1.7 miles
Distance
152 ft
Climb
-252 ft
Descent
00:17:26
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Bacon Bits Trail
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    BLM
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Bacon Bits Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Midland Trail System
    Buena Vista, Colorado
  • AKA
    Trail 1450A
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (2 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #46893 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #64648 in Trail Running
  • Local Popularity
    75 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 80 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

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Bacon Bits is a 2 mile popular blue singletrack trail located near Buena Vista Colorado. This multi-use trail can be used both directions and has a moderate overall physical rating with a 152 ft green climb. On average it takes 17 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Bacon Bits multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -99 ft
  • Altitude min
    8,545 ft
  • Altitude max
    8,653 ft
  • Altitude start
    8,644 ft
  • Altitude end
    8,545 ft
  • Grade
    -1.092%
  • Grade max
    -16.24%
  • Grade min
    12.633%
  • Distance climb
    3,295 ft
  • Distance down
    4,486 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,313 ft
  • Avg time
    00:17:26
  • Avg reverse time
    00:32:04
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on Apr 9, 2025
Ideal
Avg: 3.94 (12 votes)
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      Bacon Bits Trail Reports

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      Apr 9, 2025 @ 7:30am
      Apr 9, 2025
      		 reporter trail has dried out from last week's storms
      Nov 26, 2024 @ 6:35am
      Nov 26, 2024
      		 reporter Overnight snow that continues to fall.
      Nov 6, 2024 @ 7:21am
      Nov 6, 2024
      		 reporter
      Oct 14, 2024 @ 8:51am
      Oct 14, 2024
      May 20, 2024 @ 11:13am
      May 20, 2024
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      6 Months
      • 6 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      All
      • 66 rides
      • Last: Jul 12, 2025

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