Tag: adventure cycling

The Longest Mountain Bike Trail In The World

trail on continental divide of Rocky Mountains

the Great Divide Bike Trail is the Mount Everest of cycling adventures. It the longest mountain bike trail in the world at 2,500 miles, and it has over 200,000 feet of elevation gain. It stretches from Canada to Mexico; the Great Divide bike trail travels through some of the most mountainous regions in the United …

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Trail Tours & Active Travel Vacations

fall colors on the bike trail

Active Travel Tours Are Back on Sidebar Trail tours are listed in the right-hand sidebar once again… for now. You’ll notice the EventBrite Widget is displayed in the trailsnet sidebar. The two tours currently being featured are both September tours. One is a bike tour for September 2012 and the other is for a Trikke …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/06/07/trail-tours-active-travel-vacations/

Rail Trails: Top Ten

trail sign for Alabama's Chief Ladiga Trail

The folks at Adventure Cycling have come up with their list of favorite rail-trails, & I’d say they’ve compiled a great one. Here are their ten best trails, in no particular order: 1. George S. Mickelson Trail, South Dakota; length: 109 miles. 2. Great Allegheny Passage, Maryland-Pennsylvania; length: 141 miles. 3. Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes, Idaho; length: …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2011/12/20/rail-trails-top-ten/