Review: A great little ride close to CB, lots of cows and aspens. Fairly easy climbing and a really fun downhill sprinkled with semi-technical sections to keep you focused.

Review: One of my newest favorite trails in CB. Drove up the road a ways and parked next to Canal Trail, then rode up Canal, up Strand Bonus, then down Strand. A ridiculously fun ride, great flowy singletrack, climbing isn't bad at all, riding through aspens, a few steep sections with roots keep you on top of your game. Just an awesome trail, highly, highly recommended.

Review: Very fun trail. You can park right next to the start of the climb or start a little ways back on the dirt road. Either way, the trail will start when you hit the climb. Very steep at times and definitely an awesome workout. The road will climb for a ways on the hillside and then continue climbing in the trees where there are some rocks to deal with as you climb. When you finally hit the top the descent is just amazing. very scenic as well. Very nice dirt and flowing single track. Gets a little technical in a few spots but otherwise pretty smooth. We had to walk through a 3 foot stream toward the end. Very fun.

Review: Strand Hill is one of the best little descents I have ridden in the Crested Butte area, and consequently it is one of the best little downhills I've ridden anywhere! It's swoopy up top with just amazing turns and excellent dirt. Further down it gets steeper, while still being pretty swoopy. More rocks and roots crop up along with some fun drops to bust off of. Definitely 5 stars!

Review: sometimes the road up to strand is closed, its part of a ranch, so if it is just keep going and find the canal trail. Which is singletrack so its much better to ride and then take a right at strand bonus which is fun singletrack aswell! once your at the top It has great views of Condrum, Teocalli, and Castle Mountins! Along with wonderful views the down hill has a bit of everthing!

Review: The road climb does have some very steep sections, but you can avoid some of the boring and steep section of Strand Hill by taking the Canal Trail to the Strand Bonus option. You get more great singletrack that way as well and basically T into Strand Hill about 3/4 of the way up that climb. The descent is one of the best around - maybe not long enough for some, but well worth it nonetheless. Another option to make it a great day is to take Upper Upper Trail (and any links like Tony's or Whetstone) either on the way to or on the way back from Strand/Canal.

Review: Ferocious climb at the beginning, but the ride from the top is killer. Great scenery of Mount crested butte and the valley below. It rains alot in Crested Butte, so packing some rain gear would be a good idea.

Review: Did this ride 6/24/06. The climb was killer but the ride was awesome. Some really nice downhill sections. Watch your back - some of the riders scream down the hills. Also watch for fallen trees. We had to lift the bikes over one large tree and it was hidden until we were right on it. A second tree had been pulled off the trail (or fell just right) but still blocked part of the main trail.