Middle Tenderfoot Mountain

Total Miles
2.5

Technical Rating

3

Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Trail Type

50" Trail

Accessible By

Trail Overview

This trail descends through a series of big, wide, sweeping switchbacks from the summit of Tenderfoot Mountain. The trail is extensive at the top, like a two-track, but narrows slightly as it enters the trees. It loses 1,300 feet of elevation over 2.6 miles. It continues as a wide trail snaking through the trees, with easy curves, mostly flowy, smooth, and fast. There are a bit of shallow ruts and maybe a bit of loose rock here and there, but nothing complicated. Near the south end, it widens up to the width of the road, and after the intersection with Wide Open, it becomes a road designation. This is primarily an access trail to access the many single tracks in the area, including Tenderfoot Mountain, Monkey Butt, Wide Open, and Upper Wide Open. The south end of the road portion is very close to the staging area, so it's an excellent start to your ride to access all of the trails. This trail is open to motorcycles from 6/21 - 11/22 and ATVs that are 50" or less from 9/1 to 11/22.

Photos of Middle Tenderfoot Mountain

Middle Tenderfoot Mountain
Middle Tenderfoot Mountain

Difficulty

This is an easy trail that has sweeping gradual switchbacks, but no obstacles.

Technical Rating

3

Status Reports

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Access Description

The Tenderfoot Mountain Trail System is full of easy singletracks that are all very similar, fast and flowy. The main motorized trailhead is on County Landfill Road off of Highway 6. As the road turns into Frey Gulch Road there is a dirt parking lot. There's also a small parking lot near the north end of the Tenderfoot Mountain Trail off of County Road 51, but it's more of a parking lot for the hiking trails, so it will likely be busy and isn't good for trailers. The motorized trails are open 6/21 - 10/9 to motorcycles and ebikes. The area is very well marked and maintained, with new trails still being constructed. It's a multi-use popular area, so you will see lots of hikers and mountain bikers. This area was built from your Colorado OHV dollars.

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