Front range rides in general aren't bad, but there's no shortage of places to ride super technical hard trails out here.
I'm loving the Devinci now. It took some getting used to, it's slacker than anything I've had before and mtb first time owning full suspension. At first I couldn't climb with that thing to save my life, the steering was different than what I was used to and I couldn't keep the front end down. Turns out I got a bum seal in the rear shock so it kept sinking down making it slacker and to easy to pull the wheel up. With a new rear shock and a few real rides in the saddle I got used to it and love it. The type of bike is more inline with the terain out here. I'm slightly faster on this bike but it feels so much more controlled while doing it. The biggest thing is comfort, I can ride 20-30 miles with lots of elevation over rocks and roots and I dont hurt. My lower back, shoulders, in between my shoulder blades, butt, and my neck would all hurt and my knuckles would ache and throb after long rides on chunky stuff with my hardtail. The Atlas I feel like I can ride until I'm fatigued instead of until I'm beat up. On a side note that Pike fork is sooooo good. It's amazing how it feels like it floats through everything. That fork has to be one of, if not the best, piece of cycling gear I've ever used. I love it.