Mountain Biking in Colorado Springs

Anyone that knows me, knows that I love anything that has to do with bikes. However, if you know me well, you know that I haven't done much mountain biking. But I wasn't about to let little things like experience and ability stop me from getting in on some great mountain biking with some great riders. Of course all but two of our group hadn't brought bikes with us, so it was 5 of us with bottom of the line GT Avalanche 3.0 rentals trying to keep up with a guy with a Santa Cruz full suspension monster. Let's just say the bikes weren't pretty when we dropped them off.

Enjoy,
Tyler Gates
Good Life Photography

There aren't lifts on every downhill mountain in CO.

Helping a friend out on the last leg.

Red Rock Canyon double track.

Garden of the Gods single track.

Jeb on Lower Jacks

Pike's Peak

While in Colorado Springs I obviously had to take a trip to the top of Pike's Peak. As much as I hate the idea of roads that go to the tops of mountains, I will admit it was a good time. The landscape up there is other worldly, especially when you can't see the valley below. The treeless rocky environment seems to go on forever, until you drop low enough to get back into the pine trees.

Enjoy,
Tyler Gates
Good Life Photography

Garden of the Gods

I was recently sent up to Colorado Springs for work, and they couldn't have chosen a better time. Perfect 90 degree days lead to 70 degree nights. While there I was sure to take in all there was to do, including mountain biking, climbing, eating BBQ(veggie burgers of course), and the mandatory trip up to the top of Pike's Peak.

I can only imagine what someone laying their eyes onto the sandstone formations that make up the Garden of the Gods for the first time thought. These spectacular spires that jut out of the ground for several miles at the foot of the Front Range are awe inspiring to say the least. The fact that it's a free park for the public is amazing, however it is a little disrupting always being within earshot, if not sight, of a road. I made it a point to make several trips to the park while staying in the Springs, and didn't regret any of them.

Enjoy,
Tyler Gates
Good Life Photography