"You have to go ride the Palisade Rim Trail. It's so fun! At first I hated it, but now it's definitely my favorite." My co-worker had been raving about the improved trail in Palisade for several weeks ...

Matt King moved to the Rapid Creek area in 2007 for some peace and quiet. An estimated 30 to 40 people live in the area, off or near the Mesa County road east of Palisade that extends up a flank of ...

Another season approaches for a mountain bike trail still being discovered in Colorado — what many have called the most epic ride to join the state's portfolio in a long time. The seasonal closure for ...

I squinted against the sun’s glare, looking at a point in the shale and sandstone cliff towering above us. It resembled the silhouette of a shark’s snout, I thought, as I watched my riding partner, ...

The Grand Mesa looms like a huge ship in the distance over much of Mesa County. At about 11,000 feet of elevation, it offers an alpine respite from the often scorching valley below. And for decades, ...