1 miles
Distance
501 ft
Climb
-43 ft
Descent
00:19:03
Avg time
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Colter's Escape Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Grand Targhee Resort
    Alta, Wyoming
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #12378 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    55 in Mountain Biking

A great way to climb up from Mill Canyon as you enter the resort. 38 Special is nice too, but this trail will get you up to the saddle where you have a lot of options and fun rides down to the resort. Mostly climbs through an open field near the access road.

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More Stats for Colter's Escape bike trail
  • Altitude change
    458 ft
  • Altitude min
    7,859 ft
  • Altitude max
    8,318 ft
  • Altitude start
    7,859 ft
  • Altitude end
    8,318 ft
  • Grade
    6.52%
  • Grade max
    -32.568%
  • Grade min
    29.725%
  • Distance climb
    1 miles
  • Distance down
    1,133 ft
  • Distance flat
    327 ft
  • Avg time
    00:19:03
  • Avg reverse time
    00:06:58
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Status:
on Jul 10, 2019
Dry
Avg: 4.55 (7 votes)

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  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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      Colter's Escape Trail Reports

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      Jul 10, 2019 @ 6:34am
      Jul 10, 2019
      		 reporter
      Jun 12, 2019 @ 4:28am
      Jun 12, 2019
      		 reporter Minor snow patch. Service road access from the resort only right now. Or out and back with Mill Cr. Dirt is great!
      Jul 18, 2018 @ 7:14am
      Jul 18, 2018
      Jun 21, 2018 @ 5:46am
      Jun 21, 2018
      		 All time conditions!
      Jun 14, 2018 @ 6:20am
      Jun 14, 2018
      		 Great!
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      6 Months
      • 171 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
      All
      • 493 rides
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      Aug 5, 2019 @ 2:27pm
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      Jun 18, 2018 @ 10:25pm
      Jun 18, 2018

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