Photo - Terrance Siemon from Adventure Pro Magazine, August 2018 article by Brandon Mathis Penitente Canyon – Brink Messick and Mick Daniel are surveying a desert landscape from the saddles of their mountain bikes looking for input from a group of riders they’ve led into the canyons and mesas outside of Del Norte, [...]
Photo by Bix Firer Small Town Vibes, Top Notch Rides: Del Norte is Colorado's Semi-Secret Gem July 27, 2018 article in Dirt Rag by Emma Walker In Del Norte, it’s still possible to have the trail to yourself on a sunny Saturday. If you’re coming from the Front Range, Del Norte is on [...]
from Adventure Pro Magazine from August 2018 If you haven't checked out the climbing, mountain biking and other opportunities to get outdoors in the San Luis Valley, you might want to get yourself over there. We take a look at how a few groups are determined to make this region the next [...]
Photo - Ben Knight from West of 105 digital magazine, 2018 Autumn Issue page 20 & 21 The Arkansas and San Luis Valleys are hot spots for recreation thanks to the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve near Alamosa, the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, and the Collegiate Range which has the highest [...]
Bishop Rock. Photo - Brandon Mathis from Adventure Pro Magazine 2018 Summer Issue pages 26 & 27 OF THE NORTH More riders, runners and rock climbers are hanging around this small rural town (population 1,705) in the San Luis Valley named for the grand river of the north, the Rio Grande del [...]
Getaway Guide: Spend a Weekend in Del Norte, Colorado by Spencer McKee, Out There Colorado, June 16, 2017 Del Norte, Colorado. Photo Credit: Stephen Martin, Out There Colorado. Known as the “gateway to the San Juan Mountains”, Del Norte is a hidden Colorado gem that’s just waiting to be found. What the small town [...]
This is the new certified National Interscholastic Cycling Team for the SLV, the SLV Rattlers.
by Outside Adventure Media Spend a minute to relive the tough "12 Hour of Penitence" mountain bike race, held at Penitente Canyon near Del Norte in southern Colorado. Riders competed in solo, duo, and team categories during the 12 hour / 17 mile per lap race that benefitted the RGC Rattlers high [...]
Photo by Liam Doran by Phillip Armour Elevation Outdoors Colorado’s San Luis Valley is the kind of place that makes you feel blessed just for being there. It’s so remote, so high, so big and stuffed with so many dramatic geologic formations that you seem to absorb it all on a cellular [...]
Rock Climbing in this secret gem is as captivating as it is tough, and the more you know about its history, the stranger it gets. by Brandon Mathis Adventure Pro On the western outskirts of Colorado’s San Luis Valley, narrow canyons form hallways of hard volcanic rock, rounded smooth from wind and rain. [...]
