5.4 miles
Distance
696 ft
Climb
-692 ft
Descent
1 mile
High Point

This loop is a go-to for lots of locals. It’s on the lower mountain and the climb is pleasantly rolling. Enter the trailhead and follow the Gully trail to the first right, Sweet Shady North. You will cross a gully and then climb along a fence for about 100’ were you take a left at the green gate on your right. When Sweet Shady splits, take the right fork and climb to CC’s Corner. Now descend into Plumbers Crack, which will climb and descend for a bit more than a mile. Stop at the vista at Dead Dear Point and then enjoy the fast decent that follows. On decent and traverse, you will pass Zip-N-Out on the right, and cross over Whapiti Whip just past a large gully with a rainbow rock in the middle. After more climbing, don’t miss the right hand turn where Lower Rock n’ Roll ends at Plumbers Crack. Climb more to bridge crossing and a punchy acent, and when the Crack hits a T, you will take the left and this is the start of Wapiti Whip. If you go right you are on Upper Plumber’s Crack. Turning left you will climb up through a basin, cross a small gully and double back on a bit of a side hill until the trail wraps back around and descends into another gully with a nice bridge. You will join up with Lower Rock n’ Roll by going straight. You would need to take a right to stay on Wapiti. Rock n’ Roll now rips through a fun flowy section that will merge back into Plumbers Crack. You will be hauling ass at this point but be aware that you are likely to encounter a rider climbing on this part of Plumber’s Crack. Look for the left onto the what locals call the Radar Love section of Wapiti Whip. Now climb to a ridge were you cross an unnamed game trail and continue straight into another fast flowy section that will seamlessly, and at high speed, join up with the lower part of Herfendoodle. Herf will drop you into a gully and over a bridge and then up a side hill and a switchback. About 100 yards down the trail look for the right hand turn onto the Cactus Cut Off. About 50 ft. into Cactus Cut Off you will encounter the namesake cactus, if your lucky enough to be there on the right day in May, it will have dozens of bright red flowers on it. Follow this trail until it intersects with Zip n’ Out and take a left. You can follow Zip all the way to Gully trail where you will take a left and follow it out to the trailhead.

Detailed Description
Lower Rock n Roll Loop is a 5 mile moderately popular intermediate route located near Paonia Colorado. This mountain bike only route can be used one direction and has a moderate overall physical rating. This route includes 4 trails. This route climbs 696 ft with a max elevation of 6,204 ft then descends -692 ft.
Local Trail Association
Local trail association
COPMOBA - Delta Area Mountain Bikers (www.copmoba.org)
Please consider joining or donating to the local riding association to support trail development & maintenance.
donate to earn trail karma!

Comments


We hope you've been enjoying Trailforks!

Create a FREE account to view route comments and much more.

Trails in Route

Details

  • Riding area
  • Primary Activity
    Mountain Bike
  • AKA
    The MJ Loop
  • Difficulty rating
    Blue
  • Route Type
    Loop
  • Bike type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    One Direction
  • Physical rating
    Moderate
  • Ridelogs
    8
More Stats for Lower Rock n Roll Loop mountain bike route
  • Avg time
    1 hr 13 min
  • Altitude min
    5,784 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,803 ft
  • Altitude end
    5,807 ft
  • Grade max
    -28.7%
  • Grade min
    39.4%
  • Distance climb
    3 miles
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    2,106 ft
no votes yet
close
3D
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Snow Cover Partial
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
  • > 96%
  • > 90%
  • > 80%
  • > 70%
  • > 50%
  • < 50%
  • bi-directional trail
  • no data
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
  • < 2 days
  • < 1 week
  • < 2 weeks
  • < 1 month
  • < 6 months
  • > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
  • Downhill Only
  • Downhill Primary
  • Both Directions
  • Uphill Primary
  • Uphill Only
  • One Direction
Contribute Details
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
  • Description
  • Photos
  • Description & Photos
  • Videos
Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months. Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades. Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
  • most popular
  • popular
  • less popular
  • not popular
ATV/ORV/OHV Filter
Max Vehicle Width
inches
US Cell Coverage
Legend
cell carrier legend

Radar Time
x Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
  • mountain biking recent
  • mountain biking (>6 month)
  • hiking (1 year)
  • moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
  • Downhill Ski
  • Backcountry Ski
  • Nordic Ski
  • Snowmobile
Winter Trails
Warning A routing network for winter maps does not exist. Selecting trails using the winter trails layer has been disabled.
x Missing Trails
Most Popular
Least Popular
Trails are colored based on popularity. The more popular a trail is, the more red. Less popular trails trend towards green.
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
Trails Deemphasized
Trails are shown in grey.
disable
Only show trails with NO bikes.
enable

Save the current map location and zoom level as your default home location whenever this page is loaded.

Save
Trail transparency

Recent Trail Reports Along Route

statustraildateconditiondescription
Zip-N-Out
Jul 1, 2019 @ 12:17pm
Jul 1, 2019
Plumber's Crack
Oct 24, 2017 @ 3:40pm
Oct 24, 2017
more reports »
  • By juddkleinmanTF Pro & contributors
  • #6158 - 806 views