GloriDays is a proper mountain bike race — one lap, no shortcuts, and 4,000 feet of climbing packed into 26 miles. Zia Rides isn't sugarcoating it: there are tough climbs, and you're going to feel them. The payoff is the descents, which by all accounts are worth the suffering.
Glorieta sits up in the Sangre de Cristos where the high desert gives way to ponderosa pines and real elevation. Expect rocky singletrack, rooted dirt, and the kind of terrain that rewards technical skills as much as fitness.