15.3 miles
Distance
2,682 ft
Climb
-3,227 ft
Descent
03:36:35
Avg time
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Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Copper Mountain
    , Colorado
  • Ref Number
    #1776
  • AKA
    CO26 - Tennessee Pass to Copper Mountain Segment 8 - Copper Mountain to Tennessee Pass TH Segment 8 - Copper Mountain to Tennessee Pass TH
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T2 Mountain Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #11738 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #55039 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    80 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 75 in Trail Running
    • 65 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback
  • Land Owner
    USFS

Most popularly ridden as an out and back up to Searle Pass from Copper, but also fun if continuing on to Kokomo pass towards Camp Hale. Great forested rooty singletrack leads to some stellar high alpine riding with great views and rocky singletrack.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for CDT CT - Searle Pass multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -546 ft
  • Altitude min
    9,443 ft
  • Altitude max
    12,279 ft
  • Altitude start
    9,989 ft
  • Altitude end
    9,442 ft
  • Grade
    -0.7%
  • Grade max
    -98%
  • Grade min
    42%
  • Distance climb
    8 miles
  • Distance down
    7 miles
  • Distance flat
    2,080 ft
  • Avg time
    03:36:35
  • Avg reverse time
    03:41:15
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Status:
on Nov 21, 2022
Snow Covered
Avg: 4.6 (12 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      CDT CT - Searle Pass Trail Reports

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      Nov 21, 2022 @ 4:02am
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      Jul 23, 2022 @ 8:52am
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      Jul 12, 2022 @ 2:03pm
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      Jun 24, 2022 @ 6:43pm
      Jun 24, 2022
      		 reporter 2 trees down from Copper to Searle. 1 tree from Kokomo to Camp Hale. There are only a couple places with snow above treeline that you have to...
      Jun 12, 2022 @ 11:04am
      Jun 12, 2022
      		 Rides well about 1/2 to Janet’s, muddy. Then lots of snow. We made it about 80% of the at to Janet’s (about 11500) and turned back for snow.
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      • 6 rides
      • 17 miles avg distance
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      • 523 rides
      • Last: Jul 29, 2020

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