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117 Trails in Boulder County, Colorado

Trail Name	Length (mi)	City
Empire Pass	3.0	Georgetown
Strawberry / Doe Creek	22.0	Winter Park
Virginia Canyon Mountain Park	11	Idaho Springs
James Peak	27.0	Winter Park
Green World (Trestle Bike Park)	7.0	Winter Park
Stillwater Pass	110.0	Grand Lake
Floyd Hill Open Space	6	Evergreen
Buchanan Pass	10.0	Ward
Tipperary Creek Loop	20.0	Fraser
Idlewild Trail System	10	Winter Park
Kruger Rock / Limber Pine Loop	6.0	Estes Park
Valmont Bike Park	6.0	Boulder
Trestle Bike Park	25.0	Fraser
Pole Hill	6.0	Estes Park
Hall Ranch	9.0	Lyons
Horsetooth Mountain Park	30	Fort Collins
South Saint Vrain	10.0	Ward
Mountain Lion Trail (Golden Gate Canyon State Park)	8.0	Black Hawk
Wapiti Trail (Heil Valley Ranch)	5.0	Boulder
Red Rocks / Dakota Ridge	6.0	Denver
Walker Ranch	7.0	Boulder
Apex Park	8	Golden
Centennial Cone Park	13.0	Idaho Springs
Bobcat Ridge	4.0	Masonville
Picture Rock Trail (Heil Valley Ranch)	11.0	Lyons
Blue Sky	15.0	Fort Collins
Betasso Preserve	7.0	Boulder
White Ranch	14.0	Golden
Round Mountain Summit Adventure Trail	9.0	Loveland
CR 81 To Rendezvous	3.0	Winter Park
Granby Ranch Bike Park	20.0	Granby
Waldrop Trail	3.0	Ward
Sunset East	1.0	Erie
Sunset West	3	Erie
Sourdough Trail	12.0	Ward
Golden Gate Canyon State Park	35.0	Golden
Chimney Gulch	10.0	Golden
Devil's Backbone	8	Loveland
Heil Valley Ranch	14.0	Boulder
Coyote Ridge	7.0	Fort Collins
Lion Gulch	6.0	Pinewood Springs
Creekside / Flume Loop	5.0	Fraser
Northwest Passage / Tipperary / Spruce Creek / Flume	15.0	Fraser
Indian Summer (Blue Sky)	2.0	Fort Collins
Waterline	3.0	Idaho Springs
Pinewood Reservoir	7.0	Berthoud
Chapman Drive	3.0	Boulder
Maryland Mountain	12	Black Hawk
North Table Mountain	10.0	Golden
Dirty Bismarck	10.0	Superior

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An all-new bike park with gravity-style trails is coming to Montrose, CO

The city of Montrose, Colorado is planning a brand-new bike park in the center of town filled with gravity-style trails.

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A $225,000 revamp of the Lunch Loops Bike Park is currently underway

The bike park at the Lunch Loops Trailhead will soon boast all-new beginner and intermediate-friendly jump lines.

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Breckenridge hopes to address user conflict by designating the popular Aspen Alley multi-use trail as mountain-bike- and DH-only

Breckenridge hopes to convert the crowded Aspen Alley trail to downhill-only for mountain bikers while building a new, parallel multi-use trail.

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Boulder County, Colorado mountain bikers restricted trail access under pilot program

Boulder County, Colorado proposes testing alternating trail use schedules at select parks, prompting concerns from mountain bikers about reduced access to an already-limited set of trails.

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Telluride closes downhill bike park for 2026 following longest ski patrol strike in US history

After a winter shutdown driven by the longest pro ski patrol strike in U.S. history, Telski says a Lift 4 upgrade will keep the bike park closed all summer — but locals aren't buying the official explanation.

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The Monarch Crest Trail's doubletrack downhill is being replaced with 1.8 miles of singletrack

After years of losing precious vert on a dusty mining road, riders will soon have a purpose-built singletrack descent wrapping around the flanks of Mount Ouray.

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