Cement Creek
A scenic, beginner-friendly, winter fat bike route.
Easy Fat biking
- Distance
- 7 km
- Ascent
- 113 m
- Descent
- 113 m
With a long and snowy winter season, Crested Butte has naturally become one of the best places in the world to pedal groomed snow.
Fat biking Easy, Moderate, Difficult
The locals say that Crested Butte only sees 30 frost-free days per year. The rest of the year, it’s either merely cold in the mornings… or downright frigid. Every winter, the Butte gets buried beneath countless inches of snow.
When fat biking blew up on the mountain bike scene, the combination of an ultra-long winter season and Crested Butte’s well-earned reputation as one of the top mountain bike destinations in the world provided the perfect breeding ground to create one of the best places to pedal on snow in the world. In fact, Crested Butte has launched a race/festival they’ve dubbed the “Fat Bike World Championships,” which is held every January.
While special race courses are groomed exclusively for the Fat Bike World Champs, all winter long the Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association grooms routes throughout the valley and up into the mountains. Exactly which routes are open and rideable varies wildly depending on the conditions and the grooming schedule, so be sure to check CBMBA’s website before you go.
That said, of all the many fat biking routes in Crested Butte, the three listed in this guidebook are the most likely to be rideable. Pack all of your layers and go ride groomed!
A scenic, beginner-friendly, winter fat bike route.
Easy Fat biking
A classic mountain pass ride... but on snow.
Difficult Fat biking
Ride on a non-motorized singletrack trail groomed for fat bikers.
Easy Fat biking
A gorgeous road-turned-snowmobile trail climbing a narrow valley alongside a river.
Moderate Fat biking
Combine two of Crested Butte’s fat bike-specific groomed trails into a visually-stunning ride above the village of Mount Crested Butte.
Moderate Fat biking
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