Mountain Bike the Breathtaking Colorado Trail

The beginning of the iconic Colorado Trail runs for miles before being interrupted by a Wilderness area.

A gravel road portion of the route along the edge of the expansive South Park Valley.

A scenic Colorado Trail segment that's worthy of its own out-and-back ride.

This beautiful section of the Colorado Trail offers high-quality bike-legal singletrack the entire way, making for an ambitious day ride or an excellent portion of a bikepacking route.

This brutal segment of the Colorado Trail is best enjoyed on a long-travel enduro bike.

Many Colorado Trail bikepackers opt to bypass around the ultra-steep Ten Mile Range using this route.

One of the best sections of high alpine singletrack in the state of Colorado!

A delightful stretch of smooth, serpentine singletrack.

A buff, flowy out-and-back on the Colorado Trail with a rocky finish.

A lengthy road bypass around the Holy Cross and Mount Massive Wilderness areas.

A remote stretch of the Colorado Trail along the flanks of Mount Elbert.

Pedal through a grove of towering aspen trees that turn a beautiful gold in the fall.

Combination of paved and dirt roads to bypass around the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness.

A long segment of the Colorado Trail running along the west side of the Arkansas Valley that provides flowy singletrack punctuated by steep climbs and descents.

The shortest Monarch Crest descent is also one of the rowdiest!

This epic trail provides high alpine ridge top riding at treeline with views for hundreds of miles in all directions, finishing with a ripping descent down the mountain.

Widely regarded as the worst section of the Colorado Trail.

An obscure section of the Colorado Trail running along a combination of dirt roads and rugged singletrack.

A road bypass around the La Garita Wilderness.

The highest segment of the Colorado Trail, topping out at 13,271 feet, is breathtakingly beautiful!

One of the most remote, highest-elevation, and drop-dead-gorgeous sections of the Colorado Trail.

Bike-specific bypass around the Weminuche Wilderness.

The inaugural segment of the famous Silverton to Durango stretch of the Colorado Trail.

A stunningly beautiful section of the Colorado Trail running through the rugged San Juan Mountains.

A sky-scraping stretch of trail, with incredible views from Indian Trail Ridge.

Kennebec Pass to Durango is a ripping enduro-style descent starting high above tree line and dropping down gnarly singletrack all the way to town.