Riding Exposure in Durango | Haflin Creek

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There is just something appealing to me about riding exposed trail. Never am I more focused or engaged than when my life depends on it. I find this feeling hard to replicate in other situations in life. I rode Haflin Creek once prior, about 8 years ago and it somehow left an impression on me. Overgrown, full of jank, 99% downhill with real exposure and rain ruts to keep you on your toes. Basically, if you screw anything up in the last 5 minutes of this video, you are going to have a bad day. This is not most people's idea of a fun ride, but for Alex Petitdemange and myself, this is why we ride mountain bikes. After spending a bunch of time in the mountains between Silverton and Durango, Haflin offers some nice diversity with some raw desert riding that the trails closer to town are known for. 3000ft of chunk and sniper rocks to keep you honest. The San Juan never ceases to amaze me. Huge props to anyone who maintains this amazing piece of natural track, it is a diamond in the rough. I was riding my Yeti SB130lr for this one with a 160 RockShox Zeb keeping me off of the ground.

[@natehills9388]

Don't fall left.

[@dft1]

tasty looking trail, nice greenery and chunk sections.

[@whatda2662]

I purposely waited til I got home to watch on my 4k television and I have to say it was well worth it. Thank you again Mr Hills for sharing this awesome ride with us!

[@natehills9388]

Best viewed on the big screen with beer in hand!

[@Montblanc1986]

Love the natural tight backcountry stuff!

[@natehills9388]

What I have been enjoying the most lately.

[@alexptdmg]

Scrapy natural!

[@copperstatebiking378]

It’s finally Friday! You know it is a good day when Nate posts! You make great videos!

[@natehills9388]

Cheers

[@johnglynn7795]

Nate, Kudos to Alex! 3000' and 4 miles of pure enjoyment!! Great ride my man! Enjoy the cold suds. Blue skies, Jg

[@natehills9388]

Alex is always a pleasure to chase.

[@BikeLifewithRob]

Next year we are going down towards Durango for sure!

[@natehills9388]

Enjoy!

[@povteer]

never fails to keep my Saturday mornings pumped! trail's tight and exposed, and oh man that off-cambered exposure...yikes! rad!!!

[@LeviGarciaJul]

wooow final segment is really awesome !!!

[@nmnate]

Sweet trail. Loose, off camber and chunky. Looks like a really long descent too, will have to make it up there sometime :)

[@natehills9388]

Get some.

[@chrisfoster3772]

You guys should form a mountain bike group and ride this trail together call your group "the nates"

[@Enjoytheinbetween]

Awesome!! That trail looks badass, you killed it!

[@petedog9581]

The whole bush whacking thing is so familiar to me in OH, but that lower half in the high desert was sweet. Reminds me of Anasazi's descent that sends you back into town off the Telegraph trail system.

[@alexclark3575]

My favorite trail in Durango! You should showcase more Durango riding, it's killer out here.

[@petedog9581]

Love the ride up Junction Creek, and then blast down Hoffein's, back up Dry Fork, then down The CT segment flow back Junction Creek. My fav Durango trail beside shuttling Hermosa Creek.

[@natehills9388]

Indeed, the riding here is world-class

[@gnarlee4250]

@@petedog9581 Hermosa Creek is definitely in my top 5 trails of all time!!!

[@eugenespreutels8305]

Good stuff! Definitely kept you on your toes. Looked a lot like the whole enchilada in how it changes as you go down in elevation. Cheers boys

[@OmarRangelC]

amazing bikes and roads my friend ! yea

[@iamgauravjoshi]

Amazing experience 🤗♥️

[@ewucrew2]

Thanks man. Great trail!

[@eloyduran4470]

Always awesome videos🤘🏼

[@scottfast03]

Wow. Sick AF.

[@BATAMMTBExplore]

Nice track brothers, view awesome cheers from Indonesia

[@williamkinzel3635]

interesting terrain. looks like a fire ripped through there. lots of tree carnage.

[@henryhaggart6319]

If you have enough time in Durango you should do Red creek. It’s a bit annoying to get to because you have to ride along the missionary ridge trail for a while but it is my favorite downhill trail here and would make a sick video.

[@natehills9388]

Copy. I'll give that one a rip.

[@marcelocarvalho7352]

Sick man!!

[@gregwebster8784]

The bottom half of that trail was bitchen! Alpine to desert, what a cool trail.

[@natehills9388]

Cool transition at the bottom.

[@ronendhekane9628]

yay! I’m the first to a Nate Hills video!

[@mingazzini]

You gotta ride Junction Creek CT segment from Dry Fork, just west of town. The 140 already knows!

[@natehills9388]

I have ridden that a bunch. Great piece of trail.

[@robertkellett7965]

👍👍👍 so good

[@mrrims]

Man that's some tight ass singletrack!

[@natehills9388]

Hard to turn when you can't lean your bike, haha.

[@Snake_1171]

Amazing brother 😍💪🏻🔥☠️

[@montyjcm]

Pizza port! It’s like seeing someone I know hanging out with someone famous

[@KOM-jh]

God I love that place!!! Don't know why I decide to move back to Connecticut!🙄

[@50mtb44]

Which bike for which trail? Bike Trail Match. It'd be cool if you'd announce or post (under title on screen) at the beginning of each video WHICH bike you are riding for that trail. We know you have a large stable of bikes and are a world class rider. I'd like to know which bike you ride on each trail. For instance, for this ride, did you pick a short travel 29'er for the back country distance? Or did you pick a long travel 27'er for the unexpected chunk? Air shock or spring? Or something else? My curious mind would like to know. Maybe others too. : )

[@natehills9388]

This is answered in my video description;) Riding 130lr here. Keep in mind that I don't have multiple bikes with me while traveling, so "run what you brung" rules are usually at play. All of my bikes are fun, but rarely ridden for a specific trail.

[@50mtb44]

@@natehills9388 Sweet. Thanks. Keep rocking.

[@spicycowboy9686]

New bars? What happened to the stickers?

[@iamjmp]

So sick

[@valtemir1989]

Muito bom fazer trilha ! Brasil

[@MarioXcore1]

tempting at 9:54

[@alexptdmg]

Yes, but no. I saw it and rode by it and landing was not clean at all after all the rain. Glad I did t go for it!

[@SkooledINC]

Love dabango

[@이재풍-s4p]

GooooooD~~~ㅎㅎ

[@snbsmtb]

25th view🤙🤙

[@snbsmtb]

Sick video Dude😎😎🤙🤙

[@akazod]

I rode this one about the month ago....it's a spicy meatball!!!!

[@natehills9388]

This was filmed about a month ago.

[@akazod]

@@natehills9388 Nice, we might have been out there on the same day. Looks like you were smart and shuttled. We rode directly out of town. That climb was rough.

[@jasonerskine8316]

What a freaking cool ride that was. How was the climb to the top? Thanks for sharing Nate.

[@alexptdmg]

We did that after our 25mile am ride. So we shuttled some and pedaled about 30min on top of shuttle.

[@beyuwallace]

Great quality Id like to go there and ride. Can you provide trailhead details I would appreciate it.

[@codymac181]

Search Haflin in Trail Forks and you will find it

[@camshaft1840]

In your opinion, how much better does the SB130 LR feel compared to the regular. Because I have ridden a regular 130 for a tad over a year and usually ride steep/chunk/gnar here in SoCal. Its an Easy convert, just looking to hear your opinion.

[@natehills9388]

I have only run lr spec since before it was a thing. I personally like the feel of a taller front end. I am not sure why you wouldn't run it like this. Feels great to me.

[@MountainBikingTrips]

Riding on EDGE, FREERIDAY :)

[@The_GreenMachine]

0:49 what, you didnt install Yeti's new dual-hedgers onto your axles?

[@natehills9388]

Pruning mods.

[@mitchwarren1600]

Edgy stuff, as always!

[@canmtb4676]

Is it allowed to climb up from other end on this single track ?

[@natehills9388]

You wouldn't climb up this one. It is accessed from a road to the top.

[@d0u6s]

Those thumb downs must of fell ... left. 😉

[@natehills9388]

Bots fall left.

[@garydecker3281]

So blurry hard to watch. Trail looked cool from what I could see.

[@alexptdmg]

Change the quality setting to 4K

[@pahadiriders2632]

40 view

[@MTBMcPhee]

3K ft descent and every mature tree has been logged. I love your videos but this makes me sad to be human.

[@alexptdmg]

There was a big fire there couple years ago. Lot of dead trees down.