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The Lunch Loops are a stacked singletrack trail system just two miles from downtown Grand Junction. The proximity to town gave the system its name; a trail system you could enjoy on your lunch break. A technical trail system, many riders who come from other areas learn there is another level of riding when exploring these trails. Rocky in nature, the trails cut through the multi-colored desert landscape with frequent step-up and drop moves, steep climbs, and ripping downhills.
The Lunch Loops feature the first direction downhill trail with "play" features constructed on BLM lands. Free Lunch, designed as an expert trail, has multiple drop sections and a rowdy, technical nature. Other advanced-expert trails in the system include Pucker Up, Holy Cross, Gunny Loop, and Eagle's Wing.
If you are first exploring the Lunch Loops, consider getting your bearings by riding the classic climbing route, Pet-e-kis up to High Noon, across to Raven's Ridge, down Curt's Down, to Curt's Lane. This is commonly referred to as the Lite Lunch Loop.
The Lunch Loops are very sensitive to moisture as many of the trails are entirely or have significant sections of expansive soils that become like greased peanut butter when wet, destroying your bike, making your feet each weigh 50 pounds, and hapless riders caught out on wet trails often return covered head to toe in thick, grey mud. Not to mention the damage it does to trails, it will quickly destroy your drivetrain, all your bearings, and invade seals. DO NOT RIDE THE LUNCH LOOPS WHEN IT IS WET
The Lunch Loops feature the first direction downhill trail with "play" features constructed on BLM lands. Free Lunch, designed as an expert trail, has multiple drop sections and a rowdy, technical nature. Other advanced-expert trails in the system include Pucker Up, Holy Cross, Gunny Loop, and Eagle's Wing.
If you are first exploring the Lunch Loops, consider getting your bearings by riding the classic climbing route, Pet-e-kis up to High Noon, across to Raven's Ridge, down Curt's Down, to Curt's Lane. This is commonly referred to as the Lite Lunch Loop.
The Lunch Loops are very sensitive to moisture as many of the trails are entirely or have significant sections of expansive soils that become like greased peanut butter when wet, destroying your bike, making your feet each weigh 50 pounds, and hapless riders caught out on wet trails often return covered head to toe in thick, grey mud. Not to mention the damage it does to trails, it will quickly destroy your drivetrain, all your bearings, and invade seals. DO NOT RIDE THE LUNCH LOOPS WHEN IT IS WET
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
Land Status: Regional Recreation Area
Land Manager: Grand Junction Field Office of the BLM

Access Info:
There are several trailheads that serve the Lunch Loops. The main Lunch Loops Trailhead is accessed off of Monument Road. Parking at the TH can be full almost any day of the year so riding up the new, paved Monument Connector Bike Path from the River Front Trail which connects the entire valley is a great way to warm up and avoid the parking.
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- Mountain Bike
62 trails
- Hike
66 trails
- Trail Running
66 trails
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- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 68
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 62
- Trails Hike
- 66
- Trails Trail Running
- 66
- Total Distance
- 53 miles
- Total Descent
- 11,013 ft
- Total Vertical
- 2,098 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 6,702 ft
- Reports
- 911
- Photos
- 387
- Ridden Counter
- 39,745
Articles
Colorado's 5 Most Popular Trail Networks According to Trailforks Data
Oct 20, 2021 from pinkbike.com
Colorado is the eighth most expansive of the 50 states by area and is home to 53 different mountain peaks in excess of 14,000 feet above sea level.
Popular Lunch Loops Mountain Biking Trails
Lunch Loops Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Roam Fest Fruita LL Lite Lunch | 5 miles | |
Lunch Loops | 14 miles | |
Roam Fest Fruita LL Kids Meal | 4 miles | |
6.6 LunchLoopLoop | 7 miles | |
Gunny Self Shuttle Loop | 13 miles | |
Roam Fest Fruita LL Noreaster | 3 miles | |
Twist-n-Shout & Quad Rocker | 6 miles | |
Grand Junction 30M - SEP 2018 | 31 miles | |
LUNCH LOOPS FROM MONUMENT PARKING | 23 miles | |
Tabaguache Climb to ribbon and Eagles nest Decent | 17 miles |
Photos of Lunch Loops Mountain Bike
trail: Holy Cross
54 |
Jul 15, 2021 @ 9:22pm
Jul 15, 2021
trail: Holy Cross
68 |
Jul 15, 2021 @ 9:21pm
Jul 15, 2021
trail: Holy Cross
40 |
Jul 15, 2021 @ 9:21pm
Jul 15, 2021
trail: Free Lunch
809 |
Jun 6, 2017 @ 3:37pm
Jun 6, 2017
trail: Andys Loop
511 |
Apr 15, 2015 @ 6:18pm
Apr 15, 2015
trail: Andys Loop
336 |
Dec 6, 2014 @ 11:32am
Dec 6, 2014
trail: Holy Cross
541 |
Nov 18, 2011 @ 8:23pm
Nov 18, 2011
trail: Holy Cross
249 |
Oct 28, 2010 @ 8:12am
Oct 28, 2010Videos of Lunch Loops Mountain Bike

trail: Time Machine
177 |
Apr 14, 2021

trail: Holy Cross
112 |
Jan 22, 2021

trail: Pucker Up
118 |
Nov 21, 2020

trail: Free Lunch
0:32 |
246 |
Jan 5, 2020

trail: The Ribbon
10:52 |
84 |
Dec 19, 2019

trail: Pucker Up
1:55 |
153 |
Jul 24, 2019

trail: Gunny Loop
2:40 |
1620 |
Jun 13, 2019

trail: Gunny Loop
3:33 |
1943 |
May 8, 2019
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Eagle’s Connector | May 15, 2022 @ 11:09am May 15, 2022 | Dry | savesthejade | ||
Clunker | May 15, 2022 @ 11:09am May 15, 2022 | Dry | savesthejade | ||
Miramonte Conn | May 15, 2022 @ 11:09am May 15, 2022 | Dry | savesthejade | ||
Leftover Lane | May 15, 2022 @ 11:09am May 15, 2022 | Dry | savesthejade | ||
Time Machine | May 15, 2022 @ 11:09am May 15, 2022 | Dry | savesthejade | ||
Eagle’s Tail | May 15, 2022 @ 10:12am May 15, 2022 | Dry | white-shark-424 | ||
Lemon Squeezer | May 15, 2022 @ 10:12am May 15, 2022 | Ideal | white-shark-424 | ||
Bentonite | May 15, 2022 @ 10:12am May 15, 2022 | Dry | white-shark-424 | ||
Tabeguache | May 15, 2022 @ 10:12am May 15, 2022 | Dry | white-shark-424 | ||
Holy Cross | May 15, 2022 @ 10:12am May 15, 2022 | Dry | white-shark-424 |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date | |
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![]() | trmcl24 | wishlist | region | Lunch Loops | May 20, 2022 @ 10:21pm 24 hours |
![]() | mjc399 | wishlist | route | Gunny Self Shuttle Loop | May 20, 2022 @ 7:00pm 1 day |
![]() | Derekwang | wishlist | route | Lunch Loops | May 18, 2022 @ 8:17pm May 18, 2022 |
![]() | matloik | ridden | trail | Miramonte | May 18, 2022 @ 8:11am May 18, 2022 |
![]() | Derekwang | wishlist | route | 6.6 LunchLoopLoop | May 17, 2022 @ 2:55pm May 17, 2022 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date | |
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![]() | report | 8 | May 11, 2022 @ 8:12am May 11, 2022 | ||
![]() | trail | Great trail best ridden clockwise, all the... | Dec 18, 2021 @ 3:09pm Dec 18, 2021 | ||
![]() | trail | My favorite trail in the lunch loops. It’s... | Nov 5, 2021 @ 6:09pm Nov 5, 2021 | ||
![]() | trail | The technical sections at the top are ready to... | Oct 25, 2021 @ 4:18am Oct 25, 2021 | ||
![]() | trail | Not a climb trail…as per recommendation from... | Oct 6, 2021 @ 3:33pm Oct 6, 2021 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Third Flats | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2.2 km | |
Redlands | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2.7 km | |
Gunnison River Bluffs | 3 | 1 | 6.4 km | ||
McInnis Canyon National Conservation Area | 13.6 km | ||||
Grand Mesa | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 km |
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Bike & Skill Parks
name | type | city | rating |
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Lunch Loops Jump Park | skill park | Grand Junction |
Local Products
Pinkbike Articles
Oct 20, 2021

Colorado is the eighth most expansive of the 50 states by area and is home to 53 different mountain peaks in excess of 14,000 feet above sea level.
Oct 20, 2021

We tasked Brice Shirbach with sifting through the data and intel on our sister site Trailforks to find out what trail networks are most popular...
Mar 4, 2020

Revel Bikes riders Mason Bond and Brady Tweedy take on some Fruita trails in the snow to test out the new RW30 wheelset.
Jun 7, 2017

A new two-day enduro race went off in Grand Junction over the weekend. Get the full race cap of this race in the desert.
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 62 | 44 miles | 9,226 ft | 21 miles | 2,051 ft | #66 | #27 | 387 | 905 | 13 | 20,717 | |
Hike | 66 | 53 miles | 10,833 ft | 23 miles | 2,096 ft | #48 | #24 | 903 | 587 | |||
Trail Running | 66 | 53 miles | 10,833 ft | 23 miles | 2,096 ft | #47 | #23 | 903 | 702 |
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