I have a friend who is a die-hard snowboarder. Every day, rain or shine, whether it’s windy or calm, ice or powder, he is up on the hill milking the season for all that it is worth.

Indeed, there is a school out there filled with snowsport enthusiasts who are relishing in the fact that this winter does not seem to want to quit.

There is another school, however - those of us who crave the sunshine, who want to get up into the hills and come out caked with mud, dust or gravel embedded in our elbows with a smile from ear to ear.

For many mountain bikers, the lust for dirt has carried us off the hill as of late, which is the only option we have to dust off the cobwebs that have been collecting on our bikes all winter and get our legs working again.

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