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Parked at Woody Creek Trailhead and went north to Herron Park in Aspen where there is about a 5 mile gravel stretch, down to Glenwood Springs and back up to Woody Creek. 84 miles round trip on hybrids, no e-bike, 60+. Elevation gain/loss is fairly subtle. There were places to get water, porta-johns, pit toilets fairly frequent. Beautiful scenery. One of the best Rail Trails we've done! Take off out of Two Rivers Park in Glenwood Springs if passing through on I-70. There is a burrito place and bike shop close to path in Carbondale. Highly recommended, this trail.
From Redstone the trail starts at the KOA campground. There is a place to park less than 1/4 mile from KOA going towards Carbondale. There’s a pretty big parking lot. I think people have parking there for River rafting? Anyways, we parked there and road into Carbondale. We made a right onto Weant Blvd, a right onto Main and St then a left onto N 4th st to join the Rio Grand Trail to head towards Basalt.
We road from Palmer Lake to the closure at the Air Force Academy . Out and back would be about 16 miles . The trail was very nice and great scenery. Little loose and sandy in spots so be aware of that . They are going to close a section starting tomorrow, July 9, 2026 due to construction so be aware of that and plan accordingly. On our way back we stopped to have lunch in old downtown Monument and that was nice . We rode around the old downtown a little bit before heading back up to Palmer Lake.
We road the trail starting at the Pikes Peak Greenway trail and road the sand Creek trail to Panoramic Park but part of it required riding on the road using the bike lanes. At times the park was ok but overall lots of industrial, trash and homelessness. They need to get volunteers or businesses to signup to maintain the area. One of the bridges you go under had so much trash and smell it was pretty bad.
We parked at the Edmondson Trail head and road Pikes Peak Greenway Trail to the Sand Creek Trail and road that trail to the Panoramic Park and then returned to Edmondson Trail Head. It was a total of 35.5 miles. We saw several deer and the trail was really enjoyable. Once you pass America the Beautiful park it gets a little sketchy at times due to the homelessness and trash along the trail. Parts of it was still nice but several places there were large groups of homelessness. Only one lady was a little loud and harassing the bikers. When we ride it again we will turn around at America the Beautiful
We rode our tandem from GW springs to Aspen and back and had a great time. This is a well maintained trail with beautiful scenery. Strava stats were 83 miles and 3100 vertical feet.
We started downtown and rode out 25 miles and back. Lots invested in this concrete trail and well maintained.
Phenomenal paved riverside trail! It’s all concrete, with a few bumps. I recommend parking at the “No Name” exit and travel the trail east. Roundtrip, this portion of the trail is 22 miles. During summer months, travel the trail early in the day to avoid afternoon wind gusts through the canyon!
Good ride on both sections No garbage or homeless on the trailPreferred the 9 mile gravel section
The Mineral Belt Trail is a very good trail the we like to ride in the Fall. The views are fantastic, trail is very well maintained and lots of fun!! We have enjoyed the mining artifacts along the way and have stopped to do the walking mine tour on more than one occasion. Very enjoyable.
Extreme safety hazard, has been going on for over a year. He cuts limbs off of trees and often has them over his shoulder pacing the path. On the centennial side of the border, nothing being done. Only safe passage across parker road totally haunted by this guy.
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