11.   Related sites include www.mountainzone.com, which covers hiking, climbing, mountain biking, skiing and snowboarding, and www.skiresorts.com, providing news and information about winter resorts.

12.   Right off you realize this is a great destination for not only hiking but for easy strolls, mountain biking, jogging and horseback riding.

13.   Visitors can enjoy fabulous scuba diving, whale watching, kayaking, mountain biking and challenging backcountry hiking.

14.   Accompanying Shaikh will be a mountain bike racer from Italy, Richard Rinaldo, the captain of her two-person bicycle team.