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Had such a great time last year with advice from here that we decided to do it again this year. Rented that same sick house in Golden about 10 minutes to the track, private with popular trails right behind it. The house wasnt available until the week after the national so we booked another crazy cabin on 37 private acres on the water with a boat in Breckenridge for the first half of our stay. You can rent amazing houses for quite a bit less than around here.
Amatuer day was Friday last year and was fun to watch and check out the good viewing areas. Spent some time on the hill too. Great track and i feel like its a good length but kind of skinny lanes compared to most. Can't wait.
I noticed Zack kind of rides conservative there. Last year he putted around but was so aggressive at other races. I wonder if he gets altitude sickness like Anderson? Hope he pins it this year. Bogle got his first win and Alex won a moto too.
Does anyone have any tips for good times while we are there? We did a lot of the suggestions from last year. Thanks. Have to get on laptop for moto pics. These houses we rented are silly though. Especially since its just my wife and I. Good times.
Amatuer day was Friday last year and was fun to watch and check out the good viewing areas. Spent some time on the hill too. Great track and i feel like its a good length but kind of skinny lanes compared to most. Can't wait.
I noticed Zack kind of rides conservative there. Last year he putted around but was so aggressive at other races. I wonder if he gets altitude sickness like Anderson? Hope he pins it this year. Bogle got his first win and Alex won a moto too.
Does anyone have any tips for good times while we are there? We did a lot of the suggestions from last year. Thanks. Have to get on laptop for moto pics. These houses we rented are silly though. Especially since its just my wife and I. Good times.
The Shop
If you get the chance to downhill mtb in winter park do it. It's the only thing I've done that is more fun than moto. I'll be there in august.
Things to do
Red Rocks, Union Station, any local brewery besides Coors, like New Terrain or Great Divide or Wynkoop or Renegade or Oscar Blues, hike or bike Dakota Ridge also known as Dinosaur Ridge, you should check out The Source in Denver for a unique shopping-eating experience, Golden main street is awesome, Morrison main street is pretty good for some crappy food, drive to the top of Lookout Mountain, drive to Idaho Springs, flagship REI in Denver, catch a Rockies game, the road to Mt Evans is now open and is one of the few 14ers where you can drive to the top. Man, there is just so much stuff to do around here - I could go on forever...
Pit Row
Plus rental cost if you don't have the bike or gear. It's not particularly cheap... But it's worth it!
I prefer Winter Park, but Keystone is awesome too. They are replacing the main lift at Winter Park, so I don't know how this will affect the overall bike traffic this season. The other lifts are still supposed to serve from top to bottom.
Keystone opens June 8th and Winter Park opens June 16th.
Thank you in advance.
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