2 miles
Distance
418 ft
Climb
-631 ft
Descent
00:29:05
Avg time

Dakota Ridge Details

  • Riding Area
    Matthews Winters Park
    Morrison, Colorado
  • Difficulty Rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (2 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Jump, Rock Face, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #1903 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 75 in Hiking

The easy way to ride this is from North to South. Lots of chunky rock and tough spots.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Dakota Ridge bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -213 ft
  • Altitude min
    6,145 ft
  • Altitude max
    6,655 ft
  • Altitude start
    6,358 ft
  • Altitude end
    6,145 ft
  • Grade
    -1.931%
  • Grade max
    -134.718%
  • Grade min
    86.715%
  • Distance climb
    5,151 ft
  • Distance down
    5,051 ft
  • Distance flat
    831 ft
  • Avg time
    00:29:05
  • Avg reverse time
    00:36:19
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Status:
on Dec 29, 2018
Dry
Avg: 4.6 (12 votes)

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  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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Trail Difficulties
  • Access Road/Trail
  • White
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Black
  • Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status
  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed or Major Issue / Red

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
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  • Directions Directions
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • Gate Gate
  • Camping Camping
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Table or Bench eBike Charging Point
  • Other Other
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      Dakota Ridge Trail Reports

      datedescription
      Dec 29, 2018 @ 12:01pm
      Dec 29, 2018
      Dec 18, 2018 @ 9:23am
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      Dec 10, 2018 @ 10:09am
      Dec 10, 2018
      Nov 10, 2018 @ 12:11pm
      Nov 10, 2018
      		 reporter
      Sep 2, 2018 @ 8:42am
      Sep 2, 2018
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 5 rides
      • 8 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 214 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      All
      • 1,224 rides
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      Nov 12, 2018 @ 7:42pm
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      Dakota Ridge, Morrison
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      Nov 12, 2018 @ 7:42pm
      Nov 12, 2018
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      Aug 29, 2018 @ 1:42pm
      Aug 29, 2018
      Dakota Ridge, Morrison
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      Jul 15, 2018 @ 5:18pm
      Jul 15, 2018
      Dakota Ridge, Winter Park

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      1 Review & Comments

      • + 1
      flag jamesashton2 (May 1, 2018 at 8:59)
       Super fun and mega techy definitely one of the best rides on the front range
      [Reply]

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