Watch the birth and development of the Captain Ahab Trail in Moab, Utah: from construction to riding. Check the video out here: Captain Ahab Trail from Tyson Swasey on Vimeo.
Cinema Sunday: “Captain Ahab Trail, Moab, UT”
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Tag Archives: trails
Training for the Cohutta 100: Three Weeks To Go
There are less than three weeks to go until the Cohutta 100. What I am trying to do… the difficulty of what I am trying to accomplish… is finally setting in. Riding 100 miles on a mountain bike is no … Continue reading
The Great Western Road Trip, 2012: Recap
One of the main things that stokes the fires of my mountain biking passion is travel. While mountain biking is exponentially more interesting than road riding, if I had to ride the same trails day in and day out (and … Continue reading
Trail Tuesday: Carvin’s Cove, Roanoke, Virginia
While there are hundreds of miles of bike-legal singletrack in the Roanoke region (not to mention all the gravel roads and doubletrack), Carvin’s Cove is the undisputed hotspot. With the main trailhead located just 15 miles from downtown Roanoke (a … Continue reading
Mountain Biking Flagstaff, Arizona
The final stop on our almost two-month western mountain biking tour was Flagstaff, Arizona. On the way from Big Bear, California to Flagstaff, we made sure to detour up to Grand Canyon National Park, as neither my wife nor I … Continue reading
MTB in SoCal: The Luge, Whiting Ranch, and Mountain Lions
The main goal of my California trip this past summer was to find legal trails that weren’t in the Singletracks trails database, ride them, map them, shoot photos, and upload all that information to help make the best mountain bike … Continue reading
Riding the Locals’ Favorite: El Prieto, Altadena, California
El Prieto has been hailed by many as one of the best singletrack rides in the Los Angeles area. After hearing such accolades, I just had to check it out! And let me tell you: the reputation is not unfounded. … Continue reading
MTB in SoCal: General Impressions + Turnbull Canyon and Fullerton Loop
During our 2 week stay in the Los Angeles area this past summer, I had the opportunity to ride numerous trails all over the region. To be frank, while I added and/or reviewed every single trail that I rode, many … Continue reading
Shuttle Runs in the San Gabriels: Mount Wilson and Mount Lowe
One of the major destinations on my road trip this past summer was the SoCal area. California in general is pretty famous in the mountain biking world, with Marin County the acclaimed birthplace of the sport. Also, many major bike … Continue reading
Riding the Top 10 MTB Trails in the World, Part 3: Runners Up
If there’s anything we here on Singletracks.com are passionate about, it’s mountain bike trails. We ride trails, we map trails, we categorize trails, we talk about trails, we write about trails… yeah, we really love trails! Recently, I spent some … Continue reading
The Wild West of Mountain Biking: Los Angeles, California
The report of a gun rings out in the middle of the dusty town square as one of the bandits takes a pot shot at John Wayne’s back. Wayne (or Clint Eastwood, if you prefer) spins around, whips out his … Continue reading
Laurel Mountain and Pilot Rock: Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
On my recent fall trip to North Carolina, my main goal was to ride Bent Creek Experimental Forest… but there was no way I was going to visit the Pisgah area without doing a ride in Pisgah proper! After consulting … Continue reading
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