Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg, Idaho, is home to North America's longest gondola which gives them a ton of vertical to build trails. With a mix of narrow, fast singletrack, jumps, and wood features, the variety of terrain and ride options feels endless. Join Angi Weston, Alli Gaertner, and Pinkbike’s Mike Kazimer as they take their first laps down Silver Mountain.
Silver Mountain Resort mountain biking trails
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If people think it is too rough they need to either A. Ride more B. Hit the Gym, or C. Get their suspension tuned/serviced.
I don't mean to get defensive, I just hear out-of-towners say unfounded things and it hurts me knowing how hard these guys work on those trails in the dry, dusty summer heat. Some of the trail crew double as patrollers, as well, and are ready to patch you up when you go down hard. If you don't think the Silver Mt. trail crew/patrollers are awesome people, it's because you haven't met them yet! And if you do meet them, buy them a damn beer, they deserve it!
You wanna see real brake bumps? Go to Whistler after crankworx week. If we ever get to have crankworx and the associated party again.
Don't be sexist now
If you're implying my friends don't associate the color pink with feminism. Many of my riding friends are girls who shred harder than you. As well as dudes who ride blue and pink sparkled unicorn bikes, that is a real statement fyi.
YOU are the problem with mountain biking and inclusiveness. You keep implying generalized stereotypes and ways things "are/should be" instead of just getting out and riding your bike with cool people.
You think since I wear a mask I'm an inner Portlandian and a progressive? If we are stereotyping based on location....be careful with that.
Never ridden at Bachelor...but I have ridden outside of Bozeman and in Whitefish....I'd go back if you'll treat me nice.
Wrong tool for the job.
Here tell them like this - the best riding at Schweitzer is only accessed via lift.
See how hard that was
Fantastic outdoor recreation. Biking obviously, plus camping etc. Even during COVID when I saw more people camping than ever before this summer, there were still plenty of places to find a good spot. A good argument for some of the best hunting and fishing in the lower-48 if that's your deal.
There are also some neat communities. I wouldn't personally choose to live in Kellogg, but Sandpoint would be near the top of my list if I were moving, I have friends and family that are happy in the CDA/Post Falls/Hayden area, and I love living in Moscow.
But, speaking of COVID, it's sort of brought to the surface some of the North Idaho crazy that's always been here. Some places have a shocking amount of confederate and "Trump 2020 F**** Your Feelings" flags. The outright COVID denial here is on an impressive level. Not in just in a "we need to keep the economy open" way that has perhaps a valid viewpoint behind it, but in a "BILL GATES' 5G VACCINATIONS ARE MAKING THE FROGS GAY!!!!" completely nutter butter way.
Obviously all that's way easier to ignore outside of COVID, but it's still there. Or rather, here.
That also varies a ton from town to town. My COVID personal-social-experiment has been keeping track of what percentage of people are wearing masks as I go to different grocery stores in the region. Moscow Organic Food Coop? 100%. Atholl Super-1? Basically no-one besides me and a couple of employees. Most of the rest of the region? Somewhere in-between, but generally closer to the Atholl side than the Moscow side of things.
Real estate is absolutely insane right now in the greater CDA-area. It was growing quickly pre-COVID, it's almost impossible to find a house right now. It'll be interesting to see what happens after COVID, if the transplants fall in love with the region, or if they miss what they left other places.
For bike parks, Silver is great, Schweitzer could be great if they'd invest in their trail network, but so far they haven't. It's kind of a waste of a mountain with tons of potential in the summer.
For trail associations and networks, Sandpoint and Moscow have probably the most "mature" MTB orgs in the region. CDA's riding areas are a bit more of the Wild West, but that's changing as well. And what's already there is great. I've heard there's some trails being built up around Bonner, but haven't ridden up there yet.
TL;DR: I love it here, but it's not perfect, and it's not for everybody. Also, it's changing, and it'll be interesting to see what those changes bring.
Obviously lots of great stuff too. But CDA has been more like Orange County than any other part of the state for years, and wherever people are moving from, I think they’re moving in part because they like that culture.
You sort of see the same thing in most of the state. People who move to Moscow mostly want to live in a small progressive University town. If you’re a prepper who wants to be self-sufficient in the woods while you await the apocalypse, you’re probably going to end up in Bonner County.
It’s really popular to blame transplants for whatever you don’t like about Idaho. But I don’t see the transplants so much changing the place, as magnifying what’s already there.
Well, except for soaring real estate prices. They’s one issue you can at least squarely blame on transplants.
On another trip I spent 6 days in S Idaho outside Featherville riding moto, same deal, rolled into a pizza joint / bar, shoulder to shoulder people, me and my buddy were the only ones with masks on sitting in the corner feeling a bit self conscious.
m.pinkbike.com/forum/listcomments/?threadid=227340
"3. Buy an extra E bike. This will allow you to have a backup in case your motor or some other component goes bad, and also allows you to loan an E bike to a friend and get them hooked."
YT has an e-bike, you should get that one for your extra. Just make sure it doesn't have a skull!
us.yt-industries.com/detail/index/sArticle/2511/sCategory/73537
For people complaining about chop. There is smooth lines, if you spy them out!
F’n weak . Silver was one of very few places open during covid and this is my local park and one of my favorite places to ride .If you can’t handle it go ride elsewhere . Yes it gets blown out but who gives a f ,makes you a better rider .
Honorable mention to the Canyons DH trail, when they were still a bike park. As well as Captain Jack at Crested Butte.
Ninja Marmot is rad but I’m all about the rough and raw. Tech is the best! Big Sky has a good solid bit of it and I absolutely love it. If that border doesn’t open up yet again, I’ll be rippin Big Sky a lot this season
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