A proposal from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) could significantly expand where electric mountain bikes are allowed on public trails across the central Colorado River Valley — and the idea is drawing strong reactions from local trail users. At a public meeting in Eagle on March 11, staff from the BLM’s Colorado River Valley […]
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Works in Progress – Nov. 13, 2025
The ride: Mountain biking as an analogy for relationshipsBy Rachel Leigh CohenBasalt Shop around until you find the right bike for you. First, ask yourself: What kind of rider am I? && Where do I hope this adventure might take me? Study the frame & its making: the core materials, the design, the small seductive details. Notice […]
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Local student-athletes earn top-10 finishes at state mountain biking championships
Carbondale was well-represented at the Colorado High School Cycling League State Mountain Biking Championships, held at the Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley campus trails last weekend, Oct. 18-19. Riding for Roaring Fork High School, senior Quinn Carpenter placed sixth overall out of 136 state qualifiers in the varsity boys race on Sunday afternoon. Carpenter was […]
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Draw with Timnath boots Roaring Fork soccer into top 10
The Roaring Fork High School boys soccer team played the state’s seventh-ranked 3A team to a scoreless tie on Saturday, Sept. 20, an outcome that in turn propelled the Rams into the top 10. The physical bout produced multiple yellow cards for both teams, landed one Timnath player in the hospital with a shoulder injury, […]
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Resurgent Aspen upends Roaring Fork volleyball; football earns a win at Olathe
Roaring Fork High School’s girls volleyball team was unable to continue its run of recent success against Aspen on the home court Tuesday night, dropping a tight 3-2 match.Coming into the night having won six of their last seven games, the Rams (9-11 overall, 4-4 in 3A Western Slope League play) came out flat, dropping […]
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CRMS wins state mountain biking team title, and it’s playoff time for Rams soccer
Club mountain biking teams from high schools across Colorado descended on the Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley trails for last weekend’s state championships. In the end, it was a local team that was crowned as the top dirt riders. Colorado Rocky Mountain School of Carbondale won the championship with 6,703 points, out-dueling teams from Durango […]
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Rams teams prepare for Homecoming Week
Roaring Fork High School’s varsity sports teams saw limited action this past week, as the Rams prepare for the big Homecoming Week games coming up next. On the boys soccer front, the Rams played 3A Western Slope League rival Coal Ridge to a 1-1 tie on Sept. 14 in Carbondale — a game that could […]
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Coal Basin Ranch opens for mountain biking
Coal Basin Ranch opened for mountain biking on Saturday, May 28 for the property’s first full season. To get there, visitors drive up the winding Coal Basin Road for about four miles, following Coal Creek around steep hillsides of shale and sandstone before arriving at a parking lot and closure gate. The area first opened […]
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Red Hill trails need “TLC”
The trails in Carbondale’s Red Hill Recreation Area are loved. If that’s not clear from the jammed parking lot, there’s evidence along the trails themselves. Crumbling paths between switchbacks are evidence of shortcutting – by both humans and canines. Dog poop bags line the trail creating bubbles of stink for trail users to hold their […]