COTOPAXI, Ecuador -- Riding a mountain bike down the side of the world's highest active volcano, from just below its 14,770-foot-high snowline to its foothills, can literally take away your breath.

The single-track mountain-bike trail drops through a scrubby high-desert landscape of gnarled trees and thorny bushes and directly into a tunnel formed of spiky cactus. There is no other way to ...

Nestled in the western Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania is a village with the unlikely name of Jim Thorpe. Once a go-getting town of railroads, robber barons, and coal barges, Jim Thorpe has ...

• Weather suitable for year-round riding. Little wonder, then, that the Tucson area is gaining a widespread reputation as a mountain biking mecca. National forests, state parks and county preserves ...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – The folks at Detroit Mountain Recreation Area are reaching for the golden ring of mountain biking – they want to become an official International Mountain Bicycling Association ...

It can be difficult to carve out a niche amid Southern California's diverse landscapes and tourism opportunities. On any given weekend, visitors and locals alike can take their pick of coastal ...

Fort Collins is an outdoor paradise filled with mountain charm, and it's a gateway to the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado. One particularly picturesque mountain destination is Red Feather Lakes.

The Italian athletes bomb down the Copper Mountain race course in a blur, their skis slicing barely perceptible arcs in the firm snow. “Look at that. Can you believe we’ve had 400 guys on that in the ...