Stinger Buzz

Emerald Mountain above Steamboat Springs now has a sweet new trail thanks to local volunteers and several of our Honey Stinger crew.  The good folks built the Quarry Mtn. Trail which is now open and reportedly sick!  A huge addition to this gem of a local trail network!

Honey Stinger sponsorship and sales guy Nate Bird claims, “It’s a really long (much longer than I expected on the bottom section that I did not work on) traverse – probably at least a mile then a switchback for a few hundred yards and one more switchback that stretches almost to the top and links up with a trail that accesses the top of Emerald.  Really well made, already ridden in fairly well.  Kind of unique to the area in that it traverses a fairly steep slope and the other trails aren’t really like that.  Fits right in with the smooth rolling single track of Emerald Mountain.   Officially opened (sign put in) on Saturday the 12^th.”

Thanks to all the local volunteers who worked on the trail as well as members of our crew that worked numerous days; Nate Bird, Chris Pottinger and Rich Hager.

Several members of the Honey Stinger staff and Honey Stinger/ Trek mountain bike race team recently volunteered time to work on local trails projects. Nate Bird, Rich Hager and Chris Pottinger all spent time building new singletrack on Emerald Mountain just above downtown Steamboat Springs. For those that haven’t ridden on Emerald, make a point the next time you’re in town. Fast and flowing, this trail network is a great place for rides ranging from the ‘Steamboat Hour’ to a several hour tour with friends on the weekend.

Len Zanni (center) turning old roads into singletrack on Smuggler Mountain

Further South, Len Zanni has volunteered time this summer for two separate projects on Smuggler Mountain above Aspen. Smuggler is the gateway to fun rides starting in the Hunter Creek Valley. The first project involved pruning, tread widening and general maintenance on trails that are being adopted into the Smuggler Mountain Open Space recreation area managed by Pitkin County while the second transformed old mine access roads into singletrack and revegetation work.