11.1 miles
Distance
690 ft
Climb
-1,665 ft
Descent
01:32:43
Avg time
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Rainbow Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
- Horse
- Hike
- Trail Running
- Dirtbike/Moto
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Riding AreaSalida
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Ref Number#1336
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Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (1 vote)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular direction shown
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
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Global Ranking
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Local Popularity85 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 100 in E-Biking
- 5 in Trail Running
- 65 in Hiking
- 5 in Dirtbiking
- 5 in Horseback
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Rainbow is a 11 mile popular black diamond singletrack trail located near Salida Colorado. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill primary. On average it takes 1 hour32 minutes to complete this trail.
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More Stats for Rainbow mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-974 ft
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Altitude min8,496 ft
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Altitude max9,510 ft
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Altitude start9,471 ft
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Altitude end8,497 ft
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Grade-1.7%
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Grade max-79.5%
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Grade min30.9%
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Distance climb3 miles
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Distance down7 miles
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Distance flat1 mile
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Avg time01:32:43
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Avg reverse time01:47:04
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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
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- 0 rides
6 Months
- 26 rides
- 34 miles avg distance
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- 1,205 rides
- Last: Aug 5, 2016
Routes with this trail
7 Reviews & Comments
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FallenTimber
(Aug 17, 2022 at 12:22)
If you like cross country, you may enjoy this one. It seems to drag on and isn’t my style (I prefer flowy trails). Uphill, short downhill, ravine and sharp switchback, uphill. Repeat for 11 miles.
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ivaughn
(Aug 6, 2021 at 11:16)
(Aug 6, 2021 at 11:16)
It seems like this trail allows motos as well (based on signage and the fact that I passed 3 guys on motos on my way down). Maybe some sections are restricted to the user groups that Trailforks indicates?
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packowitz61
(Sep 25, 2018 at 8:04)
This trail shows as a black diamond. Is it technical or a lot of climbing, or both?
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FreeRangeDinngo
(Jun 29, 2018 at 8:00)
MTN Bike Project says this trail is 11.3 miles of singletrack with 410 ascent and 1373 of descent from what looks like the same stop and start as Trail Forks. That's a big difference from the 1314 ascent and 2295 descent listed here. ???????
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forrestgladding
(Aug 29, 2017 at 11:03)
Great Trail, I just think most people are really tired by this part of the ride and dont enjoy the up and down flow as much as if they were fresh. Trail has good flow, but it is pretty up and down.
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