All The Favorites

All The Favorites

People often inquire about my top trail pick, a question that’s not easy to answer. My favorite trail varies depending on the season, the time available, my energy level, and the company I’m with. I’ve compiled a diverse list of trails I enjoy, each...
A Passion for Adventure and Nature

A Passion for Adventure and Nature

For Born To Be Wild Adventures owner Maryah Dilbeck, freedom and flexibility with family come first By Tara Fort • Photo by Trisha Shaffer For Maryah Dilbeck, owner of Born To Be Wild Adventures, starting a business that allowed her to spend time with her daughter...
The World-Bearing Turtle

The World-Bearing Turtle

Overnight backpacking with a baby: weight, responsibility, and power By Sarah Vincent Legends from multiple cultures describe a cosmic turtle carrying the world on its back. I’d suggest that the closest a human can get to feeling the weight, responsibility, and power...
Giving Wheels … and Hope

Giving Wheels … and Hope

Three local businesses team up for the Pay it Forward Bike Drive and Raffle, donating bikes and helmets to help those in need keep moving forward By Hilary Dartt Since opening April 1, 2023, C and C Cyclery, Carmen and Casey Hines have donated bikes to those in need,...
Trails that Make You Go Wheeeeee

Trails that Make You Go Wheeeeee

Bean Peaks Gravity Flow System will give mountain bikers a spot for downhill adventures—with the right of way By Amanda Lane, Owner, Hike Shack If you haven’t heard about it, Bean Peaks is well underway! The Bean Peaks Gravity Flow trail system is being developed...
To the Mountains, I Will Go

To the Mountains, I Will Go

West Spruce extension is complete, connecting several trails throughout the mountains southwest of Prescott By Amanda Lane, Owner of The Hike Shack Last summer, I wrote about a trail extension in the works for the West Spruce Trail #264. It has finally connected to...