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Mountain Bike

9.8 miles

Distance

1,594 ft

Climb

-1,593 ft

Descent

1 mile

High Point

Tackling Hall Ranch up Lower Bitterbrush aka "The Rock Garden" bumps this intermediate/advanced area into solid double black. Lower Bitterbrush is only 2 miles long but it feel farther with the elevation gain, advanced technical rock features, and climbing steepness.

Start at the Bitterbrush parking lot and head up the trail. It starts out nice enough with a winding dirt track but soon the rocks come. They start out small, but get bigger and gnarlier as the trail goes on. Much of the challenge is finding the power to move through several big features back to back. The most technical section is only about a mile long, then it mellows out to the intersection with Antelope. Take a left on Upper Bitterbrush and climb to the Nelson loop. The preferred direction on Nelson is clockwise for a steeper/quicker climb and a longer, flowier descent. Come back down Upper Bitterbrush, then make a right to hit Lower Bitterbrush. Now you have a chunky, technical downhill trail you worked darn hard for so make it count

Detailed Description

Hall Ranch Technical Side is a 10 mile popular extreme route located near Lyons Colorado. This mountain bike primary route and has a extreme overall physical rating. This route includes 6 trails. This route climbs 1,594 ft with a max elevation of 6,695 ft then descends -1,593 ft.

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Riding area

Hall Ranch
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Other Activities
- Horse
- Hike
- Trail Running
Difficulty rating

Double Black Diamond
Route Type

Out & Back
eBike Allowed

No
Bike type

AM, XC
Physical rating

Extreme
Ridelogs

1,093

Bitterbrush Connector

Upper Bitterbrush

Nelson Loop

Upper Bitterbrush

Lower Bitterbrush

Bitterbrush Connector

Avg time

1 hr 20 min
Altitude min

5,457 ft
Altitude start

5,457 ft
Altitude end

5,456 ft
Grade

-0%
Grade max

-24.2%
Grade min

37.4%
Distance climb

5 miles
Distance down

5 miles
Distance flat

2,743 ft

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trail	date	description
Lower Bitterbrush	Sep 13, 2023 @ 7:59am Sep 13, 2023	Dry, but not too dry.
Nelson Loop	Sep 13, 2023 @ 7:59am Sep 13, 2023	Dry, but not too dry.
Upper Bitterbrush	Sep 13, 2023 @ 7:59am Sep 13, 2023	Dry, but not too dry.
Bitterbrush Connector	Aug 31, 2023 @ 10:33am Aug 31, 2023	Dry dry dry. !