|
|
|
|
|
||
Holy Cross Mountain Bike Trail
Grand Junction, Colorado
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
8 trail reviews |
| Status: |
Difficulty:  Advanced |
| Length: 7 miles | Global Rank: #415 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Loop |
| Ridden: 50 | Wishlist: 14 |
 1 trail check-ins |
Directions
To view directions to Holy Cross mountain bike trail, please login. If you don't have an account, sign up for a free account - it only takes a minute.
Description: This is possibly the funnest/most challenging technical ride around. Start by riding up Pet-a-Kes. At the top, look to the east for the marker to the Holy Cross Trail. You should see the "Widowmaker" climb above you--fortunately you're not going there. Then, prepare yourself for the best ride you may ever see (if you're an advanced technical rider). The ride starts with some fun, flowy desert singletrack with a few small obstacles. Then, you get into the rocks, and over them, around them beside, them, and even under them. Some of the ride may feel like a trials course--few can complete it without walking. But the trail was well-designed, with great flow, and if you learn the course, it can become a real ruch to complete any of the challenging technical sections. Be careful when you hit the marked intersection with Gunny trail--go left. Pass by the entrance and exit to Miramonte, ride the top of the ridge, and finish with the switchbacks down to the parking area.
To view directions to Holy Cross mountain bike trail, please login. If you don't have an account, sign up for a free account - it only takes a minute.
Description: This is possibly the funnest/most challenging technical ride around. Start by riding up Pet-a-Kes. At the top, look to the east for the marker to the Holy Cross Trail. You should see the "Widowmaker" climb above you--fortunately you're not going there. Then, prepare yourself for the best ride you may ever see (if you're an advanced technical rider). The ride starts with some fun, flowy desert singletrack with a few small obstacles. Then, you get into the rocks, and over them, around them beside, them, and even under them. Some of the ride may feel like a trials course--few can complete it without walking. But the trail was well-designed, with great flow, and if you learn the course, it can become a real ruch to complete any of the challenging technical sections. Be careful when you hit the marked intersection with Gunny trail--go left. Pass by the entrance and exit to Miramonte, ride the top of the ridge, and finish with the switchbacks down to the parking area.
added on February 24, 2008 by 
SIMILAR TRAILS
Riders who liked this mountain bike trail also liked:Steve's Loop / Handcuffs in Fruita
Mary's Loop / Horsethief Bench in Fruita
Moore Fun in Fruita
Kokopelli Area Trails in Fruita
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by toyotatrd on May 11, 2012
one of my top 10 trails, u must check it out if you are in the area!
reviewed by DurangoMtBikeTours on October 8, 2011
A great trail in the Lunch Loop section. This trail is most definately for the advanced rider, although intermediate riders can take it. They just have to dismount a little more. Best ridden as a downhill from Tabegauche.
Similar Trail: Eagles Wing
reviewed by speeedracer27 on September 15, 2011
Some hairy technical sections on the way down from the TH trail. Rode it after a rain storm, which made the trail quite a bit more challenging. Great views. Nice over the bars tumble in the rocks. Got to love it!
reviewed by Woodchuck1 on March 17, 2011
Holy Cross is everything all the reviewers said. After riding extensively throughout the East and West I'd say this is in my top 5 rides anywhere in the U.S.
Similar Trail: Troy Bilt
reviewed by Coloradocronic on October 8, 2010
This is my favorite trail at the the tabeguache trail system
Similar Trail: Zippy-Do-da
reviewed by drlg on September 25, 2010
An automatic 5 stars for Holy Cross. It is the best trail in the area. Lots of non-stop, doable technical sections. Depending on your skill level, you may not like it the first time, you may find it tolerable the second time, but you'll love it the third time.
Similar Trail: Eagle's Wing (Tabegauche)
reviewed by skibum on March 21, 2008
This is my favorite trail in all the Fruita/Grand Junction area. It is an absolute technical feast from top to bottom. Despite being chock full of very advanced technical moves, it has great flow--big time kudos to the trail designers. Even if I can't clean it all, I still love it. This is one of the reasons I chose to make a pilgrimage to Fruita every spring no matter where I'm living at the time.
* Review edited 9/25/2010
Similar Trail: Moore Fun, Mack Ridge, The Ribbon
More 