29 miles
Distance
5,774 ft
Climb
-5,772 ft
Descent
1 miles
High Point

Oh, Super Walker. Oh Boulder. Walker is an amazing loop! First rate. Black diamond trails with some great flow and punishing climbs. Someone, long ago, decided a great way to test one's mettle or to get in "base miles" is to connect this loop with the the city of Boulder. This ride remains a staple of the spandex crowd here and it's no surprise why. Nearly 6,000 ft of climbing, most of which will find you wishing that you had two easier gears on your bike. When people in Boulder say, they're really feeling lazy and fat, they might say something like, "I hardly exercised this weekend. I just skied at Eldora for three hours, then did a Super Walker, then I did a trail run down to Southern Sun for sunset pints. I mean, I'm getting so fat."

Anyway, this is a wicked bunch of hard riding with some really technical stuff at Walker. I'm not supposed to talk smack about this route, but really, I would suggest just riding two laps at Walker, or doing out and back to the staircase going both directions (nobody wants to carry a bike, do they?).

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  • Riding area
    Walker Ranch
  • Difficulty rating
    Black Diamond
  • Route Type
    Out & Back
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Bike type
    XC, Uni
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Physical rating
    Hard
More Stats for Super Walker via Chapman (aka Dirty Super Walker) mountain bike route
  • Altitude min
    5,421 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,427 ft
  • Altitude end
    5,429 ft
  • Grade
    0.001%
  • Grade max
    -57.422%
  • Grade min
    49.058%
  • Distance climb
    14 miles
  • Distance down
    14 miles
  • Distance flat
    1 miles
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      Walker Ranch Loop
      Apr 15, 2019 @ 2:27pm
      Apr 15, 2019
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      Chapman Drive
      Apr 7, 2019 @ 9:55am
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