1.5 miles
Distance
6 ft
Climb
-717 ft
Descent
00:15:31
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Browns Creek Trail

  • USFS
    Land Manager

Browns Creek Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Salida
    , Colorado
  • Ref Number
    #1429
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T2 Mountain Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
  • Climb Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Season
    March-November
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #91858 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #65322 in Trail Running
    • #22003 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    15 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 75 in Trail Running
    • 85 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    USFS

The Wagon Loop "Trail" is more of a rough route down the hillside than a trail. Dropping into washed out creek beds, and sliding through massive ruts and loose sand and dirt, this is an extremely technical descent down from the Colorado Trail. But it isn't the fun type of descent--rather, it's the kind of descent you finish and then think, "wow, that kind of sucked, even though I was going downhill." This is NOT recommended as a climb.

Access Info

Near the Brown's Creek Trailhead off of Brown's Creek Road.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Browns Creek mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -711 ft
  • Altitude min
    8,933 ft
  • Altitude max
    9,644 ft
  • Altitude start
    9,644 ft
  • Altitude end
    8,934 ft
  • Grade
    -9%
  • Grade max
    -32.7%
  • Grade min
    3.4%
  • Distance climb
    240 ft
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    394 ft
  • Avg time
    00:15:31
  • Avg reverse time
    00:33:31
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Status:
on Sep 7, 2021
Very Dry
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      Sep 7, 2021 @ 7:35am
      Sep 7, 2021
      		 Totally unrideable. The whole trail is deep sand, giant boulders and horse poop. Worst trail I've even "ridden". Had to walk or carry the bike...
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      • 17 miles avg distance
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      • 19 rides
      • Last: Jun 7, 2024

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