Mountain Bike

10.0 miles

Distance

1,876 ft

Climb

-1,897 ft

Descent

2 miles

High Point

I created this loop as a semi-epic after hours or Fall weekday ride to enable great XC training climb and finishes with a downhill jump line.

This is a great loop that provides a lot of easy and gradual uphill to start out and get you warmed up. Once you connect up to Cross Mountain the climbing and skills involved increase until you reach the highest point on the Expresso Trail. From there it is a rip roaring descent. My absolute favorite trail in the area is Valhalla, so I chose that as the downhill, but once to the resort, you can choose any downhill trail you want, as they will all put you right back where you started.

Detailed Description

After Hours Air Time is a 10 mile popular intermediate route located near Snowmass Village Colorado. This mountain bike only route can be used one direction and has a hard overall physical rating. This route includes 13 trails. This route climbs 1,876 ft with a max elevation of 10,012 ft then descends -1,897 ft.

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Trails in Route

	Valhalla				3 miles
	Cross Mountain				1 mile
	Government Trail				719 ft
	Campground Work Rd				2,005 ft
	Fanny Hill Work Rd				2,470 ft
	Campground Connector				3,245 ft
	Dawdler Work Rd				712 ft
	Village Bound				4,334 ft
	Expresso				1 mile
	Viking (Upper)				322 ft
	Verde				1,047 ft
	Thorton Road				3,143 ft
	Discovery				2 miles

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Riding area

Bike Snowmass
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Blue
Route Type

Loop
Bike type

AM
Direction

One Direction
Physical rating

Hard

More Stats for After Hours Air Time mountain bike route

Avg time

3 hr 59 min
Altitude min

8,454 ft
Altitude start

8,476 ft
Altitude end

8,455 ft
Grade max

-40.9%
Grade min

45.4%
Distance climb

5 miles
Distance down

5 miles
Distance flat

1,985 ft

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trail	date	description
Viking (Upper)	Sep 27, 2024 @ 10:21am Sep 27, 2024
Valhalla	Jul 31, 2024 @ 3:22am Jul 31, 2024
Government Trail	Jun 28, 2023 @ 7:32am Jun 28, 2023	Lots of downed trees (15-20) on trail. Needs a chainsaw.
Cross Mountain	Oct 12, 2022 @ 2:34am Oct 12, 2022
Verde	Sep 23, 2022 @ 9:10am Sep 23, 2022