3.8 miles
Distance
1,114 ft
Climb
-967 ft
Descent
00:47:19
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Starvation Creek Trail

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  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
    • Dirtbike/Moto
  • Riding Area
    Madden Peak Area
    Mancos, Colorado
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #87168 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #32858 in E-Biking
    • #65150 in Trail Running
    • #40865 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    40 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking
    • 80 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
    • 5 in Dirtbiking

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Starvation Creek Trail is a 4 mile moderately popular black diamond singletrack trail located near Mancos Colorado. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions and has a hard overall physical rating with a 1,114 ft black diamond climb. On average it takes 47 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Starvation Creek Trail mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    147 ft
  • Altitude min
    8,360 ft
  • Altitude max
    9,438 ft
  • Altitude start
    8,360 ft
  • Altitude end
    8,507 ft
  • Grade
    0.7%
  • Grade max
    -31.8%
  • Grade min
    38.8%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    361 ft
  • Avg time
    00:47:19
  • Avg reverse time
    01:00:33
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on Oct 8, 2023
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      Starvation Creek... Trail Reports

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      Oct 8, 2023 @ 5:48pm
      Oct 8, 2023
      		 East Starvation has one tree down about halfway down, but it's easy to spot and you can limbo under it and stay on your bike. Otherwise loose,...
      Jun 23, 2023 @ 6:26pm
      Jun 23, 2023
      		 For East Starvation only (didn't ride the west side): Clear of trees, the usual debris and loose rock in the trail and getting overgrown enough...
      Oct 11, 2022 @ 6:53am
      Oct 11, 2022
      		 Cows were run out on the west side of this, which caused pretty significant rutting and a lot of debris on the trail. No trees down. Its not in...
      Aug 31, 2022 @ 2:32pm
      Aug 31, 2022
      		 All trees cleared. Loose and rutted in spots from all the rain this summer. Still fun
      Jun 10, 2022 @ 8:42am
      Jun 10, 2022
      		 4 large trees down (all in one spot) on west Starvation. Easy to pick your bike up and over them. Loose, janky, dusty, lots of debris, but fun.
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      • 20 miles avg distance
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      • 11 rides
      • Last: Jun 27, 2023

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