Dirt Bike Trails Near Avon, Colorado

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Metcalf Creek Road

The road begins near Vail, north of I-70. It starts out steep and eventually connects to the Red White Trail. There are some very narrow areas, so consider the width of your vehicle before you…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Muddy Pass & Piney Guard Station

This is an easy, scenic drive open June 21 through November 22. There are plenty of dispersed camping sites, all of them with amazing views. The first 6.5 miles are highly trafficked because of Piney…
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Total Miles
36.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Tigiwon Road

This is an out-and-back trail that is mainly used to access hiking trails. Fall Creek, Mount of Tthe Holy Cross, and Cross Creek Trailhead are all accessible via this dirt road. A good portion of…
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Total Miles
16.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

8503

From south to north, single-track trail 8503 starts off with several big downhills on loose dirt with small rock drop-offs. The downhills are very steep with some small rocks in the trail and often have…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

8502A

8502A is an easy single-track trail in the Bocco Mountain trail system that is accessed at the south end of the dirt road BLM Route 8502. The trail goes straight east in the shrubs, lightly…
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Total Miles
0.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

8503C

8503C is a fast and fun trail to rip in the Bocco Mountain trail system, made up of slaloming switchbacks with banked corners. The trail has wide sweeping switchbacks the whole way through a sagebrush…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

8501

Trail 8501 starts from the intersection with 8501F near the dirt road 8502C. It side hills across the side of the mountain on a narrow dirt trail with loose small rocks. It has several steep…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Shrine Pass

Nice, easy ride open to unlicensed vehicles at the parking lot at Shrine Pass from June 21 to November 22. This is a popular area for hikers and mountain bikers so please be respectful. Bring…
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Total Miles
10.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

8503A & B

Single track trails 8503A & B make a loop starting and ending on the dirt road BLM Route 8502. Going counter clockwise, the trail comes down from the road on a trail that is washed…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

8501F & EG

This trail is a short loop in the Bocco mountain trail system. It departs from trail 8501E at a wooden fence post. Traverse across the side of a low alpine mountain through small pine trees…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Bocco Mountain, Blue Lake

There are over 18 miles of single-track trails in this popular dirt biking area, with spectacular views from the top. There is also a fun Jeep/ATV road that cuts through the middle. If you take…
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Total Miles
7.7
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

8501D & E

This set of trails in the Bocco Mountain recreation area is a tight and twisty singletrack in a low alpine terrain made up of pinyon pine, pine trees and sage brush. It departs from 8501C…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

8501A, B & C

This is a fun and moderately challenging single track in the Bocco Mountain recreation area. This trail is made up of very tight turns through a variety of terrain. The entire trail is like a…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp / Su

Sheephorn Mountain

Make your way up the side of this mountain on varied terrain. You'll see trees and a few glimpses of the valley below. End of the trail is an easy route passing some cool old…
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Total Miles
14.5
Tech Rating
3 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Ptarmigan Pass

We like to do this Jeep trail clockwise with McAllister Pass starting over on Shrine Pass. The first half mile is in Wearyman Creek. Be careful if the water is high. Ptarmigan Pass spends a…
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Total Miles
10.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

McAllister Gulch

This is a fun climb through the mountains, starting at Camp Hale. Climb to the top of Resolution Mountain with incredible views of Mt. Holy Cross. Then, descend Shrine Pass Road by way of Wearyman…
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Total Miles
11.5
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Holy Cross

This is as extreme as it gets. Open to unlicensed vehicles June 21 to November 22nd, this is a very popular trail with infamous obstacles like French Creek and Cleveland Rock. Very experienced riders only.…
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Total Miles
7.8
Tech Rating
9 Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa

Blacktail Creek

A portion of this route travels through Routt National Forest, and unlicensed vehicles are permitted. The last section of the trail is incredibly beautiful with views of the Colorado River meandering through a large valley.…
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Total Miles
29.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Old Highway Road

This is just a nice, easy, scenic backway from Camp Hale to Highway 24, offering nice views of the Camp Hale valley. Most vehicles should do fine. If there's snow, it could get a little…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

School House Rock ATV

The School House Rock ATV trail is part of the Hardscrabble OHV system, and is accessed off of the Hockett Gulch trail. The east end of the trail is a dead end, making this an…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Hockett Gulch

Hockett Gulch is a short trail in the Hardscrabble trail system that mostly goes through a sagebrush desert landscape. From south to north, it steadily drops 400 feet over 1.6 miles, so it is mostly…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

The Plunge

The Plunge is one of the more difficult single tracks in the Hardscrabble trail system due to a very steep and loose rocky hill that gains several hundred feet from the bottom of the valley…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Williams Peak Road

This trail takes you up along a high ridge with amazing views of the valley and reservoir below. The top section has dispersed camping available set back in the trees, and if you're lucky you…
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Total Miles
11
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Tick Alley

Tick Alley is a fun single track in the Hardscrabble Trail system by Gypsum, Colorado. From the south end of the trail, it drops almost 1000 feet over 2.5 miles. At the intersection with Itch…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

8385-D

The east end of this single track starts at an intersection with the Hockett Gulch trail, then immediately climbs up to the top of the surrounding hills. It continues similarly to The Maze Trail where…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Fast Times

The Fast Times trail is a short trail in the Hardscrabble trail system near Gypsum, Colorado. It starts as a fast and straight trail, then intersects with the south end of the Star Wars trail,…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Itch

Itch is a fast and flowy single track that snakes through wide-open sagebrush meadows in the Hardscrabble Trail System near Gypsum, Colorado. The south end of the trail starts at the east end of the…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Cat Walk

Cat Walk is a short narrow single track that side hills across a mountain in the Hardscrabble Trail system south of Gypsum, Colorado. From the west end of the trail, it starts as a narrow…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Elk Drop

The Elk Drop trail is made up of several segments of single track connected by small sections of dirt road with varying terrain. Starting from the intersection with Fast Times, it departs to the left…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Hagerman Pass

Turquoise Reservoir is an excellent hub for your outdoor adventures, especially fishing and hiking, including the Colorado Trail, and exploring two historical railroad tunnels. Want to make it a really long day? At Basalt, head…
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Total Miles
11.2
Tech Rating
3 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa