Video: Summertime Riding in Colorado with Peter Jamison

Aug 14, 2023 at 15:03
by Peter Jamison  

Words: Peter Jamison

bigquotesOver the past three summers, I have been lucky enough to spend a substantial amount of time riding throughout Colorado. Between the fantastic public dirt jump spots, bike parks, and trail systems, it really doesn’t get much better. As an east coaster, before moving out West, I wasn’t used to seeing packed trailhead parking lots and bikes everywhere, so when I roll up to places like the Maryland Mountain trails and see hundreds of people, I can’t help but smile. Seeing so many people who share the same passion for biking is so rad and is a big reason why I have enjoyed spending so much time in Colorado. I hope this film can help share with you the beauty of this state and the quality of riding that is available, it is truly amazing.

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Spicy Chicken at Trestle Bike Park


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Berm blasting on No Quarter


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Trestle Bike Park mountain biking trails

bigquotesFor the filming of this video, we focused our time between three locations: Trestle Bike Park, Frisco Adventure Park, and Maryland Mountian. In my time in this state, these places have really stood out to me. Trestle has a wide variety of terrain and a great crew behind the scenes keeping the trails running, Frisco has some of the best public dirt jumps I have ever seen, and Maryland Mountain has one of the gnarliest trails I have rode in Colorado (Ore Chute). Each of these places ended up serving us very well in our filming, and I can’t thank the Trestle crew enough for providing us with the ability to set up the cable cam, the ‘Jump Doctors’ at Frisco for maintaining such a fantastic park, and the builders of the Maryland Mountain trails.

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My custom-built YT Capra MX that we used for the filming of this project


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Tree trimmin'

Maryland Mountain Quartz Valley Park mountain biking trails

bigquotesI hope you have enjoyed this series so far, as we have been having a great time creating each episode. In case you missed episode one, you can find the video below. For the third and final episode, we will be heading to Highland Mountain, where I grew up riding, as I have had the opportunity to help design a new trail and will be aiding in its construction. When the third episode releases in September, the trail will also be open to the public, which is very exciting. Thanks for following along, and I will catch you in a few weeks for the next episode! 

Peace,
Pete

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39 Comments
  • 11 2
 as an east coaster at 190ft elevation,colorado has always been heaven like to us. spending lots of time in the 90's and the past few years have been some of the best trips ever! even getting our butts kicked by post covid wrecked lungs in some high elevation places,there isnt a place we'd rather be! and hopefully soon enough our little yeti tribe of 3 will be back to find and enjoy more colorado dirt!
  • 5 2
 Glad you enjoy it out here so much! Love to hear it!
  • 3 1
 @peterjamo4: sure do. almost bought land in durango in the 90's .and now that our son is old enough we've taken him riding at vail,winter park,boulder and durango.so look forward to our next trip!
  • 6 1
 Two things are for certain: #1. Peter can shred cause damn he made that section of maryland mountain look easy and believe me it aint! #2. Jared can edit a damn good film. Cheers boys that got me stoked to ride and proud to live in CO!
  • 4 0
 Thanks for watching and glad you liked the video! Jared definitely crushed it with this one!
  • 4 0
 Colorado seems like such a great place to ride. Definitely up there on my list once I graduate
  • 1 0
 A good spot to have on your list for sure! Best of luck with you future travels!
  • 3 7
flag likeittacky (Aug 19, 2023 at 18:03) (Below Threshold)
 Get a good vehicle first with 4x4, if you wanna cut out massive amounts grueling uphill pedaling for the more remote higher elevation areas and be prepared to drive good distances in between in order to hit an assortment of awesome riding. People are really cool and friendly; so finding someone to shuttle stuff with or just shred with, is fairly easy, don't be shy to befriend people and ask to join them or they you. I've had good experience's doing so and even done plenty solo.. but you wanna ride conservatively and aware when solo being mindful of big kitty Cat's especially at dusk!
  • 2 0
 Maryland is 20 min drive, Floyd Hill is 10 and once Idaho Springs Argo trails get done we will have three great riding spots in Clear Creek/Blackhawk. Can’t wait!!! Great clip of shredding around here. Well done!
  • 1 0
 Awesome things to look forward to! Glad you enjoyed the video!
  • 1 0
 Love it. Great to have options outside of Jeffco
  • 2 0
 Sweet video! It's really fun to see someone going so fast on trails you've ridden before. Maryland mountain is so good, I'm hoping we get more stuff like that in the front range.
  • 1 0
 Thanks for watching, and I'm glad you enjoyed the film! I couldn't agree more about Maryland Mountain; that place is so impressive!
  • 3 0
 The only thing cleaner than his bikes is his style! Thanks for repping our local bike park!
  • 2 0
 Appreciate the kind words! Trestle is a lovely park, that’s awesome it is your local!
  • 6 5
 Are berm blasts like that okay to do? Do they erode the trails? I know it's all the rage and looks sick in vids and photos but I always thought it wasn't acceptable in many places. Legit asking.
  • 7 1
 In many cases, yes, they do erode the trails depending on the type of dirt and can leave holes behind as time goes on. Thankfully I’m good friends with the guys on trail crew at Trestle and they knew we were out there filming…
  • 2 0
 @peterjamo4: right on! Video is sick and that white bomber is fresh! Stoked to see Highland next as that place is really cool!
  • 2 0
 @mtnjamscott: Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching! Highland is so rad for sure, we just got back from our film shoot there and the video should be coming in a few weeks!
  • 3 0
 Extremely underrated YouTube channel, been following Peter for a while. Glad to see it featured on PB.
  • 1 0
 Appreciate the support!
  • 2 0
 I almost didn’t recognize trestle without all the braking bumps. Also MD Mountain is a blast. Looking forward to the Idaho Springs trail system to be completed as well.
  • 1 0
 MD Mountain is so rad. One of the coolest places I have ridden in a long time, very impressive. I have heard good things about the shuttle trails in Idaho Springs, but I will have to look more into that project, thanks for the heads up!
  • 2 0
 Banger! Peter delivering on point again. Great vibes, music and riding style - looks like you genuinely had a lot of fun creating this!
  • 1 0
 Glad you enjoyed the video! The team and I definitely had a blast making this. Full BTS of the production is going live on my YouTube on Wednesday if that sort of things interests you as well...
  • 3 2
 I was blessed to ride out in CO this summer, best riding of my life! Currently looking into colleges with DH race teams out there.
  • 3 2
 Glad you enjoyed the riding! I have a few friends on collegiate teams out here and they seem to have a great time!
  • 3 0
 Gunnison has some kinda cool program for MTB.
  • 2 0
 I have that same exact bike! But mine doesn’t go as fast as that one. I wonder why.
  • 2 0
 For me, I have found some significant speed improvements with the matching blue fork, might be worth a shot!
  • 3 0
 Try adding oil to your brake pads
  • 2 1
 That was awesome, good riding, good vibes. Thankful to call most of these spots my locals. Frisco is absolute treat.
  • 3 1
 Thanks so much for the kind words! Frisco is certainly a treat and an epic spot to have as a local!
  • 2 0
 I seen it raining fire in the sky.
  • 3 1
 Rad
  • 3 0
 Thanks so much!
  • 2 0
 I mean CO is alright…
  • 2 0
 definitely alright.
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