10 miles
Distance
1,017 ft
Climb
-4,081 ft
Descent
01:55:22
Avg time
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Engineer Mountain Details

  • Riding Area
    Coal Creek
    Silverton, Colorado
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Season
    July-October
  • Alpine Trail
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #2493 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    80 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

A great trail which is often accessed from Coal Bank Pass, via the Pass Creek trail. You end up riding the best part, the descent, this was with minimal effort. Make it even better by shuttling back up US 550 and hitch a ride back up to your vehicle.

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More Stats for Engineer Mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -3,064 ft
  • Altitude min
    9,064 ft
  • Altitude max
    12,191 ft
  • Altitude start
    12,128 ft
  • Altitude end
    9,064 ft
  • Grade max
    -109.013%
  • Grade min
    78.687%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    7 miles
  • Distance flat
    1,962 ft
  • Avg time
    01:55:22
  • Avg reverse time
    00:31:45
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Status:
on Jun 21, 2018
Dry
Avg: 5 (9 votes)

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  • Icy
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  • Wet
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  • Double Black Diamond

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  • 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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  • Camping Camping
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
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      Engineer Mountain Trail Reports

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      Jun 21, 2018 @ 11:07am
      Jun 21, 2018
      		 Stage II Fire Restrictions in place, please be mindful
      Oct 15, 2017 @ 6:43pm
      Oct 15, 2017
      		 Shuttled up to Molas Pass > CT (Rolling Mountain) > Engineer Mountain Trail. EMT was in great condition, all the precipitation a week or...
      Aug 16, 2017 @ 2:33pm
      Aug 16, 2017
      		 reporter This trail is a blue at best. To rate this a black is to mislead potential riders away when actually EMT has a sinlge 20 foot technical...
      Jun 26, 2017 @ 7:44am
      Jun 26, 2017
      		 6/25/17-Upper/northern trail section from CO Trail to Engr Mtn base still covered in a lot of snow, lots of mud and fallen trees. Section from...
      Sep 23, 2016 @ 8:00am
      Sep 23, 2016
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      6 Months
      • 13 rides
      • 22 miles avg distance
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      Engineer Mountain, Durango
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      Dec 12, 2018 @ 11:08am
      Dec 12, 2018
      Engineer Mountain, Durango

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