Originally Posted by
eofelis
If you feel like driving over to the western slope of Colorado, Grand Junction and Fruita have a few different mountain biking areas that have a mix of beginner/intermediate and advanced trails and loop rides. This is desert and canyon country terrain here. The road bike riding is great here too.
It's only an hour or two to drive to Moab, UT from here too.
Or do the Kokopelli Trail, it's typically a 5 day supported off-road excursion, Fruita to Moab. Problem is you will want to explore the Fruita area for a day or two as well as Moab for a couple more, and next thing you know you've purchased a used motor home and are living out of that while you explore Colorado. Then New Mexico, then Arizona, then Utah, then Idaho and HEY !, it's not that far to Oregon, and Washington.......