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Mountain Biking Stories
![manon carpenter mountain biking uk](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/3m5a9246-1-768x512.jpg.webp)
A mountain biker examines the true story behind the UK’s “natural" landscapes.
![For the Love of Dirt](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/etzel-k-1992-cc-web-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
All photos by Ken Etzel If you get your nose close enough, ponderosa pine bark smells like vanilla. Or butterscotch, depending on the tree. Washington is famous for its pine trees. It’s portrayed as a land of constant water and ever-present green, which, in mountain biking terms, translates to a land of perfect trails and…
![Remember to Breathe](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/etzel-k-1568-etzel-k-1818-cc-web-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
In the wake of a devastating wildfire, the communities of California’s Lost Sierra look to trails for hope, healing and a dose of dirt magic.
![Together as One](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/creary-r-1232-cc-web-hero-768x432.jpg.webp)
In a small British Columbia mountain town, one woman is using trails to help heal wounds and bridge two communities.
![In the Tracks of Wolves](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/milner-d-0017-cc-web-768x576.jpg.webp)
Searching for Europe’s most infamous predator in the Italian Alps
![Over-Roasted](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/jaramillo-s-0120-cc-web-4x3-1-768x576.jpg.webp)
Descending through Colombia’s coffee country, a crew of mountain bikers explores how climate change is impacting one of the world’s most cherished beverages and the lives of those who depend upon it.
![Ultralight Foolishness](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/kenworthy-d-0004-cc-web-4x3-1-768x576.jpg.webp)
Delusional optimism and alpine immersion in British Columbia’s South Chilcotin Mountains.
![Roscoe’s Last Ride](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/atkinson-b-0024-cc-web-4x3-1-768x576.jpg.webp)
Grappling with her aging trail dog’s declining health, a mountain biker decides to give her furry best friend one last dose of singletrack.
![In Relation to All Things](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/biidaanakwa-clouds-are-coming-768x576.jpg.webp)
In learning her ancestral language, one mountain biker finds a different way to relate to the world, herself and her community—and ride her bike.
![North Shore Betty](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/040722-rummel-t-0110-horizantal-768x637.jpg.webp)
You’re never too old to send. A film about bikes and one bad-ass mother hucker.
![North Shore Betty](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/rummel-t-0110-cc-web-19x9-1-768x364.jpg.webp)
After nearly 30 years on the hallowed trails of southern British Columbia, Betty Birrell still thinks life is one big playground—and that you’re never too old to send.
![The Pisgah Paradox](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/kearns-t-0015-cc-web-2250x1066-1-768x364.jpg.webp)
In North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest, a collaboration between anglers and mountain bikers uses better trails to create healthier rivers.
![The Writing on the Wall](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/kozlowski-d-0005-cc-web-1900x900-1-768x364.jpg.webp)
In a tiny Colorado ski town, the world’s oldest mountain-bike club is facing the complicated reality of recreation gone right.
![It’s a Magical World](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/trumpore-d-0037-cc-web-16x9-3-768x432.jpg.webp)
Rolling through a full-scale sensory rebellion in New England.
![Trails for Everybody](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/delahuerta-m-0009-cc-web-2250x1266-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
An interview with Gabo Benoit, trail advocate and mountain-bike mayor of Coyhaique, Chile.
![A Swamp and 60 Feet](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dupre_n_0026_cc_web-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
An unlikely community, in the most unlikely location, has become an even more unlikely force for public lands conservation.
![All Trails Belong to Mother Earth](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/brasil_l_0008_cc_web-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
Following in Indigenous Footsteps on the Ute Pass Trail.
![A Leadership Supreme](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mcintyre_m_0206_cc_web-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
The mountain-biking star of Becoming Ruby seeks out some of skiing's most powerful females.
![Moving the Needle](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/smith_a_0007-2250x1266-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
As editor of the world’s largest mountain bike magazine, Nicole Formosa showed her audience the world’s largest issues—and revealed the sport’s resistance to confronting them.
![At the River’s Edge](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hopkins_k_0003_cc_web-1500x844-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
How one suburban mountain biker’s vision for a trail system reshaped a former industrial town—and turned trail building into a family tradition.
![Best of Home, Volume 2: Cougar Ridge](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/boh_9_16_tcl-768x433.jpg.webp)
In the second installment of our “Best of Home” series, photographer, writer and editor Colin Wiseman takes us to Washington State’s gloomy, fern-filled Whatcom County for a signature Pacific Northwest ride.
![Best of Home, Volume 1 – Backbone Trail](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/boh_16_9_tcl-768x432.png.webp)
Photo editor Kyle Sparks kicks off our new social media series, “Best of Home,” documenting the everyday, out-the-back-door trails that mountain biking depends on.
![The Myth of the Great Bike Savior](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc9368_cc_web-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
Outdoor recreation can be a lifeline for local economies, but the industry has also benefited from the erasure of Indigenous peoples from their lands.
![Why Wilderness Matters More Than You](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/zoch_c_0105-2250x1501-1-768x512.jpg.webp)
BIKE Magazine contributing editor Michael Ferrentino on our perceived right to ride wherever we want.
![Amidst the Mustard](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/maxwell_frank_20200617_0070-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
Battling invasive species through better trailbuilding.
![A Pedal Through the Prairie](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/caldwell_joel_0008-2250x1266-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
A bikepacking expedition inspired by one of North America’s most iconic landscapes, and the American Prairie Reserve’s audacious effort to restore it.
![On Trail and Off the Map](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/wittenberg_m_0002-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
In Coyhaique, Chile, the ghosts of resource extraction may offer a path toward a new recreation-based future.
![New Roads in the Ancient Kingdom of Zanskar](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mcintyre_m_0073_cc_web-2250x1266-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
Perched in the Himalaya and once accessible only by trail, India’s Zanskar region has remained largely free of Western influences for over 2,000 years. That could all change as a new highway brings a wave of instant globalization.
![Right Where I Belong](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/johnson_hansi_0004_cc_croped-768x432.jpg.webp)
“That comfort, the ability to feel like you’re not stepping outside of some boundary; It’s not like, ‘Do I belong here?’ No, this is where I’m supposed to be.”