The Best Destinations for Escaping the Snow and Riding Dry Dirt this Winter
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
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🗓️ 9 January 2017
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Singletracks podcast, Aaron, Greg, and Jeff talk about their favorite winter mountain biking destinations, including some unconventional destinations you might not have considered before.
Also, be sure to check out the following articles mentioned in this episode for additional information.
- The 9 Best Winter Mountain Biking Destinations in the Southwest
- The Northerner’s Guide to Southern Singletrack
- The 13 Best Spring Break Mountain Bike Destinations
--Keep up with the latest in mountain biking at Singletracks.com and on Instagram @singletracks
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| 0:00.0 | Something unexpected has arrived in Happy Meal. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hello Kitty and friends are teaming up for the ultimate collab. |
| 0:08.3 | Joining your little ones on a fun-fueled adventure. Some fun, some food, it's all inside this happy meal. |
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| 0:20.1 | Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff and today Aaron and Greg and I are going to be |
| 0:26.4 | talking about winter mountain biking hotspots. So for those who are living in places where there's a lot of |
| 0:33.9 | snow on the ground this time of year or even where the trails tend to stay really |
| 0:38.8 | wet, you're probably thinking right about now, where can I ride that's going to be warm and |
| 0:43.8 | or dry? So we thought we'd talk about some of our favorite places for finding warm, dry trails. |
| 0:50.0 | So I wanted to start the discussion by talking about winter mountain biking destinations. |
| 0:55.6 | These are places that people might fly to visit or drive to and spend a whole weekend at. |
| 1:02.2 | These are places that, yeah, hopefully we've already heard about before, but maybe never thought about riding in the wintertime. |
| 1:08.3 | So what do you guys got for that? |
| 1:10.0 | Well, I'll start it off. |
| 1:11.3 | You know, since we live in Georgia, it's usually not that. I don't really have to think about |
| 1:15.6 | going somewhere for a winter destination. Actually, in the winter, I usually go and try to find |
| 1:20.8 | some snow to go snowboarding. So I usually go the other way. But we're fortunate enough to be able to |
| 1:26.5 | ride year-round here in Georgia, |
| 1:28.3 | and that makes it a great destination for people from all over. You know, we have countless |
| 1:33.6 | local trail systems in the Atlanta area, but all the trails in North Georgia stay open throughout |
| 1:40.0 | the year. You may see some snow, but usually it's, you know, it'll last for maybe a day, |
| 1:46.6 | maybe get an inch or tube, so not much accumulation there. The Pinholy Trail, you know, |
| 1:51.5 | a lot of sections of that trail are rocky, so they're going to drain well. The Snake Creek |
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