1.6 miles
Distance
37 ft
Climb
-444 ft
Descent
00:10:05
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Deadline Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Sky Mountain Park
    Aspen, Colorado
  • Difficulty Rating
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Season
    May 16-Nov 30th
  • eBike Allowed
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Jump
  • Global Ranking
    #5918 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking
  • Land Owner
    Pitkin County

This is a new trail constructed during Summer of 2014. It is being managed as a recommended downhill directional trail given the many jumps along the trail. Access the trail from the top of the Viewline trail at western end of Skyline Ridge trail. With the opening of Deadline, Viewline trail will now be signed as recommended only for uphill bike travel.

This trail is another first of its kind for the Aspen / Snowmass area. It's a bike optimized directional flow trail that features large, generous in-sloped berm turns, rollers, table top jumps, drop offs, and a couple doubles that can be easily gapped at speed. The width of the trail and ability to roll over just about every one of the jumps (if you slow down enough) gives this trail an intermediate rating. At full speed, the trail is definitely in the expert/difficult category. While the views towards Snowmass and the forests of the Government Trail are excellent, your eyes will mostly be focused on the trail

Use this trail as part of a tour of Sky Mountain Park, or part of a longer ride linking Airline Trail to Skyline Ridge trail to Deadline trail to Highline trail to Tom Blake trail to Powerline to Government Trail. Or, park at the Rodeo Lot or smaller parking lot along Owl Creek Road and take multiple laps on Viewline trail - Deadline Trail - Highline trail.

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More Stats for Deadline mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -406 ft
  • Altitude min
    8,196 ft
  • Altitude max
    8,635 ft
  • Altitude start
    8,602 ft
  • Altitude end
    8,196 ft
  • Grade
    -4.9%
  • Grade max
    -25.8%
  • Grade min
    13.9%
  • Distance climb
    1,066 ft
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    886 ft
  • Avg time
    00:10:05
  • Avg reverse time
    00:08:02
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      Deadline Trail Reports

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      Jun 22, 2024 @ 10:13am
      Jun 22, 2024
      A few mud puddles, but hero dirt otherwise
      May 16, 2024 @ 11:39am
      May 16, 2024
      May 16, 2024 @ 11:39am
      May 16, 2024
      May 16, 2024 @ 11:39am
      May 16, 2024
      Oct 16, 2023 @ 5:40am
      Oct 16, 2023
      Mud/slick in some shady spots, but you’ll see it in advance, and it won’t be detrimental to the trail if ridden. Otherwise, the trail is in...
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 4 rides
      • 15 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 461 rides
      • 18 miles avg distance
      All
      • 2,899 rides
      • Last: Nov 2, 2024

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      Feb 23, 2016 @ 7:27pm
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      Jun 11, 2015 @ 5:09am
      Jun 11, 2015

      Routes with this trail

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      Skyline Ridge Adventure18 miles
      Aspen Snowmass Mega Loop (IMBA Epic)58 miles
      Snomwass/Government Loop33 miles

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