Fort Collins – Soapstone Prairie

• Quality:  3.5 Stars
• Technical Difficulty: Green/Blue
• Physical Difficulty:  Moderate
• Crowds: Few
• Trailhead Location:  30 miles north of Fort Collins
• Distance:  21.6 miles
• Time:  3 to 5 hours
• Summary:  A long, beautiful cruise through rolling hills and prairie grasses.
• My photos on Flickr.

Directions to trailhead:  (Google maps hasn’t added the last ~10 miles of road to the trailhead, so this is as close as it will give you driving directions.  Just keep headin’ north!)

Fort Collins – Bobcat Ridge

• Quality: 3.5 Stars
• Technical Difficulty: Black/double-black
• Physical Difficulty: Very Strenuous
• Crowds: Some
• Trailhead Location:  15 miles southwest of Fort Collins
• Distance:  9.7 miles
• Time:  2 to 4 hours
• Summary:  Behold!  The Ginny Trail: fun technical features linked by great singletrack.
• My photos on Flickr.

Directions to trailhead:

Fort Collins – Young’s Gulch

The Redline, sporting some new disc brakes.

• Quality:  3 Stars
• Technical Difficulty: Blue/Black
• Physical Difficulty: Strenuous
• Crowds: Crowded
• Trailhead Location:  20 miles northwest of Fort Collins
• Distance:  9.4 miles
• Time:  2 to 3 hours
• Hook:  A classic Front Range hill climb. Best ridden on a hot day when you will appreciate the refreshing stream crossings.
• My photos on Flickr.

Directions to trailhead:

Fort Collins – Devil’s Backbone

Josh enjoys a smooth section of the Devil’s Backbone.

Quality:  3 Stars

Technical Difficulty:  Black Diamond

Physical Difficulty:  Strenuous

Crowds: Crowded

Trailhead Location:  3 miles west of Loveland, 15 miles SW of Fort Collins.

Distance: 11.6 miles

Time: 2 to 4 hours

Hook: Good riding on varied singletrack: sometimes smooth, sometimes quite rocky.

My photos on Flickr.

Larimer County’s Devil’s Backbone page.

Some sections are a bit difficult!

Directions to trailhead: