Review Date
September 2, 2006

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5, 2 votes

Reviewed by: ReichC ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
If this trail does not blow you away, then what do you think?

Recommended Route:
up the road, up the singletrack, stop, look, rip it down

Review Date
August 13, 2006

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: arnolda14 ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
I just want to add my name to the very long list of folks who consider this ride to be one of the greatest single tracks in the known universe. This is not a technical, scary or difficult trail by any means. It's not even too much of a lung-buster if you're acclimated to the altitude. But if gorgeous red mountains, wildflowers up to your chin and a 25 mph descent on smooth single track sounds like fun to you, then this is THE trail. If the thin air doesn't take your breath away, the views will. RIDE THIS TRAIL!

Recommended Route:
Clockwise.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
All of them. CB is a great biking town and one of the places where mountain biking as we know it evolved. While you're there, check out the biking museum.

Review Date
August 8, 2006

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: shred man ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
What a great trail. although you do have to put in a little effort climbing up to the ridge it's all worth it on the way down. zig zagging its way down the mountainthrough flowers as high as your hadlebars, This trail has challenges for even the best riders including the difficult shale creek maneuver and the tight turns on the switchbacks. This is a must ride trail for any mountain bike rider.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
the lower and upper loop trails, Hartmans rocks

Review Date
November 29, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: grc_king ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
I rode the trail in august 2005 and I was probably the only guy from europe who rode it this year.For somebody from europe this trail must be unique: the height, the distance to any sort of city, there is so much space here. The trail itself is spectaculous, to say the least. But I missed the technical challenges, as it is mostly a roller and you find yourself cruising at 25mph - again something pretty unknown in good old europe.

Recommended Route:
I would recommend to ride all the way from CB out and back, as even the gravel road is worth the sweat.

Review Date
September 30, 2004

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 3 votes

Reviewed by: Cabin Fever ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
This trail is simply about as picturesque and utopian as an an alpine singletrack style trail can get. i was lucky enough to hook up with some people who were getting a buddy to shuttle us all the way up to Schofield Pass, so that we only had to climb the singletrack, and not the miles and miles on the road. Even had i had to climb all that, it would have been TOTALLY worth it for the simply postcard-like scenery, and the killer descent. I would say that the one ride i did on this trail was one of the best rides i've ever done. Crested Butte really is a hidden secret of colorado.

Recommended Route:
up then down

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Tony's Loop to Upper Loop to Strand Hill