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The Ribbon Mountain Bike Trail
Grand Junction, Colorado
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
4 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 4/27/08 by tbonetrav |
Difficulty:  Advanced |
| Length: 12 miles | Global Rank: #379 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Loop |
| Ridden: 34 | Wishlist: 14 |
| Elevation Gain/Loss: +1,783/-2,447 ft | |
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Description: Decend the paved road for 0.3 miles to a singletrack to your left. Descend into the western valley following Andy's route. At the wash bed the is a trail to the right and left. Turn left and uphill (right is Andy's loop). Portage the waterfall and follow the singletrack. At the ridge line (1.6mi) descend to sandstone wash. Ascend to 2.2 and walk sandy stretch to slickrock "stem" of the ribbon's champagne glass. There's drop off on the left to spit over. Ride up the slickrock stem to the champagne glass f**e of slick rock. Follow cairns left and upward to second slab of slick rock. Portage next section onto 3rd slab. As the slick rock expands keep riding it to the left and exit a small jeep road at the southwest ridge and ride this south to Little Park Road (paved) and finish loop. Good either way.
Description: Decend the paved road for 0.3 miles to a singletrack to your left. Descend into the western valley following Andy's route. At the wash bed the is a trail to the right and left. Turn left and uphill (right is Andy's loop). Portage the waterfall and follow the singletrack. At the ridge line (1.6mi) descend to sandstone wash. Ascend to 2.2 and walk sandy stretch to slickrock "stem" of the ribbon's champagne glass. There's drop off on the left to spit over. Ride up the slickrock stem to the champagne glass f**e of slick rock. Follow cairns left and upward to second slab of slick rock. Portage next section onto 3rd slab. As the slick rock expands keep riding it to the left and exit a small jeep road at the southwest ridge and ride this south to Little Park Road (paved) and finish loop. Good either way.
added on April 27, 2008 by 
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TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by tlemons on July 20, 2010
This will put a huge smile on your face. We connected it with some other trails as well to get some extra miles. The beer afterwards was soooo good.
reviewed by kwallace4080 on April 19, 2010
I have done this trail a few times now and it is in the top 5 all time. My friend and I shuttled it so we started at the ribbon trail head off of little park road and bombed it down and connected to andy's loop, then hit pet-e-kes, lower lemon squeezer and mira monte and finished with Curts lane. VERY FUN! Very very technical, would not recommend for newer riders. Andy's loop is closed until around June while they reroute it. They were literally putting up the fence as we passed them so I guess we were the last ones to ride it as it is. Can't wait for Andy's loop to open again.
reviewed by Aussie_Rider on April 19, 2010
This was my final ride of 3 days of riding in the Fruita, Grand Junction area. I did it as a shuttled ride being dropped off at the Ribbon Trail Head, about 6 miles up the Little Park Road. The slick rock slabs along with the trees and view make this a ride you should not miss. Andy's was closed so we could not follow that trail out and had to take an alternate but the ribbon was fantastic. Make sure you have plenty of brake pad before hitting this ride.
reviewed by skibum on December 10, 2008
Wow--even for the Fuita/Grand Junction area, this one is a peach. A huge, tilted slickrock slab mixed with highly technical singletrack. You can do it as a loop, out-and-back, or a shuttle depending on your inclination. Be sure to catch the climb out of the gulch when heading south or you will end up in Colorado National Monument (illegal on a bike)
Similar Trail: Anything in the Lunch Loops area
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