Dirt Bike Trails Near Basalt, Colorado

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Light Hill Road

BLM Road #8334 is not challenging in itself, but presents great views. There are many spurs with plenty of space for camping. Each spur leads to a great view of the surrounding mountains, valleys, and…
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Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Over the Crown: BLM Road #8324

BLM Road #8324 provides a lengthy adventure around the crown and can act as an extension loop to BLM Road 8230. From this trail, you will see great views of Mt. Sopris, the Elk Range,…
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Total Miles
6.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Buckhorn Traverse

Buckhorn Traverse starts at the east end of Buckhorn and is a similar trail with many wide switchbacks and fun curves on a series of rolling low alpine hills. There are more switchbacks than on…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

The Crown: BLM Road #8320

The Crown offers sweeping views of the Elk Range, Basalt, and Carbondale. See incredible views of Mount Sopris and Capitol Peak. This trail is generally one car length wide, and can get steep at times,…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Buckhorn

Buckhorn is a fun and easy single track that goes through a mix of sagebrush and scrub oak and small trees near Carbondale, Colorado. It traverses across the sides of a bunch of rolling hills,…
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Total Miles
2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

BLM Route 8322

BLM Route 8322 is a dirt bike trail in the Crown Trail System, and is slightly more difficult than the other 5 motorized trails in this trail system. From northeast to southwest, the trail is…
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Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Dinkle Lake Road

Dinkle Lake Road is an easy dirt road that provides spectacular views of Mt. Sopris and access to Dinkle Lakes, Thomas Lakes Trailhead, and the Mt. Sopris Trailhead. This trail is mostly tame, with a…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Outie

Outie is a short single-track trail in the Crown Motorized Trail System that goes through sagebrush and small trees in a low alpine/high desert terrain. It goes through a mix of small trees and grassy…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Lone Pine Trail

Lone Pine is a fun twisty trail in a burn area in the White River National Forest. Since it goes through a burn area, the aspen trees are young and short, opening up the views…
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Total Miles
4.7
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

North Fork Cattle Creek Trail

This fun single track in the White River National Forest is mostly a fast and flowy single track through an aspen tree forest between 8 and 9k feet in elevation. If riding north to south…
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Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su

North Porcupine Trail

This is a 2.7-mile-long easy single track that is a fun and curvy trail through sagebrush and scrub oak. It's mostly flat, with only a couple of sections of small hills with loose rocks. It…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

South Porcupine Trail

This is a 1.3-mile-long easy single track that goes along the rim of a mountain the whole way. It's really smooth, with rocks pushed to the side of the trail. There isn't much exposure because…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Capitol Creek Road

Capitol creek road is a moderate trail that offers access to many trailheads for hiking, including Capitol Creek trail and Hell Roaring Trail. As a result, this area can get heavily trafficked as backpackers, horses,…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Milepost One Trail

This short single track is mostly a fun, fast, flowy connector from North Fork Cattle Creek Trail to Red Table Mountain Road. This trail is much easier than Lone Pine and North Fork Cattle Creek.…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Red Table Road

This trail is very rocky and you will find soft red dirt on this trail that will become mud in wet conditions. There are multiple water puddles; some can be deep with no bypass. It…
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Total Miles
12.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp

Red Table North 464

This road is pretty simple with a few spots to pull over and get a good view of the red rocks.As far as difficulty it's pretty easy, a little bumpy but nothing a stock 4wd…
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Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

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

Dotsero Crater

Popular with OHVs and dirt bikes, this trail takes you to the Dotsero Crater and through the BLM Gypsum Hills Area, also a popular off-roading area. If you have time, stay and watch the extreme…
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Total Miles
12.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Easy Rider

Easy Rider is a short single track in the Hardscrabble Mountain trail system near Gypsum, Colorado. From the northeast end of the trail, it starts on BLM Route 8384D, which is a dirt road through…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

The Maze Trail

The Maze Trail is part of the Hardscrabble Trail System in Gypsum, Colorado, and is one of the closest trails to the staging area accessed off of Spring Creek Road. It starts winding in and…
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Total Miles
5.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp / Su

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

Lead King Basin

This is a classic off-road trail that offers great scenery and beautiful seasonal colors. For a loop, take this trail with Devil's Punchbowl. Unlicensed vehicles are permitted and can stage just south of the fire…
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Total Miles
7.6
Tech Rating
4 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Coffee Pot Road

Start your ride with beautiful views of Eagle Valley and the Colorado River and continue into White River National Forest. Dispersed camping allowed inside the forest, and there are a few pay campgrounds. Unlicensed vehicles…
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Total Miles
26.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Sheep Mountain

Steep ascent through dense forest to the top of Sheep Mountain. Tight switchbacks and mild off-camber keeps this trail engaging, although not particularly difficult in general conditions. 270 degree view from the top features several…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

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

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

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

Star Wars

Star Wars is a wash trail in the Hardscrabble Trail system near Gypsum, Colorado. It is aptly named Star Wars since riding at the bottom of a curvy wash resembles the feeling of flying fast…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Schofield Pass

This route takes you over Schofield Pass. You're sure to run into some tourists around Crystal Mill, which is a very popular tourist destination. The run through Crystal Canyon will take you to Devil's Punchbowl,…
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Total Miles
10.1
Tech Rating
5 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Ledge Trail

The Ledge Trail is probably the most difficult trail in the Hardscrabble Trail System near Gypsum, Colorado. It starts at dirt road 8384 under power lines and comes up to a saddle with a nice…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp