23.7 miles
Distance
1,160 ft
Climb
-6,733 ft
Descent
2 miles
High Point

Awesome ride off the side of Pikes Peak starting at the Elk Park Trailhead. Crosses over Barr to the Lake Moraine Trail into the North Chyenne Canyon trail complex. Routed to include classic Captian Jacks and Chutes for over 7000' of decending.

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Elk Park to Lake Moraine to Captn Jacks to Chutes is a 24 mile intermediate route located near Woodland Park Colorado. This mountain bike only route can be used one direction and has a moderate overall physical rating. This route includes 17 trails. This route climbs 1,160 ft with a max elevation of 11,812 ft then descends -6,733 ft.
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  • Riding area
  • Primary Activity
    Mountain Bike
  • Difficulty rating
    Blue
  • eBike Allowed
  • Bike type
    AM
  • Direction
    One Direction
  • Physical rating
    Moderate
  • Ridelogs
    4
More Stats for Elk Park to Lake Moraine to Captn Jacks to Chutes mountain bike route
  • Altitude change
    -5,573 ft
  • Altitude min
    6,240 ft
  • Altitude start
    11,812 ft
  • Altitude end
    6,240 ft
  • Grade
    -4.4%
  • Grade max
    -119.2%
  • Grade min
    31.2%
  • Distance climb
    5 miles
  • Distance down
    18 miles
  • Distance flat
    1 mile
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Pikes Peak's Elk Park trail on hardtails.
Pikes Peak's Elk Park trail on hardtails.
trail: Elk Park
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Oct 16, 2022
Andres on follow cam on Ti Rootdown, I'm up front on gen 2 Stanton Switchback... Elk Park has some great xc riding for sure, we ride this as a 35...

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