are few paved roads
leading out of Laramie. I've ridden at a few of the trendy mountain bike spots
(Durango being
one, and the San
Francisco Bay Area being another) and Laramie is better: few people, lots
of antelope and challenging rides.
Mountain Bike Rides near Laramie:
- Happy Jack (The Pole
Mountain Area at the Summit on I-80, 12 miles east of Laramie)
- Vedauwoo (The
Spectacular Medicine Bow National Forest)
- Trails in Fort
Collins and Steamboat
(Pictures and Maps Included)
How
to Get the Full Dose of Good Karma out of Your Bike
-or-
"Ride to ride", not "drive to ride"
Running
in the Big City
-or-
ìFear and Loathing in Seattleî
PT's
Racing Diary
I
don't race all that much, but when I do I like to dwell on the event. Here's an
accounting of the races I've done over the past couple of years:
2001
- Happy Jack Ski Races
(1/01 & 2/01, Laramie, WY)
- Horsetooth Half-Marathon
(4/21/01, Fort Collins, CO)
- Spring 5K Races (5/01,
Laramie, WY)
- Pine Bluffs Mountain
Bike Race (6/9/01, Pine Bluffs, WY)
- Pilot Peak 25K Trail
Run (6/30//01, Laramie, WY)
- Leadville Trail 100 MTB
Race (8/12/01, Leadville, CO)
2000
- Pole Mountain Shuffle
(2/12/00, Laramie, WY)
- Happiness 5K
(5/20/00, Laramie,WY)
- Ironhorse
(5/28/00, Durango, CO)
- Rock 'n Roll Marathon
(6/4/00, San Diego, CA)
- Larame Range Enduro
(7/16//00, Laramie, WY)
- Seafair 8K Run
(7/28/00, Seattle, WA)
- Leadville Trail 100 MTB
Race (8/12/00, Leadville, CO)
1999
- Ironhorse
(5/31/99, Durango, CO)
- Pine Bluffs
(6/12/99, Pine Bluffs, WY)
- Laramie Duathlon
(6/19/99, Laramie, WY)
- Pilot Peak 25K Trail
Run (6/26/99, Laramie, WY)
- Laramie Range Enduro
(7/11/99, Laramie, WY)
- King of the Rockies MTB Race
(8/15/99, Winter Park, CO)
- Ride of the Valkyries
Mountain Bike Classic (8/22/99, Steamboat, CO)
- Snowy Range Trail Run
(9/11/99, Laramie, WY)
- UW Cowboy Challenge MTB
Race (9/26/99, Laramie, WY)
1998
- Early Season 5K Runs (Laramie, WY)
- Steamboat Half-Marathon (Steamboat, CO)
- Laramie Duathlon (Laramie, WY)
- Holy City Run (Los
Gatos, CA)
- Laramie Range Enduro/100K
MTB Race (Laramie, WY)
1997
- Pine Bluffs Mountain
Bike Classic (Pine Bluffs, WY)
- Laramie Duathlon
(Laramie, WY)
- 2nd Annual Woods
Landing Mountain Bike Race (Laramie, WY)
- King of the Rockies
(Winter Park, CO)
- Happy Jack
Mountain Bike Race (Laramie, WY)
- Assorted 5K Runs
(Laramie, WY)
1996
- 1st Annual Woods
Landing Mountain Bike Race (Woods Landing, WY)
- Happy Jack Bike Bash
(Laramie, WY)
- Happy Jack Dirt Duathlon
(Laramie, WY)
1995
- The Ironhorse
(Durango, CO)
- The Steamboat Classic
(Steamboat, CO)
- King of the Rockies
(Winter Park, CO)
- Happy Jack Mountain
Bike Circuit Race (Laramie, WY)
… Laramie is a good place for bicycling in general.
Some cycling related links:
- Front Range Cycling Home Page
- Sheldon Brown's excellent bicycling page
- The Global Cycling Network (Velonet)
- Team Internet
- VeloSapiens MTB Racing
PT 11/00