5 miles
Distance
578 ft
Climb
-3,483 ft
Descent
01:02:07
Avg time
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Hannon Creek Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaAspen
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AKAPull My Finger
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Difficulty Rating
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM
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Trail UsageBiking Primary
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular direction shown
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Climb DifficultyBlack Diamond
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Physical RatingModerate
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SeasonSummer
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Alpine TrailYes
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Dogs AllowedYes
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Global Ranking#9996 in Mountain Biking
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Local Popularity35 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
This is an epic descent from near the top of Larkspur mountain down to Woody Creek. It is currently a bit overgrown, and requires some route-finding. Best accessed by doing a shuttle from the Lenado Road (just uphill from mile marker 5) or by riding up the dirt road, through the town of Lenado and toward the start of the Arbaney Kittle trail.
Hannon Creek trail starts behind a campsite at the top of the Lenado Road. The trail has a short doubletrack climb, then drops steeply off to the left. If you can pry your eyes off the trail, there are spectacular views of the Elk Mountains and the area's four ski areas to your left. This section of the trail has a steep descent along the ridge before the it makes a right turn and contours the hill through aspen groves with some of the largest aspen trees in the Roaring Fork Valley.
After several stream crossings, the trail enters the Hannon Creek drainage and plunges steeply down to the Lenado road.
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More Stats for Hannon Creek mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-2,905 ft
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Altitude min7,972 ft
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Altitude max10,970 ft
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Altitude start10,877 ft
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Altitude end7,972 ft
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Grade-10.507%
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Grade max-63.121%
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Grade min33.375%
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Distance climb1 mile
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Distance down4 miles
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Distance flat1,012 ft
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Avg time01:02:07
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- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
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- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
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- Ideal
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- Very Dry
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- 11 miles avg distance
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Bigshipmediahouse
(Oct 28, 2019 at 15:07)
Such a ripper of a descent with a steep hike a bike about 1/3 down the trail. Pretty blown out from motos so you have to watch out for big ruts and some loose rocks in the trail, but if you like steep raw DH this is the trail for you.
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Nearby Trails
- Yeckel 4,836 ft
- Rocky Fork 5,056 ft
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- Arbaney Kittle (lower) 3 miles
- Lenado 3 miles
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Very bushy / overgrown lower down.
Dry/super-loose. Blow-down is cut just to the trail-edge too, so be careful!