Dirt Bike Trails Near Nucla, Colorado

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Rim Rocker

The Rim Rocker is a 160-mile route winding it's way through aspen groves, over red rock, along the edges of sheer cliffs, and across rivers. Spanning from Moab, Utah to Montrose, CO., the track varies…
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Total Miles
158.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Divide Road

This is a 90-mile long, wide-graded road up the middle of the Uncompaghre Plateau from Montrose to (almost) Grand Junction. Go from farmland to expansive areas of forest, then to the desert. This mellow graded…
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Total Miles
85.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

25 Mesa Road

25 Mesa Road is a wide, smooth well-graded road running all the way across Uncompahgre Plateau from Nucla to Delta. We did not find any specific attractions along the route, but it is an enjoyable…
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Total Miles
26.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Escalante Canyon

Escalante Canyon is a very nice run from the desert at the Gunnison River to the forest on the Uncompahgre Plateau. This Jeep trail takes you upstream through Escalante Canyon (west side of the loop),…
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Total Miles
57.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Upper Bench Trail

Upper Bench Trail is an 8.4-mile-long single-track in the Uncompahgre National Forest west of Montrose, Colorado. It traverses along the side of the ridge at around 9,000 feet elevation, with epic views looking out towards…
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Total Miles
8
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Roubideau Jeep Trail

This is a 12-mile loop trail off Divide Road beginning 30 miles from Montrose. We did this trail by following a fence line up the east leg to join the original Roubideau Jeep Trail. We…
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Total Miles
11.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Grays Creek Trail

Grays Creek is a fun 4.6-mile single-track in the Uncompahgre National Forest west of Montrose, Colorado. The west half of the trail is relatively easy but has lots of tree roots through the pine trees…
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Total Miles
4.3
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Hornet Trail

Hornet Trail is a 3.8-mile long trail in the Uncompahgre National Forest that has a little bit of everything to make it an awesome ride. It has fast and easy sections, more challenging sections with…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su

South Divide

This is a series of well-graded or slightly bumpy roads that will take you from Ridgway to Olathe over the Uncompaghre Plateau. The south part has vast views of open ranchland, the center is in…
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Total Miles
80.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Mail Box / Massey Trail loop

Mail Box is a 50" track that descends through Aspen glades in the Uncompahgre Plateau Wilderness. Fun and fast with several whoops. This trail is how you access Massey Trail.Massey Trail is a single-track winding…
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Total Miles
7.8
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Calamity Mesa Loop

This remote and difficult loop is full of obstacles and amazing views. There are a lot of trails to explore in this area, so don't forget to fuel up.
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Total Miles
15.8
Tech Rating
8 Difficult
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Divide Cut-off

Divide Cut-off trail is right off Divide Road outside the DIvide Campground in the Uncompaghre Plateau Wilderness. The trail is fast and flowing, with a few climbs and descents. Parts of the trail meander through…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Little Red Trail

Little Red Trail is a short trail (1.5 miles) in the Uncompahgre National Forest that connects Little Red Road to the Aspen single-track trail. It only has a couple of notable sections of moderate difficulty…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Ute Creek

This trail follows Ute Creek as it descends from Aspen glades High on the Uncompahgre Plateau down to open sandy trails with Juniper and Ponderosa Pines. You can do this trail in either direction. Out…
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Total Miles
5.8
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su

Uranium

This trail starts out easy and gets more difficult as you go. You will run across a few old uranium mines that still have mining equipment and old structures. It gives you access to many…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Big Creek Scout Trail

Singletrack trail starts off with some twists and turns that throw you right into rocky hillside descents. Take time to look around, this is a secluded beautiful area and very lush compared with most of…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
7 Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa

Gill Creek Loop 50"

This fun trail on the Uncompaghre Plateau provides east access to a 50" track with some slick rock sections early in the loop. The trail has easy access with a fair amount of traffic so…
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Total Miles
13.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Toldja

Toldja Trail is a fun desert single track that loses (or gains) 1000 ft elevation over the 3.7 mile trail. If starting from the south trailhead on Cowpoke Gulch Road, it immediately starts descending over…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Tabeguache

Tabeguache 2.0 is a short, easy Jeep trail a short distance west of Montrose. It starts near the Dry Creek Rock Crawling Trails, and crosses Dry Creek, Piney Creek, and Cushman Creek before climbing up…
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Total Miles
11.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Fingers

Fingers is a 12-mile desert single track near Montrose, Colorado that goes along a series of mesas, mostly made up of slab rock and loose rock on top of a dirt surface. From the north…
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Total Miles
11.5
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Ewok Village

Ewok Village is a fun and narrow desert single track that goes through a variety of terrains near Montrose, Colorado. From the south trailhead, it starts with a steep descent dipping into a dry wash…
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Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Rim Road

The primary purpose of this trail is to access six of the seven Dry Creek rock crawling trails. Rim Road runs from US 50 to Divide Road and occasionally approaches the "rim" above Shavano Valley…
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Total Miles
36.4
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Bench Mark Lookout

This drive takes you up to a lookout with beautiful scenery and big tall trees. The road can be muddy when wet and dusty when dry. There is access to other roads. Easy road for…
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Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Piney Creek

Piney Creek is one of the easier trails in the Dry Creek Recreation Area. It is a tight and narrow single track that meanders through sagebrush and pinyon pine. It starts in a sandy dry…
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Total Miles
3.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Fenceline

Fenceline is a short, but hard trail that leaves the Toldja Trail back to the Cowpoke Gulch Road. It's less used because you have to go out of the way to get to it and…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Pork Chop

The Pork Chop trail is a short trail in the Dry Creek Recreation Area that has sections of fast desert single track through sagebrush and pinyon pine in between more difficult sections of loose rock…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Cushman Creek

Cushman Creek is a fun, fast, and flowy single track in the Dry Creek Recreation Area that is mostly smooth dirt through sagebrush and pine trees on rolling desert hills near Olathe, Colorado. It has…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Topless

Take your off-road experience to the extreme! This is one of seven rock crawling trails located just a few miles west of Montrose, Colorado, in the Dry Creek Rock Crawling (DCRC) area of the Uncompahgre…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
9 Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa

Cactus

Take your off-road experience to the extreme! This is one of seven rock crawling trails located just a few miles west of Montrose, Colorado, in the Dry Creek Rock Crawling (DCRC) area of the Uncompahgre…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
8 Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa

Die Trying

This trail starts with quite a few large boulders, ledges, and notches. After a few hundred yards the trail smooths out to smaller boulders and ledges and some tight turns around some large rocks. Near…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
8 Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa