Twenty-one years after Mike McElveen fell in love with mountain biking during a ride of the White Rim Trail outside of Moab, his son, Payson McElveen, took on the 100-mile challenge in an attempt to ...

Few states offer such diverse topography as Arizona. In some ways it is the story of desert and mountains, the low and high, but it is more complicated than that. We have canyons with few peers, deep ...

About halfway up the Military Sinkhole Trail, I thought of Michael Corleone. In a memorable scene from the 1972 film "The Godfather," protagonist Corleone rebuffed a ride as he approached his ...

It started slow and ended fast in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Durango’s Payson McElveen made a late decision to enter another long gravel cycling race last week. With a good weather forecast, he went east ...

Payson, Arizona's 'reset button' is calling for a fresh approach in 2026, especially for those who love biology and anatomy. While Fossil Creek remains a top draw, its new permit rules (April–October) ...