Upper Wide Open
Total Miles
3.8
Elevation
3,230.40 ft
Duration
0.5 Hours
Technical Rating
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Trail Overview
The south end of Upper Wide Open starts along a fence and goes through a pinch point, then enters a forest of tall skinny lodgepole pine trees and the ground is full of downed skinny logs. It doubles back on big sweeping hairpin turns several times as it climbs up the mountainside. The trail is smooth and free of rocks, with banked corners, making it really easy. It keeps winding through the trees with big switchbacks. The trees really closely line the trail, so you have to be mindful not to get too close to the edge. It descends back down, with fewer switchbacks, so it's a little bit steeper on the descent. It goes around the hillside though, with great views of the valley below Tenderfoot Mountain. There's one spot with a couple more embedded roots and small rocks that are still super easy and you can ride right over them. The trail does some shelfy narrow side-hilling as it traverses around the mountain slopes, but it's still easy and not super exposed. The north end intersects with Tenderfoot Mountain Trail and continues until it intersects with Outer Wide Open and BB. This trail is open 6/21 - 10/9.
Photos of Upper Wide Open
Difficulty
This is an easy forested single track with lots of switchbacks that are easy and wide, and hardly any rock. This one is slightly harder than some of the other easy trails in the system because it is more narrow as it side-hills along the mountainsides.
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