Ride the West End

Ride the West End When thinking of the West End, the words wild and scenic come to mind. West End Mountain Biking features high mesas, deep sandstone canyons, and arroyos. Views of the LaSalle Mountains just over the state line in Utah, as well as the Northern San Juans predominate. Exploring large tracts of pristine public lands on hundreds of …

Telluride

Ride: Telluride Telluride is famous for skiing, however summer brings out mountain bikers to explore the western San Juan Mountains. The town of Telluride provides access to challenging trails from town, as well as access to the Telluride Ski Resort trail system. The free gondola cabins have been outfitted with bike racks in the summer which provides residents and visitors …

Tabeguache Trail

Ride: Tabeguache Trail The Tabeguache (TAB-a-watch) Trail stretches from the Shavano Valley, trail head about 9 miles from downtown Montrose to the No Thoroughfare Canyon at the Colorado National Monument just outside of Grand Junction. The trail is over 140 miles in length and takes several days to complete. Most of the trail is not maintained or patrolled by the …

Ride: Shavanao Valley

Ride: Shavanao Valley This grouping of mountain bike trails is the southern anchor for the Tabeguache Trail. trail head about 9 miles from downtown Montrose to the No Thoroughfare Canyon at the Colorado National Monument just outside of Grand Junction. The trail is over 140 miles in length and takes several days to complete. Shavano Valley is located west of …

Ridgway Area Trails

Ridgway Area Trails Ridgway Area Trails are located south of Montrose off of Highway 550. The foundation of the Ridgeway Area Trails is the RAT Group. RAT has been dedicated to founding and supporting mountain bike trails in the Ridgway area. RAT is a local chapter of the Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association, Inc. Working with the town of …

Ride: Rifle-Hubbard Mesa

Ride: Rifle-Hubbard Mesa The Hubbard Mesa Area, northwest of Rifle consists of 2,480 acres with 50 miles of single track, ATV, and jeep trails. Hubbard Mesa can be accessed from the Highway 13 Bypass. Turn north onto County Road 244 (Fravert Reservoir Road) where the Rifle District Forest Service office is located. After two miles turn right at the fork …

Uncompahgre Plateau

Ride: Mountain Bike the Uncompahgre Plateau The Uncompahgre Plateau is a forested area to the south-west of Montrose. Access from town starts by driving on West Main Street, bearing right at the fork with Chipeta Drive, and you are on State Highway 90. Continuing on Highway 90 to the top of Spring Creek Mesa. The Highway zigs and zags through …

Paradox Trail

Ride: Paradox Trail The Paradox Trail (110 miles) is the result of the 1995 collaboration between the Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association, the Montrose West Recreation Inc. the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. This trail traverses the Uncompahgre Plateau westward into Utah. The route links two long distant trails, the Tabeguache Trail and the Kokopelli …

Montrose

Montrose The Montrose area has multiple options for the Bike Rider, from the heights of the Uncompahgre Plateau to the pinion- sagebrush of the Gunnison Gorge NCA. Biking in Montrose has options including the Uncompahgre River Way Trail, Sunset Mesa Trail Complex, and the many bike/walk trails within the City. Basecamp Montrose Link Enchanted Forest (Montrose, Sunset Mesa) Cretaceous View …

Moab: State Highway 191 South

Moab: State Highway 191 South Basecamp Moab Link Behind the Rocks Road 24-Hours of Moab Hunter Canyon Rim Hurrah Pass Pritchett Canyon Amasa Back / Cliffhanger Jackson Jackson Hole Captain Ahab Jacobs (Jacksons) Ladder Rockstacker Pothole Arch Lockhart Basin Lockhart Canyon