Next time you are looking for a recovery drink that leaves chunks of undissolved powder in your mouth, yet tastes great, then look no further. GNC Pro Performance Amplified Recover with Concentrated Intelligent Release is the product for you! Offering an immediate and 6-hour amino acid release, you can be assured that after 6 hours, you’ll be glad that the texture of dirt is finally gone from the inside of your mouth. This product contains dubious ingredients such as hydrogenated vegetable oils and FD&C Red #40.…

A grant request submitted by the City of Durango to Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) for assisting the funding of a bike park at Chapman Hill failed to make the list of those projects recommended for a second time at GOCO’s local government meeting on Monday. “Unfortunately while a great project, the Chapman Hill Bike Park project was not recommended,” said Jake Houston, the Local Government and Planning Programs Coordinator for GOCO. “I am happy to work with the City going forward to provide any assistance…

[codepeople-html5-media-player id=1] “Shuttle riding sucks, and so do wannabe downhillers “racing” on multi-use, 2-way trails.  Earn your turns, ride your bike!” Those were the words of Joey Ernst, owner of Velorution Cycles, in Durango, Colorado on the home page of his web site. This blogger paid a visit to his shop on Main Avenue to ask him about this statement that was made towards the participants of freeride mountain bike culture in Durango. “For me, pedal power is what it’s about–not driving somewhere to ride,”…

Vote yes on Proposition AA in this election to create jobs, reduce black market crime, fund school construction and the regulation of a budding retail recreational marijuana industry. Proposition AA would implement the taxation of recreational marijuana in Colorado at rates approved of in Amendment 64, the Initiative to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, which was approved by voters in November of 2012. Specifically, a vote for Prop AA would authorize the state to collect an excise tax of 15% on the average wholesale exchange of…

If you don’t have time to make a sign, there will be a stack of them at Buckley Park with various slogans and artwork to choose from. We will also have some educational leaflets regarding the harms of gmos, as well as  promotional leaflets on how to effectively boycott gmo products sold by several different manufacturers. This blogger is actively trying to find information about the statewide GMO labeling initiative that Righttoknowcolorado.org is supposedly spearheading on the front range. Yet I have found nothing on…

It’s been ten years since Neal Pederson and a group of volunteers began building freeride trails at the non-profit-owned Pajarito Mountain Ski Area in northern New Mexico. Throughout the summers volunteers work to clear fallen trees off the trails following storms, maintain what trails and features that they’ve already built, and scope out areas for new features to add when and where they would make sense. Today what Pajarito Mountain has is a mix of about thirteen lift-served black-diamond  freeride and downhill mountain bike trails…

For the best Philly cheese steak or grilled chicken sandwich in Durango made by two guys that are genuinely from Philadelphia go visit Good on the Bun hot dog stand in the Downtown Smoke Shop parking lot on Main Ave. Since last October, Markus Chesla and Tom Corrado have been serving Durango up with Phillies, hot dogs and brats every day as well as a homemade soup and sandwich menu that changes weekly. They use Nathan’s all beef hot dogs, Sheboygan Brats, rolls from Philly,…

Dr. Kaayla Daniel wrote this outstanding piece for the Weston A. Price Foundation that gives plenty of hearty insight to the nutritional benefits of fat, and what the various preservatives in bacon mean for your health. Check out the story by clicking on the link below. Save Your Bacon! Sizzling Bits about Nitrites, Dirty Little Secrets about Celery Salt and Other Aporkalyptic News | Recovery from Modern Diets – Weston A Price Foundation, by Dr Kaayla Daniel.

These guys are riding on the sickest pirated freeride trail on the San Juan National Forest. It’s a super short 🙂 [jwplayer mediaid=”4158″]

Today I was one of the luckiest guys in Durango for having such enthusiastic, talented friends and role models to ride with on the sickest freeride trail on the San Juan National Forest in Southwest Colorado. Describing the rush and inspiration that I gained from riding with these people on this trail falls short of articulating all of the feelings that I experienced given the limitations and scope of my vocabulary. If I could tell you where this trail is, or how to get there,…

Many people that are familiar with trails in the four corners states, or specifically those in Durango, could tell you about their safety concerns on steep narrow trails with blind corners and the importance that one-way directional designation has for people using them. While enforcing one-way directional traffic on these trails is unrealistic, the educational component behind the reasoning for such encouragement is priceless. This petition letter (below) will be  sent to Durango’s Parks and Recreation Director Cathy Metz, who has said that she will…

Snake Charmer – Durango Colorado – Horse Gulch from LS3 Aerial – John LeSage on Vimeo. Snakecharmer is Durango’s first legally sanctioned progressive freeride mountain bike trail located off of Raiders Ridge in Horse Gulch. It’s a multi-use trail, but intermediate to advanced level riders would enjoy it most. Sweet video by John LeSage.

Wanted: Riding partners to visit Angel Fire Bike Park and Trestle Mountain Bike Park at Winter Park Resort on separate trips who can help split some exorbitant gas expenses for my truck. Still waiting for DMR to allow us to build them a bike park. Typically available Saturday through Tuesday. Inquire by emailing athowell@gmail.com. Thanks.

We as a society tend to, at times, judge books by their covers. It’s Austin Hatala’s job to make your “cover” be memorable to those passersby–whether it be with a fresh logo design, branding, websites, mobile websites, videography, or some other form of graphic design. Hatala did his job well indeed at designing a memorable logo for Horse Gulch Blog LLC that incorporates elements of symbolism (a shield), shading and texturing to give the design multiple dimensions, and cartoon-quality landscapes drawn with rich colors. More…