Improve your mountain biking skills with a 25 hour intensive course on technical riding and backcountry bike maintenance. Taught by Crested Butte Mountain Guides, this course will cover technical downhill riding, navigating rocky and rooted trails, how to power up difficult inclines, and basic bike mechanic problem solving in a backcountry setting. Set in an area often called the ‘birthplace of mountain biking’ with miles and miles of challenging trials, the Crested Butte/Gunnison area is the perfect backdrop for improving your technical bike skills. With such remote trails, don’t get stuck chainless hours from home—this course will also teach you how to solve minor mechanical issues in the field.

Required Equipment: Mountain Bike, helmet, small repair kit and pack; Highly recommended are: bike gloves, clipless pedals/bike shoes.