5.2 miles
Distance
578 ft
Climb
-3,483 ft
Descent
00:57:10
Avg time
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Hannon Creek Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Aspen
    Colorado
  • AKA
    Pull My Finger
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Season
    Summer
  • Alpine Trail
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #19242 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    35 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.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Hannon Creek mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -2,905 ft
  • Altitude min
    7,972 ft
  • Altitude max
    10,970 ft
  • Altitude start
    10,877 ft
  • Altitude end
    7,972 ft
  • Grade
    -10.507%
  • Grade max
    -63.121%
  • Grade min
    33.375%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    4 miles
  • Distance flat
    1,012 ft
  • Avg time
    00:57:10
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      Hannon Creek Trail Reports

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      Jun 1, 2021 @ 8:40pm
      Jun 1, 2021
      		 Lots of down trees and some patches of snow up top, but still lots of fun to be had
      Jul 6, 2020 @ 6:26pm
      Jul 6, 2020
      		 reporter two trees down, one right at the start at the campground, and the other just up the trail from there.
      Jul 20, 2019 @ 3:47pm
      Jul 20, 2019
      		 Dry, dusty, overgrown, and blow-down is cut to trail-edge, so be very careful. Could use some rain
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      • 15 miles avg distance
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      2 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      wilzy (Jul 20, 2019 at 15:45)
       All clear now (20 July 2019), but very dry and canoe’d out now due to dirt bikes.
      Very bushy / overgrown lower down.

      Dry/super-loose. Blow-down is cut just to the trail-edge too, so be careful!
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      • + 1
      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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