If you want to check out all that Maryland Mountain has to offer, here's your ride You'll do a bit of cross-country riding and some downhill trail riding and see some cool historic mining artifacts and beautiful mountain views.
From the Hidden Treasure Trailhead, head out on the Historic Gilpin Tramway. The Tramway surface is approximately 48” in width, with grades generally under 4%, making this trail accessible to everyone. Walkers, runners, strollers, leashed pets and kids on bikes will all enjoy the 2.7 mile route. Continue on the Quartz Valley Trail for another half a mile, then take the right turn onto Easy Money. Climb all the switchbacks, cross the fire road and keep climbing. At the intersection with Claim Jumper, take a right and head down the first bike optimized trail of the ride. Built with bikes in mind, this trail is multi-use and bidirectional but is most fun ridden downhill with a couple of challenging alternate lines that make the intermediate experience just a little more interesting.
At the bottom of Claim Jumper, take a left onto Paymaster. This trail mellows out to more cross country style again and goes by several mining artifacts. At the bottom, take a left on Historic Gilpin Tramway and retrace your steps. Go past the hiker-only Summit trail, the exit to Hard Money and then take the left onto Millsite Trail. This 2 mile singletrack through the pines is one of the nicest ways to climb nearly 700 ft. If the altitude is hurting you, there's a great overlook at 1.6 miles in to catch your breath.
The top of Millsite hooks up back up with Easy Money. Take the left fork on Easy Money to continue the climb, then cross the service road and keep going. Keep heading up Easy Money, up and up and past Claim Jumper and up some more. You'll have the option of 2 addition switchbacks if you want to see the summit of Maryland Mountain, otherwise take the left onto Hard Money.
Now here are the goods. Hang onto your saddle for 2 miles of you-won't-stop-grinning downhill fun. At the bottom, take a left on Historic Gilpin Tramway to get back to the trailhead.
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Primary ActivityMountain Bike
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Difficulty ratingBlack Diamond
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Route TypeLoop
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eBike Allowed
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DirectionOne Direction
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Physical ratingModerate
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Avg time1 hr 48 min
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Altitude min8,197 ft
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Altitude start8,197 ft
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Altitude end8,205 ft
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Grade max-45.6%
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Grade min38.2%
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Distance climb7 miles
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Distance down5 miles
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Distance flat1,440 ft
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- Bike west on Historic Tramway.
- Continue for 2.5 kilometers.
- Bike southwest on Historic Tramway.
- Continue for 30 meters.
- Bear right onto Chase Gulch.
- Continue for 700 meters.
- Bike north on Maryland Mountain North.
- Continue for 1.5 kilometers.
- Bike southeast on Maryland Mountain North.
- Continue for 1.5 kilometers.
- Bike west on Maryland Mountain North.
- Continue for 70 meters.
- Bear right onto Maryland Mountain South.
- Continue for 1 kilometer.
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