Very cool. A bit suprised to see anyone from Raton posting online.

I have ridden the Old Pass Road, all the way to the dead end. It's a great leisurely ride once you're up there, but it's not a bicycle-specific trail and it is open to cars also. Quite a few cars up there now, since a lot of the surrounding land has been sub-divided.

The best local ride is about two miles long, the old road that's currently an ATV trail that curves around the top of Climax Canyon. It starts at the radio towers near Goat Hill and ends at the water tank by the Old Miners Home. Nice ride, plenty challenging for me, but you have to watch out for racing ATVs.

I've ridden a small bit out at Lake Maloya and hope to do a lot more. Again, not bike-specific trails, but the state park allows bicycles on the hiking trails. And I have seen a couple of bicyclists on the roads out by Maloya, but they aren't locals; they're tourists staying at the campgrounds.

The cops-on-bikes program lasted about three months, maybe a year. That was several years ago, maybe eight years ago, right after we moved here.

-Bob