2 miles
Distance
219 ft
Climb
-2,061 ft
Descent
00:18:11
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Two Elk East Trail

Two Elk East Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Vail
    , Colorado
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #11968 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    80 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Manager
    USFS

One of the less ridden but better downhills in the Vail Valley. It takes some serious effort to get there and ends with a lot of paved bike path but its still worth it if you have the legs. Tight, steep, flowy trail in pines and on some awesome dirt.

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More Stats for Two Elk East mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -1,840 ft
  • Altitude min
    9,129 ft
  • Altitude max
    11,019 ft
  • Altitude start
    11,019 ft
  • Altitude end
    9,179 ft
  • Grade
    -14.404%
  • Grade max
    -47.26%
  • Grade min
    34.959%
  • Distance climb
    1,999 ft
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    232 ft
  • Avg time
    00:18:11
  • Avg reverse time
    01:24:29
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Status:
on Sep 5, 2020
Variable
Avg: 5 (3 votes)

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  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Uphill Only
  • One Direction
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  • White
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  • Blue
  • Black
  • Double Black Diamond

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  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
  • Map Markers
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  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
  • Warning Warning
  • Directions Directions
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Boardwalk Boardwalk
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
  • Other Other
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      Two Elk East Trail Reports

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      Sep 5, 2020 @ 11:39am
      Sep 5, 2020
      		 Two trees down near top. First one is pretty big
      Jul 26, 2020 @ 8:34am
      Jul 26, 2020
      		 reporter
      Jul 5, 2020 @ 1:31pm
      Jul 5, 2020
      		 Only one fallen tree
      Jul 1, 2020 @ 6:24pm
      Jul 1, 2020
      		 No snow, no dust. About 6 downed trees, but the park service was out there with the chainsaws.
      Sep 21, 2019 @ 10:45am
      Sep 21, 2019
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 3 rides
      • 25 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 53 rides
      • 20 miles avg distance
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      • 0 rides
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      Jul 26, 2014 @ 3:24pm
      Jul 26, 2014

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      1 Review & Comments

      • + 0
      flag Effexed (Aug 3, 2019 at 19:31)
       Found a pair of sunglasses on the trail. If you lost yours let me know.
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