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2.7 miles
Distance
513 ft
Climb
-57 ft
Descent
00:24:30
Avg time
455 ft
Altitude change
7,098 ft
Altitude min
7,582 ft
Altitude max
7,098 ft
Altitude start
7,552 ft
Altitude end
3.2%
Grade
-14.3%
Grade max
25.7%
Grade min
2 miles
Distance climb
2,257 ft
Distance down
1,621 ft
Distance flat
00:24:30
Avg time
Big Cheese Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaRAT Trail System
Ridgway, Colorado -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (2 votes)
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Local Popularity100 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 95 in Trail Running
- 75 in Hiking
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State Ranking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Climb DifficultyBlue
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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Land OwnerBLM - UFO
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Big Cheese is a highly rated 3 mile popular blue difficulty singletrack trail located near Ridgway Colorado. This mountain bike primary trail with a 513 ft blue climb. On average it takes 24 minutes to complete this trail.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 2 rides
- 11 miles average
6 Months
- 91 rides
- 12 miles avg distance
All
- 571 rides
- Last: Oct 23, 2026
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- Prevalent Mud
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- Variable
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- Very Dry
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Directions to big-cheese trailhead
(38.173750, -107.732600)
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Routes with this trail
★ 3.5 • 11 miles • 1,172 ft • 8 •
This 11 mile loop is a great tour of the RAT Trails. It's easy to make the loop longer or shorter
3 Reviews & Comments
toizzz
Tip. Keep an eye on the weather. Watch for afternoon thundershowers. This clay soil becomes unrideable after a quick rain. Best to wait it out while it dries up.
toizzz
Switchbacks are nice and tight. Then it opens up along the top and takes you to ratical, etc. rode this three times and still have a great time on it as the main way up.
toizzz
This is the place to ride simple smooth flowy singletrack that can challenge your lungs and endurance. Great training grounds. Consequence is low except maybe on the way down big cheese as its quite rocky.
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