2.2 miles
Distance
260 ft
Climb
-256 ft
Descent
00:16:22
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Overland Loop Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Heil Valley Ranch
    Lyons, Colorado
  • Difficulty Rating
    Green rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Green (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #60210 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #85477 in Trail Running
    • #87844 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    55 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 50 in Trail Running
    • 55 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Boulder County Parks & Open Space

If you're looking for a great beginner loop to do laps on or if you want to add some bonus miles to your visit to Heil, this trail is perfect It's all singletrack, all the time. Some fun "whoopdies" and some "swoops" and probably a "thingamajig" or two! The trail is only about 2 miles long and packs a lot of great beginner (dare I say, even a bit of green-blue) level features. Strongly recommend lapping this for the newbies as the first time turns come up quick and on the second you're an old hand.

The trail is directional, but the direction changes monthly. Both ways have some really fun bits to them! The trail basically connects to Wapiti Trail (via a parking lot) and soon will connect to the Schoolhouse Loop trail and eventually to Boulder via the North Sky trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Overland Loop mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    4 ft
  • Altitude min
    5,761 ft
  • Altitude max
    5,938 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,761 ft
  • Altitude end
    5,764 ft
  • Grade max
    -31.9%
  • Grade min
    19%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    4,826 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,385 ft
  • Avg time
    00:16:22
  • Avg reverse time
    00:24:54
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on Aug 23, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 3.4 (8 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Overland Loop Trail Reports

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      Aug 23, 2024 @ 4:50pm
      Aug 23, 2024
      May 19, 2024 @ 12:57pm
      May 19, 2024
      		Trail is open. Please update conditions if you ride
      May 3, 2024 @ 4:27pm
      May 3, 2024
      		Trail is open. Please update conditions if you ride
      Apr 27, 2024 @ 7:49am
      Apr 27, 2024
      		 Trail closed for muddy conditions. Status will be updated when trail reopens
      Apr 24, 2024 @ 11:13am
      Apr 24, 2024
      		Trail is open. Please update conditions if you ride
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 1 rides
      • 25 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 111 rides
      • 14 miles avg distance
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      • 1,328 rides
      • Last: Sep 29, 2024

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      Jun 28, 2020 @ 2:06pm
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