7.8 miles
Distance
861 ft
Climb
-940 ft
Descent
1 mile
High Point
All of the best techy trails in the park headed east. Starting on the ridge, then down Nachos/Hummingbird into the Juniper trail. Head back west to the Staircase then down Jackalope. Finally go along the East Loop. Then head back towards the start with a slightly easier technically uphill through East Loop South, Yucca Path and Uber.
Detailed Description
Ute Valley Techy Loop is a 12617 moderately popular expert route located near Colorado Springs Colorado. This mountain bike only route. This route includes 19 trails. This route climbs 262.4 with a max elevation of 2031.4 then descends -286.6.
Local Trail Association
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Trails in Route
138 ft | |||||
1 mile | |||||
141 ft | |||||
1,690 ft | |||||
3,058 ft | |||||
1,850 ft | |||||
1,125 ft | |||||
1,772 ft | |||||
466 ft | |||||
1,493 ft | |||||
636 ft | |||||
1 mile | |||||
1 mile | |||||
302 ft | |||||
413 ft | |||||
3,235 ft | |||||
233 ft | |||||
2,848 ft | |||||
945 ft |
Details
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Riding area
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Primary ActivityMountain Bike
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Difficulty ratingBlack Diamond
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Route TypeLoop
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Bike typeAM, XC
More Stats for Ute Valley Techy Loop mountain bike route
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Altitude min6,248 ft
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Altitude start6,616 ft
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Altitude end6,539 ft
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Grade-0.2%
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Grade max-33.7%
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Grade min26.1%
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Distance climb4 miles
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Distance down3 miles
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Distance flat4,997 ft
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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Snow Cover Inadequate
- 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.
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
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- < 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
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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
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Radar Time
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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
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.
Only show trails with NO bikes.
Trail transparency
Photos
Videos

Trail Review Ep.1: Nachos at Ute Valley
trail: Hummingbird Trail (Nachos)
16:46 | 126 | comments: 0 | favs:
Apr 3, 2021

Our longest Ride of the Year, on the Shortest Day of the Year: Ute Valley |Part 2 | MTB Snippets
trail: East Loop Trail
4:54 | 137 | comments: 0 | favs:
Dec 30, 2020
Recent Trail Reports Along Route
status | trail | date | condition | description |
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May 8, 2022 @ 10:32am May 8, 2022 | ||||
May 8, 2022 @ 10:32am May 8, 2022 | ||||
May 8, 2022 @ 10:32am May 8, 2022 | ||||
May 8, 2022 @ 10:32am May 8, 2022 | ||||
May 1, 2022 @ 9:44am May 1, 2022 |
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