This sandy wash has fast tight banked turns and is a fun place to warm up before heading to other nearby trails. The wash is the first 1/4 of the loop with the remainder 6.5… Learn more about Powerline Wash Loop
Total Miles
9.4
Tech Rating
4
Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp
Mesa County Road 25
A good resource for dispersed camping in the Grand Junction Area. There is a vast network of offshoots and alternate routes in this BLM area. Monitoring weather conditions prior to arrival is recommended. Use previously… Learn more about Mesa County Road 25
Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp
Mesa County Road 27 1/4
A great route for OHV and dispersed camping access in the Grand Junction area. Mostly loose gravel, though the later portion of the trail gets slightly more demanding with larger rocks, ruts, and washes. The… Learn more about Mesa County Road 27 1/4
Total Miles
4.6
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su
Butterknife
Butterknife is a descending directional single track with tight turns, rock ledges, and some exposure. This is an exhausting, hard trail that will test your abilities. Butterknife is used by dirt bikes and mountain bikes.… Learn more about Butterknife
Total Miles
11.3
Tech Rating
8
Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Wi / Su
Windmill Loop
The beginning of this trail is much like Moab with a fun open ATV area. You'll get a nice stop at the shoreline of the Gunnison River and of course the windmill. You'll pass Billings… Learn more about Windmill Loop
Total Miles
12.4
Tech Rating
4
Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Fa
Second Thoughts
Singletrack dirt bike and mountain bike trail. Descends towards the Colorado river with only a few climbs and you return to the trailhead on Third Flats Road.The start of the trail has tight turns through… Learn more about Second Thoughts
Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
5
Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp / Su
Billings Canyon
A world-class trail that tests the most experienced drivers. It is maintained by Grand Junction Four Wheelers and gives bragging rights to those who can drive it. Learn more about Billings Canyon
Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
8
Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Fa
Windmill Loop Single Track
This is a high desert single track for dirt bikes or mountain bikes. The trail is rocky with lots of side hill exposure. The trail has tight twisty sections through trees and rocks with a… Learn more about Windmill Loop Single Track
Total Miles
7.6
Tech Rating
7
Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
The Tabequache
The Tabeguache Trail is located in the Bangs Canyon Recreation Area and was developed with the help of the Grand Junction Four-Wheelers. You can find pretty much anything you're looking for here. All roads lead… Learn more about The Tabequache
Total Miles
16.2
Tech Rating
7
Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Fa
25 and 27 1/4 Connector
This is a good option for connecting Mesa County Roads 25 and 27 1/4 as opposed to backtracking entirely to town. There are other routes in the vicinity to explore, though most either dead end… Learn more about 25 and 27 1/4 Connector
Total Miles
2
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Monument Rocks
Spend some time with the wild horses on this out-and-back trail through LIttle Book Cliffs Wild Horse Area. There will be chance to take photos at some overlooks, and there are a few camping options.… Learn more about Monument Rocks
Total Miles
25.8
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa
21 Road South
21 Road South is a route providing further access to dispersed camping and OHV opportunities on BLM lands in the Fruita/Grand Junction area. The road is paved for little ways once on public lands before… Learn more about 21 Road South
Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
BLM Route 196
BLM Route 196 is a fast single track in the North Fruita Desert trail system north of Fruita, Colorado. The east end of the trail starts at the back of a public utility plant on… Learn more about BLM Route 196
Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
BLM Route 174
BLM Route 174 is primarily a pipeline access trail that runs from 21 Road to 16 Road. It can be used as a connector between these two points, however, not many opportunities exist for camping,… Learn more about BLM Route 174
Total Miles
8.8
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
BLM Route 197
This single track is similar to many of the other single tracks in the lower part of the North Fruita Desert, as it is a smooth and narrow single track that flows over the rolling… Learn more about BLM Route 197
Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Orange Loop, North Fruita Desert
Orange Loop is a fun, flowy single-track trail in the North Fruita Desert. Trails here are well marked with dozens of options. The trail starts out heading east on a Jeep trail. You enter Branch… Learn more about Orange Loop, North Fruita Desert
Total Miles
14.6
Tech Rating
4
Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Coal Canyon
Close to Grand Junction, Coal Canyon provides easy access to multi-use recreation. This route begins in a wash and climbs to an overlook of Palisade. The trail continues in the wash, which gets narrower and… Learn more about Coal Canyon
Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
5
Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa
Rattlesnake Arches Jeep Trail
This is a mostly easy two-wheel drive dirt and gravel road. The last few miles do require a high clearance vehicle. This route is an out and back through BLM lands with lots of Pinyon… Learn more about Rattlesnake Arches Jeep Trail
Total Miles
14.7
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa
Rattle Snake Canyon
Fairly easy trail, the majority of the trail is dirt. There is one section of the trail that is gravel but then turns back into dirt. The trail is on the backside of the Colorado… Learn more about Rattle Snake Canyon
Total Miles
10.4
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp
BLM Route 186
BLM Route 186 is a fast and easy single track that flows across green meadows and valleys in the lower section of the north Fruita desert. It starts in a green grassy meadow on a… Learn more about BLM Route 186
Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
BLM Route 187A
BLM Route 187A is a short and fun single track through an adobe arroyo in the North Fruita desert that spurs off of BLM Route 187 (Branch Wash), which is another ditch trail. The 187A… Learn more about BLM Route 187A
Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Dry Fork
Follow Cocoran Wash for 13 miles and you will reach an overlook with great views into Hunter Canyon. The trail then follows a ridge with many opportunities to walk around and explore hoodoo rock formations.… Learn more about Dry Fork
Total Miles
40
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa
BLM Route 185
BLM Route 185 is a seldom-ridden dirt bike trail in the North Fruita Desert that goes through an overgrown adobe ditch on a very faint track. The trailhead on the south end has a trail… Learn more about BLM Route 185
Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
Cloud City
Cloud City is a short trail in the North Fruita Desert that can be ridden as part of a bigger day loop with Cicada, Sky Walker, and Sarlacc. It meanders through low grass in a… Learn more about Cloud City
Total Miles
2.8
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa
16 Road, Coal Gulch
Take this trail through a beautiful, winding canyon. Early on, you will have the option to continue straight to an overlook, or take a left and view the end of the extreme 21 Road trail.… Learn more about 16 Road, Coal Gulch
Total Miles
13.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa
BLM Route 85
BLM Route 85 is a short single track in this trail system near Whitewater, Colorado. This trail doesn't apparently get much use, because both entrances to the trail are marked with official trail signs, but… Learn more about BLM Route 85
Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
4
Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp
BLM Route 165
BLM Route 165 is designated for dirt bikes but is mostly a whooped-out, road-width dirt trail that follows a power line. It's smooth dirt, with no rock, but has huge whoops the whole way. It… Learn more about BLM Route 165
Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
BLM Route 84
BLM Route 84 is a fun ATV trail with great views from the rim of a canyon looking down to the Gunnison River below. The canyon below is full of red sandstone rock on the… Learn more about BLM Route 84
Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp
BLM Route 220
From west to east, this trail starts off as a fast and flowy single track through smooth desert terrain. It drops down into a wash for a couple of miles that is mostly sand with… Learn more about BLM Route 220
Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
5
Moderate
Best Time
Fa
Cicada
Cicada is a short trail in the North Fruita Desert trail system that is mostly fast and scenic. It winds along several ridge lines in a burn area, through sagebrush, and has 4 or 5… Learn more about Cicada
Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa
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