Advocacy

"VNTRbirds (venture birds) encourage women through outdoor education and adventure. Women-run and based in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, VNTRbirds brings women to the outdoors through mountain biking, backcountry skiing and splitboarding and community meet ups. These experiences bring women together and help create more confidence and self-reliance in the outdoors.

VNTRbirds is proud to announce we have acquired VIDA MTB Series in March 2023. So what does the merging of two amazing companies mean for you? We’re so glad you asked! You’re going to have so many more options – from multi-day clinics to more downhill specific courses, and a variety of new events. As we grow, so will our staff, with plenty of new coaches coming on board alongside all the familiar faces. In short, you’ll experience the same women-specific workshops, designed to encourage skill progression through confidence, proper knowledge and self-reliance."

Since 1991, the Colorado Mountain Bike Association (COMBA) has been dedicated to the interests of our members and the front-range mountain bike community. We believe outdoor recreation is vital to improving the health, environment, and economy of our state. COMBA is committed to being an advocacy voice for mountain bikers, maintaining and building natural surface trails, teaching proper trail use to riders, and collaborating with land managers to protect the landscapes where we love to play.

Web: http://www.comba.org

IG: https://www.instagram.com/combaorg/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ColoradoMountainBikeAssociation

X: https://twitter.com/COMBAorg

Established in 2009, the Breck Epic MTB Stage Race answers the question, “What if we got all of our friends together for a HUGE ride on our favorite routes every day for a week?!” In fairness, better ideas have failed. This particular piece of high-alpine audacity tho? It has somehow endured, drawing riders from 25 countries and 40 different states each year. It’s is a backcountry mountain bike pilgrimage whose cathedrals can only be visited under human power. Epic is tough on riders and even tougher on their bikes. It’s pure Colorado and Yeti is proud to serve as its exclusive bike partner.

Team Evergreen Cycling is a 501c3 nonprofit which produces the Beti Bike Bash, Hundo, Session Series, the Triple Bypass, the Mount Evans Hill Climb, and Salida76. Through their events, Team Evergreen has donated nearly $4M to charitable and bicycle advocacy organizations in Colorado.

Beti Bike Bash

The Hundo

Session Series

Triple Bypass

Mount Evans Hill Climb

Salida76

SUMMER CAMP FOR ADULTS

Trans BC is a 6 day all-inclusive enduro event that literally feels like a bike summer camp for adults. You can come solo and instantly meet 100+ new friends or come with a group of buddies. Regardless, all you have to do is show up and shred bikes for a week, while we take care of all the rest of the details. It's 'blind' racing, so you only find out the trails we are riding/racing when you arrive at the event.

We say its more like a summer camp then a 'race', as about 90% of the people there are just there for the adventure and good times and aren't counting the seconds on their results printout each day, which really helps create an incredibly fun vibe all week long

Rowdy Goudy, is a health and wellness organization dedicated to introducing cycling to women of color, and redefining what it means to participate in active living. We recently partnered with Roam Fest to introduce a program called  Roam Rowdies.  The program was created to foster connections and elevate + center Black women in the mountain bike and outdoor communities and to celebrate Black joy in mountain biking.  Chosen applicants ("Rowdies") receive financial support and join Brooke at Roam Fest.  Each participant participates in a full day skills clinic supported by Yeti Cycles.  Rowdy Goudy partners with organizations, festivals, and cycling races to break down barriers to support more women on bikes. 

You’re on team Colorado — so, Ready. Set. CO.

Colorado is built for people who want to explore, play and move—and for years, Coloradans prided themselves on being one of the fittest, strongest, healthiest populations on the planet. But that’s not the case anymore. We’ve slowed down, but our state, in all its mountainous, sun-shining glory, is still there to support us—and so is UCHealth.