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7.0 miles
Distance
489 ft
Climb
-2,203 ft
Descent
01:34:38
Avg time
-1,715 ft
Altitude change
8,411 ft
Altitude min
10,463 ft
Altitude max
10,126 ft
Altitude start
8,412 ft
Altitude end
-4.7%
Grade
-70.7%
Grade max
27.4%
Grade min
2 miles
Distance climb
4 miles
Distance down
2,569 ft
Distance flat
01:34:38
Avg time
Big Lick Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaHermosa Creek
Durango, Colorado -
Ref Number#499
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Difficulty Rating
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Local Popularity15 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 30 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
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State Ranking
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Hiking SAC ScaleT2 Mountain Hiking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM, XC
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular Direction Shown
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Climb DifficultyBlack Diamond
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Physical RatingHard
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Trail VisibilityAlways easy to follow
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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Land OwnerUSFS
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Big Lick is a 7 mile less popular black diamond difficulty singletrack trail located near Durango Colorado. This multi-use trail can be used downhill primary and has a hard overall physical rating with a 489 ft black diamond climb. Trail visibility is always easy to follow. On average it takes 1 hour34 minutes to complete this trail.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
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- 0 rides
6 Months
- 1 rides
- 4 miles avg distance
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- 6 rides
- Last: May 31, 2026
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(37.607190, -107.857950)
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3 Reviews & Comments
hukriede
Fun trail following the ridge line. Overgrown in some places but some great view points along the way. Trail is very visible. Get steep, loose and fun at the end as your drop down to Hermosa Creek. Would highly recommend this adventure trail.
pedro-sanchez
This is a sweet trail. The top is a fun romp through the aspens and spruce. Roots and rocks. All that. Then when it really tips over and drops into Hermosa Creek it gets down to business. Steep, loose, exposed, tight switch backs... if you don't like it gnarly it's best to stay on the groomed runs kids. Did I mention it's steep and loose?
Audrey21
This ride starts out great, really promising, but then about half way through it gets very over grown and hard to see the trail through all the brush, then turns into 1-2 hours of pretty rugged hike a bike.
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