328 ft
Distance
-30 ft
Descent
00:00:41
Avg time

Big Boulder Drop Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Floyd Hill Open Space
    Idaho Springs, Colorado
  • Difficulty Rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Only
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking

This is the biggest mandatory drop on the trail. a large round boulder drops you down to a pretty nice runout, but it is a good drop. The rest of the trail is pretty rocky, but typical of the other options. It is the drop that makes this expert

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More Stats for Big Boulder Drop mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -30 ft
  • Altitude min
    8,268 ft
  • Altitude max
    8,298 ft
  • Altitude start
    8,298 ft
  • Altitude end
    8,268 ft
  • Grade
    -9.1%
  • Grade max
    -30.2%
  • Grade min
    -2.1%
  • Distance down
    328 ft
  • Avg time
    00:00:41
  • Avg reverse time
    00:00:48
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on Nov 21, 2020
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  • Wet
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      Big Boulder Drop Trail Reports

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      Nov 21, 2020 @ 10:46am
      Nov 21, 2020
      Jul 26, 2020 @ 6:52am
      Jul 26, 2020
      		 Ideal after recent rain which the trail badly needed
      Jul 12, 2020 @ 7:02am
      Jul 12, 2020
      Jun 9, 2020 @ 2:25pm
      Jun 9, 2020
      May 9, 2020 @ 11:39am
      May 9, 2020
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 21 rides
      • 6 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 373 rides
      • 7 miles avg distance
      All
      • 1,086 rides
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      Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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      Apr 28, 2020 @ 7:36pm
      Apr 28, 2020

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      1 Review & Comments

      • + 1
      flag matt00mck (Oct 10, 2019 at 16:30)
       Do you even big boulder drop Bruh??
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