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2.0 miles
Distance
43 ft
Climb
-364 ft
Descent
00:13:18
Avg time
-323 ft
Altitude change
6,359 ft
Altitude min
6,684 ft
Altitude max
6,684 ft
Altitude start
6,362 ft
Altitude end
-3.108%
Grade
-10.485%
Grade max
5.766%
Grade min
1,342 ft
Distance climb
2 miles
Distance down
886 ft
Distance flat
00:13:18
Avg time
Rusty Buckets Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaBuzzard Gulch
Montrose, Colorado -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (1 vote)
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Local Popularity100 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 65 in Hiking
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State Ranking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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DirectionBoth Directions
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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Land OwnerBureau of Land Managements
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Rusty Buckets is a 2 mile popular green difficulty singletrack trail located near Montrose Colorado. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions. On average it takes 13 minutes to complete this trail.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
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- 0 rides
6 Months
- 17 rides
- 10 miles avg distance
All
- 198 rides
- Last: Oct 7, 2026
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Directions to rusty-buckets trailhead
(38.394735, -107.937353)
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aaronchuck
The. Buzzard Gulch trails should be Blue, not green. Alot of the trails in this region are really miscolored.
andwrong
Great trail! Very nice riding from the Rusty Buckets/Broken Antler Junction back to the trailhead. A few sharp corners with some blind spots because of the trees, so keep your head up for other trail users. Can be ridden quick, and only one or two rocky areas, otherwise very nice.
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