The Rim Rocker is a 160-mile route winding it's way through aspen groves, over red rock, along the edges of sheer cliffs, and across rivers. Spanning from Moab, Utah to Montrose, CO., the track varies… Learn more about Rim Rocker
Total Miles
158.5
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su
Divide Road
This is a 90-mile long, wide-graded road up the middle of the Uncompaghre Plateau from Montrose to (almost) Grand Junction. Go from farmland to expansive areas of forest, then to the desert. This mellow graded… Learn more about Divide Road
Total Miles
85.4
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp
Grays Creek Trail
Grays Creek is a fun 4.6-mile single-track in the Uncompahgre National Forest west of Montrose, Colorado. The west half of the trail is relatively easy but has lots of tree roots through the pine trees… Learn more about Grays Creek Trail
Total Miles
4.3
Tech Rating
5
Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Hornet Trail
Hornet Trail is a 3.8-mile long trail in the Uncompahgre National Forest that has a little bit of everything to make it an awesome ride. It has fast and easy sections, more challenging sections with… Learn more about Hornet Trail
Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
5
Moderate
Best Time
Su
South Divide
This is a series of well-graded or slightly bumpy roads that will take you from Ridgway to Olathe over the Uncompaghre Plateau. The south part has vast views of open ranchland, the center is in… Learn more about South Divide
Total Miles
80.1
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Little Red Trail
Little Red Trail is a short trail (1.5 miles) in the Uncompahgre National Forest that connects Little Red Road to the Aspen single-track trail. It only has a couple of notable sections of moderate difficulty… Learn more about Little Red Trail
Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
4
Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa
Roubideau Jeep Trail
This is a 12-mile loop trail off Divide Road beginning 30 miles from Montrose. We did this trail by following a fence line up the east leg to join the original Roubideau Jeep Trail. We… Learn more about Roubideau Jeep Trail
Total Miles
11.8
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
25 Mesa Road
25 Mesa Road is a wide, smooth well-graded road running all the way across Uncompahgre Plateau from Nucla to Delta. We did not find any specific attractions along the route, but it is an enjoyable… Learn more about 25 Mesa Road
Total Miles
26.3
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp
Rim Road
The primary purpose of this trail is to access six of the seven Dry Creek rock crawling trails. Rim Road runs from US 50 to Divide Road and occasionally approaches the "rim" above Shavano Valley… Learn more about Rim Road
Total Miles
36.4
Tech Rating
4
Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp
Lower Spring Creek Trail
Lower Spring Creek is a 7-mile-long trail west of Montrose, Colorado, that starts on the south end of the Uncompahgre National Forest and heads north through BLM land. It heads straight down towards Montrose from… Learn more about Lower Spring Creek Trail
Total Miles
6.8
Tech Rating
7
Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp
Toldja
Toldja Trail is a fun desert single track that loses (or gains) 1000 ft elevation over the 3.7 mile trail. If starting from the south trailhead on Cowpoke Gulch Road, it immediately starts descending over… Learn more about Toldja
Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
4
Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Sims Mesa/Delores Creek
The maintained gravel Sims Mesa Rd offers views of the Uncompaghre River valley. It becomes a rutted unmaintained Forest Service road as it enters the National Forest. Wildflowers and aspen groves line the trail as… Learn more about Sims Mesa/Delores Creek
Total Miles
1.7
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su
Tabeguache
Tabeguache 2.0 is a short, easy Jeep trail a short distance west of Montrose. It starts near the Dry Creek Rock Crawling Trails, and crosses Dry Creek, Piney Creek, and Cushman Creek before climbing up… Learn more about Tabeguache
Total Miles
11.9
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Fingers
Fingers is a 12-mile desert single track near Montrose, Colorado that goes along a series of mesas, mostly made up of slab rock and loose rock on top of a dirt surface. From the north… Learn more about Fingers
Total Miles
11.5
Tech Rating
4
Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Topless
Take your off-road experience to the extreme! This is one of seven rock crawling trails located just a few miles west of Montrose, Colorado, in the Dry Creek Rock Crawling (DCRC) area of the Uncompahgre… Learn more about Topless
Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
9
Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa
Fenceline
Fenceline is a short, but hard trail that leaves the Toldja Trail back to the Cowpoke Gulch Road. It's less used because you have to go out of the way to get to it and… Learn more about Fenceline
Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
5
Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Pork Chop
The Pork Chop trail is a short trail in the Dry Creek Recreation Area that has sections of fast desert single track through sagebrush and pinyon pine in between more difficult sections of loose rock… Learn more about Pork Chop
Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
4
Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Ewok Village
Ewok Village is a fun and narrow desert single track that goes through a variety of terrains near Montrose, Colorado. From the south trailhead, it starts with a steep descent dipping into a dry wash… Learn more about Ewok Village
Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
4
Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Escalante Canyon
Escalante Canyon is a very nice run from the desert at the Gunnison River to the forest on the Uncompahgre Plateau. This Jeep trail takes you upstream through Escalante Canyon (west side of the loop),… Learn more about Escalante Canyon
Total Miles
57.9
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa
Piney Creek
Piney Creek is one of the easier trails in the Dry Creek Recreation Area. It is a tight and narrow single track that meanders through sagebrush and pinyon pine. It starts in a sandy dry… Learn more about Piney Creek
Total Miles
3.9
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Cactus
Take your off-road experience to the extreme! This is one of seven rock crawling trails located just a few miles west of Montrose, Colorado, in the Dry Creek Rock Crawling (DCRC) area of the Uncompahgre… Learn more about Cactus
Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
8
Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa
Die Trying
This trail starts with quite a few large boulders, ledges, and notches. After a few hundred yards the trail smooths out to smaller boulders and ledges and some tight turns around some large rocks. Near… Learn more about Die Trying
Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
8
Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa
Death Row
The entrance is a right turn off of Topless, about a half mile in. The first hundred yards are small ledges and boulders that do not live up to the rating. Then the real trail… Learn more about Death Row
Total Miles
0.2
Tech Rating
10
Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa
Boulder Canyon
Take your off-road experience to the extreme! This is one of seven rock crawling trails located just a few miles west of Montrose, Colorado, in the Dry Creek Rock Crawling (DCRC) area of the Uncompahgre… Learn more about Boulder Canyon
Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
10
Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa
Coyote Ridge
Coyote Ridge is a short trail in the Dry Creek Recreation Area, but fun and with a fantastic view along a ridge line, and shouldn't be missed if new to riding this trail system. It's… Learn more about Coyote Ridge
Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Coyote Cutoff
Coyote Cutoff is very similar to Coyote Ridge, but slightly harder because of tighter switchbacks and a rockier surface. Similar to most of the trails in the area, it's a mix of dirt single track… Learn more about Coyote Cutoff
Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
4
Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Dry Creek ATV Trail
This 3.2 miles 50" trail is one of only a couple ATV trails in the Dry Creek Recreation Area, as most of the trails in the area are motorcycle trails or jeep roads. It's a… Learn more about Dry Creek ATV Trail
Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Cushman Creek
Cushman Creek is a fun, fast, and flowy single track in the Dry Creek Recreation Area that is mostly smooth dirt through sagebrush and pine trees on rolling desert hills near Olathe, Colorado. It has… Learn more about Cushman Creek
Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
South Calico
From the trailhead off of HWY 145, the trail starts an immediate climb up a gnarly tight single track that is riddled with roots, rocks, and boulders. The trail climbs constantly up towards Calico Peak.… Learn more about South Calico
Total Miles
31.9
Tech Rating
8
Difficult
Best Time
Su
Scratch and Dent
The Scratch and Dent trailhead is on the entrance road to Calamity Canyon, about a quarter mile from Rim Road. There is a small sign to the left at the bottom of the first small… Learn more about Scratch and Dent