vacation destination

[Doug]

My wife and I are interested in a MTB vacation. We are from
the East and are willing to fly to wherever we can get a
taste of the mountain slab riding that I see so often and
dream about (Moab? Zion?. Our plan was to rent bikes rather
than trasport ours. A place that has some nightlife, camping
is prefered. Not too big into tour style. Any suggestions
would be appreciated.

 

[Nick Drew]

"Doug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My wife and I are interested in a MTB vacation. We are
> from the East and are willing to fly to wherever we can
> get a taste of the mountain slab riding that I see so
> often and dream about (Moab? Zion?. Our plan was to rent
> bikes rather than trasport ours. A place that has some
> nightlife, camping is prefered. Not too big into tour
> style. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hey, Well it's fairly easy to be honest - fly into Salt Lake
City, hire a car to drive to Moab, then hire bikes there.
MTBing is such big business there that there are masses of
places renting bikes, from cheap rigid through to top of the
range full sussers. It's a fantastic place - you can pick up
a book of local trails and there are enough to keep you busy
for months... Personally I recommend Bartlett Wash, and,
obviously, the Slickrock trail

Good luck! Nick

 

[Shawn Curry]

Doug wrote:
> My wife and I are interested in a MTB vacation. We are
> from the East and are willing to fly to wherever we can
> get a taste of the mountain slab riding that I see so
> often and dream about (Moab? Zion?. Our plan was to rent
> bikes rather than trasport ours. A place that has some
> nightlife, camping is prefered. Not too big into tour
> style. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Moab is really busy, but you won't be content until you've
tried it. Will you? ;-)

Cheers, Shawn

 

[Doug]

Shawn Curry <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Doug wrote:
> > My wife and I are interested in a MTB vacation. We are
> > from the East and are willing to fly to wherever we can
> > get a taste of the mountain slab riding that I see so
> > often and dream about (Moab? Zion?. Our plan was to rent
> > bikes rather than trasport ours. A place that has some
> > nightlife, camping is prefered. Not too big into tour
> > style. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Moab is really busy, but you won't be content until you've
> tried it. Will you? ;-)
>
> Cheers, Shawn

Can anyone recommend a destination other than Moab? a place
a bit less crowded? Someplace with a similar feeling and
experience?

 

[S O R N I]

Doug wrote:
> Shawn Curry <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:<[email protected]>...
>> Doug wrote:
>>> My wife and I are interested in a MTB vacation. We are
>>> from the East and are willing to fly to wherever we can
>>> get a taste of the mountain slab riding that I see so
>>> often and dream about (Moab? Zion?. Our plan was to rent
>>> bikes rather than trasport ours. A place that has some
>>> nightlife, camping is prefered. Not too big into tour
>>> style. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> Moab is really busy, but you won't be content until
>> you've tried it. Will you? ;-)
>>
>> Cheers, Shawn
>
> Can anyone recommend a destination other than Moab? a
> place a bit less crowded? Someplace with a similar feeling
> and experience?

Gooseberry Mesa.

Bill "oh, wait...you said with nightlife" S.

PS: so check out St. George?

 

[Jd]

[email protected] (Doug) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> A place that has some nightlife, camping is prefered.

Are you going to ride bikes, or disco down? Only a true
barney would prefer "nightlife" to world class mountain
biking. Why don't you take up tiddlywinks?

JD

 

[Noah Alvarez Jr]

If you don't mind single track and some height you might
enjoy Lauterbrunnen Switzerland
http://www.mtbr.com/files/data/647.html . As for the
nighlife great parties down in InterLaken and Lauterbrunne.

Enjoy, Noah

"Doug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Shawn Curry <[email protected]> wrote
> in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Doug wrote:
> > > My wife and I are interested in a MTB vacation. We are
> > > from the East and are willing to fly to wherever we
> > > can get a taste of the mountain slab riding that I see
> > > so often and dream about (Moab? Zion?. Our plan was to
> > > rent bikes rather than trasport ours. A place that has
> > > some nightlife, camping is prefered. Not too big into
> > > tour style. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Moab is really busy, but you won't be content until
> > you've tried it. Will you? ;-)
> >
> > Cheers, Shawn
>
> Can anyone recommend a destination other than Moab? a
> place a bit less crowded? Someplace with a similar feeling
> and experience?

 

[Notaknob]

Noah Alvarez Jr. wrote:
> If you don't mind single track and some height you might
> enjoy Lauterbrunnen Switzerland
> http://www.mtbr.com/files/data/647.html . As for the
> nighlife great parties down in InterLaken and
> Lauterbrunne.

As a bonus, there's a Hooters in Interlaken.

http://www.hooters-interlaken.ch

It's on my list of places to stop while in Heidi Land.

Bruce