6.5 miles
Distance
1,787 ft
Climb
-1,289 ft
Descent
01:55:10
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Box Canyon Trail

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    Land Manager

Box Canyon Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
    • Dirtbike/Moto
  • Riding Area
    Transfer Recreation Area
    Mancos, Colorado
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular in reverse
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #46232 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    55 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking
    • 60 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
    • 5 in Dirtbiking

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Box Canyon is a 7 mile moderately popular black diamond singletrack trail located near Mancos Colorado. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill primary and has a hard overall physical rating. On average it takes 1 hour55 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Box Canyon mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    498 ft
  • Altitude min
    8,219 ft
  • Altitude max
    9,640 ft
  • Altitude start
    8,734 ft
  • Altitude end
    9,232 ft
  • Grade
    1.4%
  • Grade max
    -43.7%
  • Grade min
    74.9%
  • Distance climb
    4 miles
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    3,822 ft
  • Avg time
    01:55:10
  • Avg reverse time
    01:15:32
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on Jun 29, 2024
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      Box Canyon Trail Reports

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      Jun 29, 2024 @ 10:01pm
      Jun 29, 2024
      		 Nice electronic portable backup battery found along the trail today. Describe it to me in a message, and I will get it back to you. Also, the...
      May 18, 2022 @ 8:27am
      May 18, 2022
      		 Dry all the way to the upper section where there are a few deep snow drifts on the trail. Moto guys have cut out most of the trees.
      Oct 25, 2021 @ 4:59pm
      Oct 25, 2021
      		 Upper section of trail is snow covered, but below owen basin connector was still dry.
      Jul 31, 2021 @ 9:12pm
      Jul 31, 2021
      		 Wet and slippery from recent rains, hard to walk on parts of the trail much less ride up them.
      May 16, 2021 @ 4:49pm
      May 16, 2021
      		 Trees have been cleared.
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      • 5 rides
      • Last: Sep 30, 2024

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