A Fast Favorite | Apex Park | Golden, Colorado

Apex Park was a fast favorite of mine... Enchanted Forest is fast and well built and Magic Mountain is your techy option. The trail layout is very "out and backy" making both Enchanted Forest and Magic Mountain easily "lap-able" if you want to hit either of these trails more than once.
/ strava
Trails in the video:
Argos
Enchanted Forest
Rocker
Apex
Magic Mountain

[@BlacqueJacqueShellacque_]

I've been riding Apex since the mid 90's and still don't have every line mastered. Such a fun trail. I love it because I'm capable of riding the entire thing, but it's close to the limits of my ability. Keeps me on my toes for the entire ride. Just a note for first timers. Bikes are allowed on EVEN days only (the date ends in a even number, so 2,4,6, etc.

[@onerider808]

I like how you re-rolled that one Magic Mountain section. I’ve started doing that a lot, but it is helping my flow and confidence. Sometimes it takes me like three hours on a trail like that, because I keep sessioning various sections on the way down.

[@_Aitch_]

That's the best way to do it. If you feel like you can do a feature, it's always worth stopping to try it out. That's the only way to get better... try new things when you feel like you can do them

[@DuanegerZone]

Great video... I need to get outta Colorado Springs more to try some more Golden trails!!! Keep posting, great stuff!

[@jamesdomenico2953]

APEX ROCKS!! I wear Photochromic lenses when on that trail due to the variation in lighting. It has been a minute since I have been on there. I need to make a trip!

[@Crazzzybob]

Awesome video! I only rode Apex a handful of times when I lived out there, but the locals refer to Magic Mountain as "the gut" and it is famous for people taco'ing their wheels on those rocks. Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@_Aitch_]

Hey just saw this. Glad you liked it! It was a lot rockier than I expected after seeing how smooth Enchanted Forest was. I can definitely see people smashing rims on some of those rocks, glad that didn’t happen to me… although I don’t think I ride hard enough to do any serious damage 🤞

[@MidWestMTB]

hahaha dude I saw multiple people walking out when I went there for the first time last week. I believe it. Very glad I put my cush core in before checking this trail out.

[@samharris3508]

Great riding sir! Top notch stuff.

[@_Aitch_]

Appreciate it! Getting better every day!

[@khoi_tran]

Living the life! Sick trail. That Toyota Sequoia still reliably taking you all over the US I see.

[@_Aitch_]

It was a sick trail! One of my favorites I saw out there for sure. Sequoia is doing its best haha. It's still truckin and starts like it did in 06... just needs mechanicals every once in a while tho

[@DoesItTrack]

Nice riding man!

[@onerider808]

Can’t believe I live so close and never rode this one. Thanks, and nice video.

[@_Aitch_]

Check it out. It's great

[@Dr_Pappa]

Love your videos! I assume you climbed Argos to Pick-n-Sledge and Sluicebox towards Apex trail before you got to Enchanted Forest? How are those climbs?

[@OwenL2020]

@5:16 welcome to Colorado, lol

[@jernbek1]

Nice vid, I missed this one when I was in Denver and opted for North Table Loop instead, but how long was the initial climb? I heard its a tough one.

[@_Aitch_]

Like 3 miles I think? I remember a couple tough switchbacks and a punchy section or two but I don’t remember it being too bad. Definitely worth the climb tho! Super fun trails

[@AntonShchegolev]

You don't find that many rocks in Atlanta, don't you? :))

[@MidWestMTB]

Hell yeah, just rode this for the first time the other week! Such a fun trail. Its funny that section at 6:45 - 7:16 looks so much more mellow in this video, wonder if its gotten washed out or something.

[@_Aitch_]

Lol it always looks so much more chill on video than it does in real life. That section is so gnarly haha

[@MidWestMTB]

@@_Aitch_ Yeah, thats true. Super fun section though!

[@jeffmonk515]

Hey, lovin your videos! How does the Specialized Enduro climb?

[@_Aitch_]

Thanks! I personally don't feel like it climbs any worse than my Spark. I'm not a bike geometry specialist by any means but for what it's worth I don't feel like I'm dragging it along

[@musarra195]

You should demo a SPOT while you are out there. Best single speed out there. Based in golden

[@user-nw6os2tx4p]

6:42 had an oh shit moment

[@kylegoplin]

nice vid

[@_Aitch_]

Thanks!

[@Nick.Keane77]

"THE GUT" the renaming is BS. you will know the real ones from the newbs based on what they call the trail.