4.1 miles
Distance
936 ft
Climb
-854 ft
Descent
2 miles
High Point

Take the Edwards exit and head west on Beard Ck Road towards the Shah Cancer Center on the north side. Park at the bottom of the Forest Service access road or proceed a short distance up and park at the bottom of Berry Creek Trail.

Ride up FR 774 (Berry Creek Rd) for approximately 0.8 miles and turn left on FR 780 (Edmunds Powerline Rd) and continue climbing.

Continue up FR 780 until approximately 2.1 miles from the ride start and look for Berry Creek Trail leaving the road to the left just before a sharp right turn on FR 780. Descend back to start.

At about 3 miles, a short, stiff climb returns you to the ridgeline; take a right at the top of the climb and continue to a small knoll. The trail splits in a Y at a small campsite with an old doubletrack leading right; make sure to take the left fork and stay on the singletrack.

For an even shorter version of this ride, or to add a half loop for more distance, at approximately 1.3 miles from the ride start, after cresting a saddle, you can turn left and connect to the bottom half of the descent.

Detailed Description
Berry Creek Loop is a 4 mile moderately popular intermediate route located near Edwards Colorado. This mountain bike primary route. This route includes 8 trails. This route climbs 936 ft with a max elevation of 8,159 ft then descends -854 ft.
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1 Review & Comments

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shadow117 (Nov 13, 2021 at 9:55)
Trail Berry Creek Trail
There really should be a bike only descent option here with how popular the lower section of berry creek has gotten with hikers.
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    Homestead Open Space
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  • Altitude change
    83 ft
  • Altitude min
    7,390 ft
  • Altitude start
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  • Grade
    0.4%
  • Grade max
    -43.6%
  • Grade min
    31.5%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    505 ft
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