The Trailhead

09/09/2026

14ER FEST GROWS NIGH. Get your 14er Fest Trail Pass today before they're all gone and you're stuck at home watching Gilmore Girls alone again on a beautiful weekend.

⛰️ Fall is calling… and so is 14er Fest!
Join us in Buena Vista September 25–27 for Colorado’s best multi-sport mountain festival. Whether you’re into off-roading, mountain biking, hiking, trail running, fly fishing, rock climbing, or just good vibes under the Collegiate Peaks — this weekend is for you.
Event Activities:

Guided trail adventures
Clinics & demos
Festival camping
Live music
Local food & drinks
An awesome vendor village

Come celebrate the trails with motorized and non-motorized users alike, and help keep the places we love open and thriving.
Registration is open now!
Grab your Trail Pass (includes swag pack) before spots fill up → 14erfest.org
Tag your crew and make plans. See you in BV! 🍂

09/08/2026

Y'know what? Let's keep it going - 30% OFF PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IN THE STORE THROUGH THIS THURSDAY. Might as well. We already made the sale signs.

The pic of my cat dressed as a hard candy is unrelated to the sale, but anything can be considered marketing if you put your logo on it and believe in yourself. *adds 'Thought Leader' to resume*

09/03/2026

We have not, in fact, White Fang'd enough stuff. So today through Monday, we're gonna goose the sale to 30% OFF PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IN THE STORE.

Call it a Labor Day Sale if you want. You're allowed.

Speaking of labor, it only took me like 13 minutes to create that sweet White Fang sale graphic. Not a lick of A.I. Just a fine-tuned artistic vision, the sweat of my brow, and some copy paste-ing on a Word document. Computers will never replace me. I am the Van Gogh of minor trademark violation graphic design.

09/02/2026

While supplies last: SIGN UP FOR A 14er Fest RACE AND RECEIVE THIS SNAZZY BANDANA. Use it to manage your hair, festoon your dog, tourniquet a gunshot wound, or even just blow your nose after a long day of hayin'.

Races range from 5K to 14K in distance (3.1 to 8.7 miles in AMERICAN FREEDOM UNITS), and will be held on Sunday, September 27th. Sign up here: https://14erfest.org/running-races/

Also, huge thanks to Teva for being the 14er Fest Run Sponsor and overall peachy shoe company.

09/02/2026

14er Fest still has a few passes available if you fancy a weekend full of fall foliage, beer, music, offroading, trail projects, beer, more foliage, running races, beer, climbing, mountain biking, hiking, and also beer. Mash that registration button immediately, people.

🎟️ 14er Fest registration is open
Sept 25–27 in Buena Vista.
Guided 4x4 rides, mountain biking, hiking, climbing, fly fishing, trail running, clinics, live music, vendors, and fall colors under the Collegiate Peaks.
Get your Trail Pass now → 14erfest.org
See you on the trails. 🏔️

08/18/2026

SALE TIME, BUCKAROOS. We need to White Fang some inventory before Fall (G'ON GIT!), so for a hot second we're going to put most of the store at 20% off. Need some shoes? Bam - 20% off. Pants? Take approximately 1/5 off the price. Climbing gear? Knock off $.20 from each dollar. A shelf-stable meatloaf snack item? That product doesn't exist, but if it did - 1. It would be awesome, 2. We would sell it, 3. It would be 20% off.

06/30/2026

Wildfire Update 6/29/26 2:00pm

The USFS has closed the CT from Tennessee Pass to Twin lakes until further notice. The trail is open south of Twin Lakes. The CW and CE are both unaffected south of Twin Lakes at this time. The Twin Lakes General store is also open and has up to date info for hikers. At the moment smoke is moving east and north east of the fire. Air quality remains good south of the fire.

Due to the evacuation area and fire operations there is NO DETOUR at this time. Hikers and bikers are encouraged to find a shuttle from Tennessee Pass to Twin Lakes in order to continue on their hike.

If you are on the trail and have not signed up for text alerts, please go to our website and sign up for alerts. You can sign up on your phone and/or your inreach number. We use the alert texts to give hikers important safety information during an emergency.

We are updating the “Alerts and Closures" page on our website with the most up to date information about all trail alerts and closures.

06/19/2026

Need last minute gift ideas for Father's Day? As a dude who procreated, here are some of my top picks at the Trailhead:

- Wag bags. For the car. Because old age sneaks up on you and nothing in life is guaranteed.
- Topo Athletic Ultraventure shoes. Because they're comfortable and comfort has rocketed to the top of my hierarchy of needs.
- Darn Tough socks. Mine keep disappearing and it's either my kids or the government that's taking them.
- Skratch Labs Hydration Drink Mix. Because I think I'm still an athlete.
- Nocs binoculars. Because I'm 42 and birds are awesome all of a sudden.
- A Spyderco knife. Because knives are practical and extremely cool.
- A straw hat from Hemlock. For partyin'.
- An hour or two of sitting alone in the garage and listening to Alice in Chains while I think about lawnmowers. We don't sell this, but it's a gift that I would cherish.

Happy Father's Day from all of us at the Trailhead.

06/19/2026

Huge thanks to BVSC and all the trail work volunteers for taming the spikey rock on Wednesday. Spikey rock haunts my dreams. It is a manifestation of pure evil. Spikey rock is like waterboarding for your bottom bracket. Volunteer with BVSC on Wednesdays and help wrassle these demons into submission.

06/10/2026

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