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Primary Trail Type: All-Mountain & Downhill
Shuttleable: YES
Land Status: National Forest
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- Mountain Bike
4 trails
- Hike
4 trails
- Trail Running
4 trails
Region Details
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Region Status
Caution as of Jul 5, 2026Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 4
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 4
- Trails Gravel Bike
- 2
- Trails Adaptive Bike
- 2
- Trails Hike
- 4
- Trails Trail Running
- 4
- Total Distance
- 13 miles
- Total Descent
- 4,081 ft
- Total Vertical
- 2,772 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 7,839 ft
- Reports
- 11
- Photos
- 20
- Completed Counter
- 65
Popular Shell Canyon Mountain Biking Trails
• 95 ★ 3.6 • 6 miles • 543 ft • 25 •
Popular black diamond difficulty singletrack. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill primary. On average it takes 1 hour4 minutes to complete this trail.
• 80 ★ 3.0 • 4 miles • 724 ft • 17 •
Popular blue difficulty singletrack. This mountain bike primary trail can be used uphill primary. On average it takes 1 hour4 minutes to complete this trail.
Photos of Shell Canyon Mountain Bike
Videos of Shell Canyon Mountain Bike
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bench Trail (West) | Jul 5, 2026 @ 2:35pm (America/Denver) Jul 5, 2026 | Dry | aanoble7 | ||
| Bench Trail (East) | Jul 5, 2026 @ 2:31pm (America/Denver) Jul 5, 2026 | Dry | aanoble7 | ||
| FS Road 17 | Jun 23, 2019 @ 9:33am Jun 23, 2019 | Dry | JohninCody PCP | ||
| Bench Trail (Ranger Cr Rd) | Jun 23, 2019 @ 9:33am Jun 23, 2019 | Dry | JohninCody PCP |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awaala | wishlist | trail | activity #100728451 and 1 more | Aug 4, 2026 @ 9:44am Aug 4, 2026 |
| Tlundber | add | photo | activity #100587577 | Aug 2, 2026 @ 9:48am Aug 2, 2026 |
| aanoble7 | add | report | activity #98533151 and 1 more | Jul 5, 2026 @ 1:31pm Jul 5, 2026 |
| SarahcvKNzH | add | report | activity #75519822 | Jul 9, 2025 @ 6:34am Jul 9, 2025 |
| SarahcvKNzH | add | report | activity #75405696 | Jul 7, 2025 @ 10:54am Jul 7, 2025 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| report | There must be about 15 downed trees in the... | Jul 7, 2025 @ 10:53am Jul 7, 2025 | ||
| report | There were 3 downed trees on the first few... | Jul 7, 2025 @ 10:50am Jul 7, 2025 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Painted Hills | 2 | 3 | 13.3 km | ||
| North Bighorns | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17.8 km | |
| Red Grade Trails | 5 | 9 | 23 km | ||
| Big Medicine | 1 | 5 | 2 | 26.2 km |
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Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | activity logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 4 | 13 miles | 4,081 ft | 6 miles | 2,772 ft | #8,876 | #3,487 | 20 | 11 | 45 | ||
| Gravel Bike | 2 | 3 miles | 262 ft | 5,052 ft | 210 ft | #7,106 | #2,993 | 2 | ||||
| Adaptive Bike | 2 | 3 miles | 262 ft | 5,052 ft | 210 ft | #7,116 | #2,992 | 2 | ||||
| Hike | 4 | 13 miles | 4,081 ft | 6 miles | 2,772 ft | 11 | 14 | |||||
| Trail Running | 4 | 13 miles | 4,081 ft | 6 miles | 2,772 ft | #10,426 | #3,877 | 11 |
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