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Gold Camp Road Mountain Bike Trail
Colorado Springs, Colorado
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
9 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 7/7/07 by teamfreak16 |
Difficulty:  Beginner |
| Length: 40 miles | Global Rank: #1817 |
| Tread: Fire Road | Configuration: Out & Back |
| Ridden: 90 | Wishlist: 26 |
| Avg. Speed: 8.29 mph | Avg. Time: 1hr 35min |
| Elevation Gain/Loss: +2,662/-2,466 ft |
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Description: This old rail bed leads from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek. The rail grade makes it a fairly gradual climb through the mountains and some beautiful terrain. You'll go through multiple tunnels so bring a light if you're afraid of the dark. After you've had enough riding, turn around for the quick descent back to the parking lot. About the first 10 miles of the road is closed to vehicular traffic (except dirt bikes, ATVs, etc.) but the rest shares the road with cars. If you're a wuss you can shuttle vehicles to make this an all downhill ride. Several trails diverge from this road as well.
Description: This old rail bed leads from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek. The rail grade makes it a fairly gradual climb through the mountains and some beautiful terrain. You'll go through multiple tunnels so bring a light if you're afraid of the dark. After you've had enough riding, turn around for the quick descent back to the parking lot. About the first 10 miles of the road is closed to vehicular traffic (except dirt bikes, ATVs, etc.) but the rest shares the road with cars. If you're a wuss you can shuttle vehicles to make this an all downhill ride. Several trails diverge from this road as well.
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SIMILAR TRAILS
Riders who liked this mountain bike trail also liked:Palmer Park in Colorado Springs
Stratton Open Space/ The Chutes in Colorado Springs
Palmer Trail / Section 16 in Colorado Springs
Paul Intemann Memorial Trail in Colorado Springs
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by skibum on September 30, 2010
Concur with below--this is not so much a mtb trail as it is an automobile free dirt road you can use to hook up with a variety of singletrack options. In less than a mile, you hit Buckhorn (great loop with Captain Jack's) and Seven Bridges (Often unrideable up--more fun down, very popular hiking trail). A little further, just after going up and over the collapsed tunnel, you hit St Mary's Falls Trail (brutal climb/shortcut to Pipeline and Jones Park downhills). If you stay on the road, it's about 16 miles to the top of the Jones Park and Pipeline downhills (badly rutted from motos). The grade is very moderate, so you don't have to be superfit unless you're going all the way. And yes, the scenery is great. But it's still a road.
reviewed by mtnspectre on June 21, 2009
Used this trail mostly as a link. My favorite all time ride was starting at Cheyenne Meadows, up the chutes to lower gold camp to upper gold camp to jones' downhill to captain jacks to lower gold camp back down the chutes and done.
reviewed by vbeckman74 on March 13, 2009
This is a well used road by bikers and Sunday drivers. I like to start at High Drive parking lot, go up Gold Camp and then take Jones's Downhill back to the truck for an awesome day ride.
reviewed by teamfreak16 on July 7, 2007
Just rode it. Great climb, and fantastic scenery. Pretty fun ride for it being just a fire road. And, on the way back down, I dropped in and treated myself to a groovy run down The Chutes. All in all, it was a good day of riding.
Similar Trail: The dirt road portion of Waterton Canyon
reviewed by bikeamaroq on March 29, 2007
Gold Camp Road is a large fire road used by cars to access Captain Jack's and a few other trail heads. Dirt bikers also enjoy riding on it. It is dirt for part of the way and paved for the rest. It isn't really a trail, so unless you live close to it, drive your car up it to get to the upper end of the Chutes or the bottom of Captain Jack's. It has many bumps and isn't really that great a ride. There are worse trails, so I gave this one a 4.
* Review edited 3/31/2007
Similar Trail: Besides an interstate highway, none in particular
reviewed by JohnsXCbike on March 19, 2007
one of my favorite rides in the area, great for a casual ride or working on distance and climbing without worrying about technical singletrack, can pretty much ride as far up as your legs can take you, up to rosemont reservoir, up to the top of Mt Baldy, the options are endless. I'd often just ride out and back on the section that cars can't go on
* Review edited 2/7/2011
reviewed by utedude on August 5, 2006
Its a road. Simply put. It does have some great views and can be a great cardio workout. It isn't exactly a thrill ride though. If you like biking dirt roads, this one is very scenic and probably the best in Colorado Springs.
Similar Trail: Boreas pass road, Breckenridge
reviewed by shhlacker on June 23, 2006
This is one of my favorite rides so far. Tjeeperman, myself, and another friend rode from High Drive parking lot to St. Peters Dome. The only sigle track on the whole ride is goin up and over the tunnel and then going back down to the road. That is the only technical spot which can make some bikers have to dismount. Biking the old dirt road is was a great change from the usual single track and lets you focus more on the great views around than on the trail. The ride is constantly uphill with some sandy spots. I was able to keep it on the big cog without much trouble the whole time but some other bikers had to rely on the granny gears in other spots. The grade isn't too bad until you hit Old Stage Rd. Once there the climb gets tougher and you have to worry about cars, but the road is better maintaned. After all that uphill tho the ride back is great! It only took us about 15-20 mins to get back to the car! You can goto my web site http://www.shhlacker.com/path.php?pathid=34 for more info.
reviewed by c3667 on August 7, 2005
Started form the chutes. This is a good long cardio workout . the road is good and the traffic was not too bad we road to High drive (where it was closed) . The tunnels were interesting , I was not sure to lead and hit what was in the tunnel first or let someone else first and find all the pot-holes. This pretty much is just a good access road.
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