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Red Rock Canyon Mountain Bike Trail
Colorado Springs, Colorado
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
18 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 6/25/09 by farrier1 |
Difficulty:  Beginner |
| Length: 0 miles | Global Rank: #1773 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Network |
| Ridden: 105 | Wishlist: 23 |
| Avg. Speed: 4.95 mph | Avg. Time: 1hr 7min |
| Elevation Gain/Loss: +2,814/-3,233 ft | |
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Description: This place is known as the "Secret Garden of the Gods". It contains many of the same red rock ridges and formations. The open space is criss-crossed with everything from wide and smooth dirt roads to tiny washed-out singletrack that climbs up the ridges. The ride is very similar to Palmer Park, as you can link together a lot of different trails for a really long ride. The conditions are generally rocky & sandy, so choose the correct tires. Also being built is a freeride park with ladder-drops, teeter-totters, and other stuntes.
Description: This place is known as the "Secret Garden of the Gods". It contains many of the same red rock ridges and formations. The open space is criss-crossed with everything from wide and smooth dirt roads to tiny washed-out singletrack that climbs up the ridges. The ride is very similar to Palmer Park, as you can link together a lot of different trails for a really long ride. The conditions are generally rocky & sandy, so choose the correct tires. Also being built is a freeride park with ladder-drops, teeter-totters, and other stuntes.
added on July 3, 2006 by 
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TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by trek7k on August 16, 2011
This place is a great addition to the COS area mountain bike scene. Miles of trails with just enough tech mixed in to keep things interesting. Portions of Red Rock Canyon remind me of the blue trails at Palmer Park but the scenery is clearly better here. Great access to other trails like Section 16 make this an excellent starting (and ending) point to more epic rides.
Similar Trail: Palmer Park
reviewed by Railbiker on March 23, 2011
A good introduction for new bikers to sharp curves and some rocky singletrack. Lots of criss-crossed trails, with Maps everywhere to plan your route. Good stuff!
reviewed by zr140th on March 16, 2011
Not a bad after work ride, simple, open, good view, nothing too technical or strenuous. Skills area is ok, dirt jump section is fun....what attracted me to the park. Overall, it's a decent spot to get the legs moving after work or if you're just in the area and looking to kill an hour or so.
Similar Trail: Ute Valley
reviewed by csmitty1 on February 27, 2011
Good trail to come do a couple of loops in the winter months. Usually dry and more ice free than other trails.
reviewed by sinister.designs on May 17, 2010
Is another nice park that is close to town and good for a nice easy ride.
reviewed by Tinker17k on November 11, 2009
I ride Red Rocks all the time. I actually love to ride from Manitou on the Inteman trail and then dump out into SandTrap. Ride down and then just do a bunch of loops and then ride back along the Inteman Trail. I love riding out here! It's a great after work ride.
reviewed by Grizzattack on October 15, 2009
Great little network of trails with unique scenery, close to town and good conectivity linking with Section 16 and the Inteman Trail. I really dig it, especially since its close to my house too!* Review edited 10/15/2009
* Review edited 10/15/2009
Similar Trail: Garden of the Gods, Stratton Open Space
reviewed by farrier1 on June 23, 2009
Had a couple of hours to burn on the west side. This system has some fun parts. Once you pedal up towards the top there is some decent singletrack. The skills area might not be up to some folks standards, but is a fun way to warm up before heading up the trail. Worth the time if you are on the west side of town. Watch out for dogs....
Similar Trail: Palmer Park
reviewed by Steven_Ned on April 7, 2009
Good variety of stuff but come during the weekday to avoid crowds.
reviewed by pukalani13 on November 15, 2008
What a great unexplored trail! I took it on up on a day which had only a few hikers and an occassional dog walker. There are parts of the trail that dead end and parts where you can catch air , even a little playground with teeter totters and a roller coaster ..for you on your bike! Nice workout up hill and quite a thrilling ride down..good after work routine but you can go far ..I went up a lil ways on to Sec 16..be aware theres alot of this trail system that has not been evaluated as safe..caution and happy exploring as I found it to be well worth my time!
Similar Trail: Garden of the Gods
reviewed by JohnsXCbike on November 14, 2008
The bike park is kinda cool I think. Fun just to mess around if you just want time on the bike. Can practice some tech-skills. And Dirtcoach, your an fucking asshole, I took my little brother to this bike park a few times to try to get him to like biking. are you even capable of saying you don't like something without coming across as a jackass? Nobody likes people like you, so please, stay out of public areas.
* Review edited 11/14/2008
reviewed by skibum on March 21, 2008
The red rocks are cool. The old quarry is interesting. It can be fun to watch the rock climbers. You have to hit the trails higher up to get to the interesting stuff. Some may find some utility in the skills park. LOTS of hikers, mostly with dogs. As a bike trail, this ones greatest value lies in that it connects to some other great trails in the area.* Review edited 3/21/2008
* Review edited 2/28/2011
reviewed by dirtcoach on September 27, 2007
This is what I call a Gaper trail. Red Rock Canyon is good place to walk your dog or for very beginner trail runner. I wanted to take a look at and play on the FREE RIDE area. Guys that is not free ride, maybe at the very basic level. Maybe ok to teach your girlfriends retarded brother how to ride a bike but boring. The Red Rock Canyon trail ratings are way off the Black trails are low blue at best mostly rain washed out gravel skids, and I rode everything. Twisty trail yes but if your slaying it around a corner, there may be a dog walker just around it, the high brush made visibility poor. It was moderately fun two wheel drifting every corner but became boring fast. one black trail "Contemplative trail" is a low blue at best. Zero technical skill needed I could ride my road bike on everything there.
* Review edited 9/27/2007
reviewed by dougsmith on September 22, 2007
Some good trails. Nothing too hard or rocky. Alot of twisty single-track. Solid packed fo the most part.
Similar Trail: Grden of Gods
reviewed by RideorDie on June 10, 2007
Update - The terrain park is now open. They are still adding some stuff to it, put it has a lot of punch packed into a fairly small place. There are 3 teeter-totters, several elevated wooded bridges, a few drops, and some neat banks to help you get around corners with speed. This is a great place to work your technical skills if you only have a limited amount of time to ride. Red Rocks is fun to ride in the winter, but in the summer, it is absolutely packed with people on the trails. The farther you go, the less people you will see, but watch out for dogs and small kids near the parking lot and for the first mile of trail in any direction.
Similar Trail: Palmer Park
reviewed by hippiedeb on October 24, 2006
LOTS of different stuff here: long uphill climbs, scary singletrack cliff-y stuff, big fat tire road stuff, clay, sand, fun switch-backs (that I need LOTS more practice on), stairs, too much to list. It was a fun ride til I watched my husband flip through the air...see gregger's review of this ride. Scared me half to death, but he is ok...scratched up, but ok...course, he had his helmet on. Anyhow, fun and challenging trail, a fair amount of hikers and dogs. Probably a little to challenging for me as I have only been riding since July of this year.
Similar Trail: Palmer Park
reviewed by gregger on October 15, 2006
Nice ride. Everything leaves the parking lot uphill, and it's a good long climb up. We started up on wide fire road, the clay makes for good traction but is probably horrible when it's wet. We then took a short section of very narrow singletrack that switchbacked up the side of a bluff--the dirt there was awfully loose, so the downhill side of the trail tended to disintegrate underneath you. More fireroad at the top, with connections available to section 16 and Intemann trails from there. But we were tight on time, so we headed downhill. There are some fun berms to jump on the way...but I was going a bit too fast (hit about 27mph) and was surprised by a much larger (about 2') and steeper berm. No time to slow down, it endo'd me HARD. Helmet is destroyed, bruise on the forehead, neck is sore, and a good rash on my right shoulder/hip/leg. Bike was fine :) and i was able to ride out fine...so don't be discouraged, just ride safely. It's a great set of trails that we only saw a bit of, there's tons of options to make a whole day of it, and you're surrounded by the most incredible scenery anywhere, so enjoy it. It's a popular park for bikes, dogs, and walkers, so remember to watch & yield.
Similar Trail: Palmer Park, Ute Valley
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