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1.2 miles
Distance
95 ft
Climb
-548 ft
Descent
00:10:23
Avg time
-453 ft
Altitude change
7,172 ft
Altitude min
7,666 ft
Altitude max
7,625 ft
Altitude start
7,172 ft
Altitude end
-7.3%
Grade
-28.3%
Grade max
16.8%
Grade min
1,191 ft
Distance climb
4,449 ft
Distance down
538 ft
Distance flat
00:10:23
Avg time
Lab Rat Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Horse
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaRAT Trail System
Ridgway, Colorado -
Difficulty Rating
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Local Popularity60 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 75 in Hiking
- 5 in Horseback
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM
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DirectionDownhill Primary[+]Popular Direction Shown
- Downhill Primary for Trail Running
- Downhill Primary for Hiking
- Downhill Primary for Horseback
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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Land OwnerBLM - UFO
Brand new trail (October 2025) which climbs steep singletrack to the ridge then descends for about a mile to Plaguearound. Expect a different and more difficult style of trail with incut and 90 degree corners, steeps, rock rolls and optional airtime.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 0 rides
6 Months
- 14 rides
- 14 miles avg distance
All
- 18 rides
- Last: Oct 5, 2026
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- Prevalent Mud
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(38.188980, -107.729240)
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3 Reviews & Comments
andrewmerrill
Really fun modern Singletrack. Tread is finally getting packed in. This is not a flow trail. Love the optional airtime and weird rock features
westslopetoad
Such a sick trail!!!! Finally what the western slope is missing. Super new so it’s pretty fresh but what a riot. Great job builders!!!
lukeolson13
Trail is in bad shape. Seems like a number of small jumps have already been wrecked and a bunch of corners are soft sand (they built a steep trail with too tight of turns - doesn't flow well and requires a lot of hard braking, hence the destroyed pieces)
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