Was wondering where all the parking areas and access trails are for riding areas near breckenridge/fairplay. Going to be there over the christmas holiday for a family get away. The brother in law and I are bringing the sleds down. I have ridden in BC lots before, but never been to the states I am not familiar at all with Colorado. Also, I would be pretty safe to clutch the sleds for 10-11,000 ft?
riding areas near breckenridge/fairplay
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Tiger road in Breckenridge has a trail head. You follow the groomers all the way back till they circle around then continue up through the trees, takes about 10min to get all the way back, hop over the cornice and you've got tons of riding. Make sure you have your avy gear or just stay on the trail.
Pennsylvania Gulch in Blue River, not much for parking and alot of hiker traffic but still ride able.
This is the last year to ride both of these areas.
If you drive a few hours north or a few hours south you have Vail Pass (pay parking), Red and White in north Vail, Rabbit Ears and surrounding areas, Down South you have Cottonwood Pass and surrounding areas.
Hope that helps. Lots of riding areas really close to Breck.
Pennsylvania Gulch in Blue River, not much for parking and alot of hiker traffic but still ride able.
This is the last year to ride both of these areas.
If you drive a few hours north or a few hours south you have Vail Pass (pay parking), Red and White in north Vail, Rabbit Ears and surrounding areas, Down South you have Cottonwood Pass and surrounding areas.
Hope that helps. Lots of riding areas really close to Breck.
Yup. Summit county is pretty much farked for sledding in the coming years. Thanks to R.C. and our local " High Country Snowmobile Club" we may be able to keep them open for a bit longer. It's gonna take some serious volunteer efforts, and some funds. Please join a snowmobile club! If you care anything about your riding areas you need to be involved.
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Hillclimber
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Keep an eye on the next few storms to see what the best riding will be, but besides the stuff right around Breckenridge, outside of Fairplay you can head over to the St. Elmo area by of Buena Vista. It's maybe an hour from Breckenridge, 40 minutes or so from Fairplay.
Lots of good riding around there too.
Just have to watch the weather, been pretty dry so far.
HC
Lots of good riding around there too.
Just have to watch the weather, been pretty dry so far.
HC
Shoot me a PM & I'll give you directions to powdersnobb & hillclimber's houses.
You can just go there, then follow them to wherever they go... best way to find the good stuff really
You can just go there, then follow them to wherever they go... best way to find the good stuff really
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stingray719
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Nope, they will still do the grooming and keep the trails open even after the Travel Management Plan goes into effect, but that will be the only thing ride able back there. They don't do un-guided rentals so the income will stay the same i believe. Its really a great place to ride when the snow is good but this will be the last year until some changes are created.
Grant,
what areas will be shut down? All of the Georgia pass trails, or just the back bowls, or the Disneyland area over the north fork bowl cornice? What about from the Jefferson parking area up to the top of GP?
what areas will be shut down? All of the Georgia pass trails, or just the back bowls, or the Disneyland area over the north fork bowl cornice? What about from the Jefferson parking area up to the top of GP?
As far as i know, ....everything.... but the groomed trails that Good Times will be using for that operation. Unless some major changes happen in the appeal process and more guys step up to comment we will lose the entire area. This along with Pennsylvania Gulch in Blue River will no longer be "motorized use". In my opinion the entire area back on Tiger is really an awesome area and i've never personally seen any hikers or forest service in those areas at all. Sucks its going to be off limits but the forest service is saying they can't keep up with the area.
I have tried to find some info on the riding areas you guys all mentioned. I am in fairplay now until the 28th, looks like not much for snow around, but would still like to go check out what the area has to offer. Any directions to areas nearby breck/fairplay would be appreciated. thank you
Going to cottonwood on Monday to ride on some rocks. Don't know if any of the areas around are worth riding because the lack of snow has prevented me from going to them. To get to the Tiger Road area, you go through Breck north on hwy 9. Tiger road is on the right side of the hwy 9 when traveling north. You'll see the road sign, its at a set of lights around 5min outside Breck. Follow Tiger road all the way back, it turns into a gravel road. Follow it until you get to the parking area/ turn around, Where the forest service sign is. That is where you "supposed" to unload and ride to the trails, the lack of snow could make this really bad as the road will be gravel all the way to the trails. The forest service sign/map will give you any info you need to find what your looking for. I really can't say weather or not its worth riding, you may not even be able to get back very far. Cottonwood is south of fairplay about an hour. Its actually a paved road that they shut down for winter. On your way to Bunea Vista you should see the cottonwood pass/hot springs sign because it is an actual road, its pretty easy to find and on the way to the parking area is a hot springs business. Hope that helps a little
That f#!%ing sucks , Pennsylvania gulch has alot of great single track and now it will be a mountain bike trail that they have to carry there bikes if they even ride it at all, more land of no use. Looks like they will have everything closed to ohv in breck.
If its closed to motorized traffic that would mean mountain bikes as well.
But I'm sure they'll pull some horse **** like they did in UT where they designated it a "wilderness" area but they're allowing a commercial heli-skiiing operation to basically just have the whole area
That whole thing is so ****ing corrupt it just blows my mind
That's not necessarily true - there are PLENTY of places in CO where bicycles are perfectly legal & motorized are not.
The mountain bikers get mad (and rightfully so) when THEIR "m-fing greenies" get stuff closed to them, citing trail damage, yet still allow horses. Bicycles are not allowed in wilderness areas, but otherwise, they're largely fair game - some trails/areas which are not wilderness DO ban bicycle use, but that's the exception, not the rule.
I've often wondered about that - assuming you're talking about Wasatch Powderbirds - they opened in 73. When was that area deemed "wilderness?" I know there has been huge strife between the skiers and Powderbirds, MAINLY because the access from Alta is SUPER easy - the b/c skiers use the same handful of drainages, which WPG's permit area covers. WPG _can_ go farther out than that, but with the cost of fuel, I can't blame them for dropping on Wolverine/Cardiff/etc. I was under the impression that WPG was grandfathered in.
Dunno. I don't live there anymore. I've been on both sides of the heli - in it and buzzed by it. In it = unbelievable, in a matter of minutes, you're at the top. Buzzed by it = holy sh!t, where'd that come from? It flies _low_, and you often don't hear it until it crests the ridge and gets all apocalypse-now on your hippie a$$.
The majority of BC skiers (not all of them, just like for us, some "greenies" won't be happy until snowmobiles are banned - a small percentage of Wasatch b/c skiers won't be happy until helis never fly) would be satisfied if the heli-op simply used the (slightly) less accessible by-foot terrain that's within their boundary (they do not have free reign of the Wasatch). I get it, I suppose, you spend an hour skinning up from Alta, as you're getting near the top, the bird swoops in and dumps a bunch of skiers. Shrug. Way I figure, we both earned our turns - they just earned theirs at a desk.
.02c. Sorry for the thread hijack.
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Zachcreek
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I lived about a block from the trail head there for many years and helped develop the single tracks trails in that area. One of them being the 360 loop. to bad that area will be shut down.....
No, this was last year they pulled this crap.
http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=214260
well it is official you should be expecting huge amounts of snow starting new yrs day we just canceled our trip to Breckenridge with no new date. so prob starting Jan 2 it will snow every day till April
good call, i just got back from boarding at breck.....it was very depressing to say the least.......im starting to think i should have just left the sled at home
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