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Matthews Winters Mountain Bike Trail
Morrison, Colorado
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:    |
10 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 6/9/08 by worldwidechance |
Difficulty:  Advanced |
| Length: 6 miles | Global Rank: 540 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Loop |
| Ridden: 169 | Wishlist: 30 |
| Avg. Speed: 4.04 mph | Avg. Time: 1hr 31min |
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Description: Matthews/Winters is a good starting point for more than one trail. From the parking lot, go down the trail and over the bridge. Just after the bridge is the Villiage Walk loop, a short 1mi beginner loop that can be ridden in either direction. If you go straight (counter clockwise) in about .3mi you will come to the Red Rocks trail on the right, at this point you can either continue straight ahead to finish the Villiage Walk loop or head onto the Red Rocks trail. If you take the Village Walk loop back to the parking lot you can continue on to the Dakota Ridge trail by riding across Hwy 26 and up the hill on the other side. If you take the Red Rocks trail, at about 1mi you will come to the Morrison Slide trail alternate on the right. Morrison Slide is an alternate that reconnects with the Red Rocks trail in 1.2mi. You have a choice to continue straight on the Red Rocks trail and stick with less climbing or turn onto the Morrison Slide trail and go up several switchbacks to the "tabletop", the views here are great but there are some very rocky switchbacks on the downhill side awaiting you. At the bottom of the switchbacks the Morrison Slide trail re-connects with the Red Rocks trail at which point you can turn right and coninue on to the Ampitheatre and Dakota Ridge trail or turn left and take the Red Rocks trail back to the Villiage Walk trail and on to the parking lot. If you decided to pass the first Morrison Slide cutoff and continue straight on the Red Rocks trail for .8mi you can return by turning right onto the Morrison Slide trail and following it back in the reverse direction.
Description: Matthews/Winters is a good starting point for more than one trail. From the parking lot, go down the trail and over the bridge. Just after the bridge is the Villiage Walk loop, a short 1mi beginner loop that can be ridden in either direction. If you go straight (counter clockwise) in about .3mi you will come to the Red Rocks trail on the right, at this point you can either continue straight ahead to finish the Villiage Walk loop or head onto the Red Rocks trail. If you take the Village Walk loop back to the parking lot you can continue on to the Dakota Ridge trail by riding across Hwy 26 and up the hill on the other side. If you take the Red Rocks trail, at about 1mi you will come to the Morrison Slide trail alternate on the right. Morrison Slide is an alternate that reconnects with the Red Rocks trail in 1.2mi. You have a choice to continue straight on the Red Rocks trail and stick with less climbing or turn onto the Morrison Slide trail and go up several switchbacks to the "tabletop", the views here are great but there are some very rocky switchbacks on the downhill side awaiting you. At the bottom of the switchbacks the Morrison Slide trail re-connects with the Red Rocks trail at which point you can turn right and coninue on to the Ampitheatre and Dakota Ridge trail or turn left and take the Red Rocks trail back to the Villiage Walk trail and on to the parking lot. If you decided to pass the first Morrison Slide cutoff and continue straight on the Red Rocks trail for .8mi you can return by turning right onto the Morrison Slide trail and following it back in the reverse direction.
added on July 30, 2005 by 
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NEARBY TRAILS
- Red Rocks/ Dakota Ridge in Denver (0 miles away)
- Green Mountain in Denver (0.7 miles away)
- Apex Park in Golden (1.5 miles away)
- Mount Falcon Park in Morrison (3.3 miles away)
- Bear Creek Lake Park in Lakewood (3.4 miles away)
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by mspain9089 on July 20, 2008
I actually started this trail at Zorro, then came down the ridge to the park entrance. New signs block riders to several entry points. Very easy boring ride until you get to the uphill switchbacks, which are rocky and a bit steep, and somewhat technical.
* Review edited 7/20/2008
reviewed by Goo on June 25, 2008
Very nice, very technical ride with some good views. A lot of people... its near Denver.
reviewed by luxlow on June 11, 2008
Morrison trail and red rocks trail good ride. Park map shows a dakota ridge not recomended for bikes.
reviewed by joeyjmorales on January 11, 2008
Fantastic yet short loop. A great technical challenge. Great if you want to work in technical climbing and descent. Slow moving - but hearty.
Similar Trail: Apex Trail
reviewed by arnolda14 on June 5, 2007
This may well be the definitive ride for the Denver foothills area. If you're from out of town, this is definately one for your short list. If you're from here and haven't ridden this, you should slap yourself and then go ride it. The biggest drawback is that it's really crowded. But it's a good intermediate trail with amazing scenery. Beginners should skip the Dakota ridge side and just stay west of the road.
reviewed by BobinConifer on May 13, 2007
This isn't really a stand alone trail but if you couple it with Dakota Ridge it makes for a decent loop. One sizeable climb with a few water bars and switchbacks but not much for technical or aerobic challenges. Plus its packed with hikers
Similar Trail: Green Mountain
reviewed by Lancefan on December 2, 2006
Deffinatly easier than Dakota ride, but it still has its parts. My friend and I had lunch on the last red rock, before we started our descent.
reviewed by lukewiens on March 31, 2006
the red rocks side is pretty easy, doesn't offer anything to technical. definately for the beginner riders. the dakota ridge side is pretty tough. definately for the advanced riders, tight narrow rock passages w/ a lot of grunts.
reviewed by LilBeast on January 17, 2006
excellent trail. i like going right from the parking lot, take the first right and then at the bottom of the big rock downhill go left and take lefts all the way back. after coming downhill to the road, take the road down the hill pass "dinosaur ridge" on the right and take "zorro trail" back up to the ridge line. at the top of the hill take a right and head back to the parking lot. nice scenery to stop and look at on of the numerous climbs. a lot of walkers and joggers and dogs on the trail. only about 7 mile loop, good ride to use to get back in shape.
reviewed by c3667 on July 30, 2005
use this as a turning point for a big loop from Green mOuntain to Dakota ridge to Winters
Similar Trail: Mt. Falcon
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