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Past Trip

Crested Butte, Colorado

2026

58
Miles ridden
6,000+
Feet of climbing
3
Days on the trail
8
AMA PRA Cat 1 Credits™
The Recap

How it went

Crested Butte in late summer is hard to beat, and the trail network delivered exactly what we came for. Over three days we covered 58 miles and climbed more than 6,000 feet — up through wildflower meadows, along ridgelines with the Elk Mountains stacked up in every direction, and down some of the most celebrated singletrack in Colorado.

Mornings for medicine, afternoons for the mountain.

The group came from a range of specialties and a range of fitness levels, and it worked. Local guides kept the pace honest and the lines clean. What people took home was the conversation — the kind that only happens after everyone has suffered a little together.

A rider descending the 401 Trail through blooming fireweed with the Elk Mountains beyond
Three Days, Three Trails

Where we rode

Riders strung out along singletrack crossing an open meadow below the Elk Mountains
Day 1

Snodgrass → Lupine → Lower Loops

The warm-up. Rolling singletrack with big views back toward town, linked into a long day that shook out travel legs and sorted out who we were riding with.

Riders climbing the 401 Trail with conifers and peaks in the background
Day 2

403 → 401

The one everybody comes for. A long grind up 403 pays off with the 401 traverse — waist-high wildflowers, the whole Elk Range in view, and a descent nobody stopped talking about.

A rider walking a bike across a shallow creek crossing on the Doctor's Park trail
Day 3

Brush Creek

A long, fast descent to finish the week — plus a creek crossing that nobody got through entirely dry. The trail earns its name.

The Album
A rider coming through a hillside covered in yellow mule's ear blooms
A rider on singletrack with wildflowers in the foreground and peaks behind
A rider riding toward the camera on a valley trail below red rock peaks
A rider pausing on a high saddle with the Elk Mountains spread out behind
Riders traversing a steep green hillside high above a valley
The group regrouping trailside above the valley with red peaks in the distance
Riders celebrating with arms raised on a rocky high point
A line of riders descending singletrack across an alpine slope
Riders pausing below a jagged ridgeline of layered rock
Riders stopped on a wildflower slope taking in the valley view
Riders climbing a trail lined with yellow arrowleaf balsamroot
A rider on singletrack with a tall wildflower stalk in the foreground
A rider standing with their bike below the Maroon Bells
A lone rider on a meadow trail beneath the peaks above Crested Butte
Who Taught

Faculty

Taylor Dickey, DO, on his mountain bike above a river canyon

Taylor Dickey, DO

Emergency Medicine

Alexandra Dinello, MD, on a snow-covered summit with ski poles raised

Alexandra Dinello, MD

Emergency Medicine · Fellow of Wilderness Medicine

The CME

What we covered

8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
  • Envenomations 🐍
  • Wilderness Rescue 🚑
  • Wildlife Attacks 🐻
  • Thermal Injuries 🔥
  • Flight Emergencies ✈️
  • Altitude Medicine ⛰️
  • Toxic Plants & Mushrooms 🍄
  • Traumatic Injuries in the Wilderness 🧑‍🦽
Up Next

Moab is next.

October 12–16, 2027. Red rock instead of wildflowers, and the waitlist hears everything first.

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