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Outside Magazine, August 2006

Best Outside Towns 2006
Location is Everything

By Mike Grudowski


Intro | Bellingham, WA | New Paltz, NY | Boulder, CO | Sebastopol, CA | Madison, WI | Bend, OR | Asheville, NC | Durango, CO | Truckee, CA | Haleiwa, HI | The Gore-Tex Vortex

Durango, Colorado
The San Juan Mountains, just outside Durango, Colorado (PhotoDisc)

Wanna live where the action is? The goal: trails out the back door, a serious Saturday-morning peloton, whitewater just up the road, and neighbors eager to join in. Our source: the best adventure athletes in America, who tell us where they live and why. The result: 20 communities where locals work, train, and play hard. Start packing.

Bellingham, Washington

New Paltz, New York

Boulder, Colorado

Sebastopol, California

Madison, Wisconsin

Bend, Oregon

Asheville, North Carolina

Durango, Colorado

Truckee, California

Haleiwa, Hawaii

The Gore-Tex Vortex



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Intro | Bellingham, WA | New Paltz, NY | Boulder, CO | Sebastopol, CA | Madison, WI | Bend, OR | Asheville, NC | Durango, CO | Truckee, CA | Haleiwa, HI | The Gore-Tex Vortex

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