Avg Rating:    |
8 trail reviews |
Difficulty:  - Intermediate |
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| Length: 25 miles | Global Rank: #3434 |
| Tread: Fire Road | Configuration: Network |
| Ridden: 38 | Wishlist: 9 |
| 1 trail check-ins |
Climb // Descend +300 // -4,800 feet |
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Description
From the parking lot follow the cobble stone road toward the mountain, you will eventaully make
it to the Vista Bahn. From thereget on the Villiage trail, heading up the mountain.On the first
switch back, another road will come in, ignore it by going up the switch back. The next road you
will come across will be blocke d off by a mountain gate, it is so you can't drive up the mountain
any further. Turn right and go around the gate. Continue climbing up a steep section. The road
will mellow out and you will arriveat chair 2. Continue on climbing up Gitalong road ignoring all
side trails. Eventualy you will meet back up with the village trail. Take a right, and at Mid-Vail
get on the trail called Upper Fire-weed. This trail will take you to Eagles Nest. From Eagles Nest
get on the Grand Traverse. Ignore all spurs, and you will end up, 5 miles late, at PHQ. From
there ride down Kloser's Climb about 20 feet and take the unmarked trail to your left. It is legal
and marke on the trail map. This will take you back to Mid-Vail. From there get on Lower Fred's
Lunch. This will drop you on to Cub's Way. Take a right and follow this road untill you reach
Lower Fred's Lunch. You will pass one road on Lower Fred's Lunch. At the bottom of Lower
Fred's Lunchtake a leftand follow the road up Ignore all spurs, untill you reach lower nine line.
Take a right down lower nine line, which will lead you to Mane Lane. Mane Lane will lead to Lion
Down, which will pop you out at the first road you saw on the Village Trail. From there return
back to the parking garage.
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Description
From the parking lot follow the cobble stone road toward the mountain, you will eventaully make
it to the Vista Bahn. From thereget on the Villiage trail, heading up the mountain.On the first
switch back, another road will come in, ignore it by going up the switch back. The next road you
will come across will be blocke d off by a mountain gate, it is so you can't drive up the mountain
any further. Turn right and go around the gate. Continue climbing up a steep section. The road
will mellow out and you will arriveat chair 2. Continue on climbing up Gitalong road ignoring all
side trails. Eventualy you will meet back up with the village trail. Take a right, and at Mid-Vail
get on the trail called Upper Fire-weed. This trail will take you to Eagles Nest. From Eagles Nest
get on the Grand Traverse. Ignore all spurs, and you will end up, 5 miles late, at PHQ. From
there ride down Kloser's Climb about 20 feet and take the unmarked trail to your left. It is legal
and marke on the trail map. This will take you back to Mid-Vail. From there get on Lower Fred's
Lunch. This will drop you on to Cub's Way. Take a right and follow this road untill you reach
Lower Fred's Lunch. You will pass one road on Lower Fred's Lunch. At the bottom of Lower
Fred's Lunchtake a leftand follow the road up Ignore all spurs, untill you reach lower nine line.
Take a right down lower nine line, which will lead you to Mane Lane. Mane Lane will lead to Lion
Down, which will pop you out at the first road you saw on the Village Trail. From there return
back to the parking garage.
added by Lancefan 
on December 2, 2006
on December 2, 2006Trail Reviews [Add a review]
Review: Rode some of the roads with the kids - snoozer.
Grand Traverse is a singletrack easy enough for my kids. They enjoyed it, and the scenery was fantastic.
Rode parts of PMT and Old Nine Line, which are rated as black, and have lots of warning signs as you drop in. They were challenging, but were not hard enough to warrant the warnings.
Rode Hank's Hideaway, which was a total blast. It's a narrow dirt trail that winds thru a great aspen grove with 5-6ft tall undergrowth right up to the edge of the trail. The rest of my rating is based on this trail.
* Review edited 7/23/2011
* Review edited 7/23/2011
Review: Good lift-serviced XC, lots of construction going on so the closures/re-routing is a bit of a bummer!! Grand Traverse is closed @ the final approach to PHQ because of new Chair 5 (says on summer trail map, but no signs till at closure). Two great XC singletracks (Hank's and Fred's) going down to the base area.
Similar Trail: Beaver Creek
Similar Trail: Beaver Creek
Review: Try the new Hanks Hideway trail for a quick up or downhill singletrack ride. Only about 3 miles long. Find the start of the trail about 2.5 miles up the Lionsdown trail.
Review: Lots of good trails. 3000 vertical feet but doesn't feel like it. Beware of the rating system, it isn't comparable to other places. Some greens at Keystone are much harder than blues here. Lion Down is just a boring fireroad, while MidVail Escape, Fred's Lunch, and Onza Alley are fun for downhill for an xc biker.
Also, the signage reeally sucks here so you should make sure you know where youre going (and youll still get confused)
Review: Vail has some pretty good XC riding, Grand Traverse, Cougar Ridge, and Two Elk trails. The front side of the mountain is mostly downhill and hiking trails. The downhill trails could be great but they don't have a trail crew to maintain or build features. Most of the features are very old and need work(94 downhill). Old 9 Line offers a very tech, steep ride. Mane Lane(short) is flowy with good berms and a couple of jumps, but it ends with a retarded ladder that will probably kill someone some day. It's a shame to have this much mountain to work with and very few leagal trails. For downhilling Keystone is sooooo much better.
* Review edited 7/1/2008
Similar Trail: Keystone Sol Vista, Winter Park, Peaks Trail, Son of Middle Creek, Worlds Greatest, Boneyard
* Review edited 7/1/2008
Similar Trail: Keystone Sol Vista, Winter Park, Peaks Trail, Son of Middle Creek, Worlds Greatest, Boneyard
Review: Vail is one of my favorite places to ride! Vail Mtn. has a mixed bag of terrain from smooth rolling trails, knarly uphills, fast downhills, and techincal sections that challenge the best of them, this is what makes Vail a sweet spot for me. The trick to Vail is riding with someone who's ridden this place and know's it well, why? because there's so much Vail has to offer!
Similar Trail: Winter Park Resort
Similar Trail: Winter Park Resort
Review: This is one of my favorite trails. Allthough I have put fire roads on the trail description, that is for mostly on the way up. From Mid-Vail still going up and on it is mostly single track.
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