2.4 miles
Distance
453 ft
Climb
-25 ft
Descent
00:26:55
Avg time
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Prime Cut Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    18 Road
    Fruita, Colorado
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Green (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat, Adaptive MTB
  • Direction
    Uphill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #782 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #90684 in Trail Running
    • #50416 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 65 in E-Biking
    • 55 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

Uphill only trail used to access the top of the 18rd Trail system.

Adaptive Bike Info
aMTB 2 Rating: Obstacles exist. You may or may not be able to ride this solo. Support rider recommended.

A couple narrow off-camber sections and one ledgy rock climb

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Prime Cut mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    428 ft
  • Altitude min
    5,076 ft
  • Altitude max
    5,524 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,076 ft
  • Altitude end
    5,505 ft
  • Grade
    3.4%
  • Grade max
    -6.8%
  • Grade min
    19.2%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    853 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,070 ft
  • Avg time
    00:26:55
  • Avg reverse time
    00:27:51
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Status:
on Jun 4, 2022
Dry
Avg: 4.05 (26 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Prime Cut Trail Reports

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      Jun 4, 2022 @ 8:20am
      Jun 4, 2022
      Apr 9, 2022 @ 5:35pm
      Apr 9, 2022
      		 Packed down which is perfect
      Mar 22, 2022 @ 2:36pm
      Mar 22, 2022
      Mar 19, 2022 @ 4:08pm
      Mar 19, 2022
      Oct 29, 2021 @ 4:55pm
      Oct 29, 2021
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 1 rides
      • 4 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 338 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
      All
      • 3,759 rides
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      Photos

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      88 |
      May 16, 2020 @ 2:49pm
      May 16, 2020
      67 |
      Oct 18, 2019 @ 11:54am
      Oct 18, 2019
      68 |
      Oct 17, 2019 @ 1:35pm
      Oct 17, 2019
      182 |
      Sep 11, 2016 @ 9:49am
      Sep 11, 2016

      Routes with this trail

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      2 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      MmerX (Jun 3, 2019 at 21:05)
       Rode this up twice today. Trail is in great shape. It definitely gets the heart rate up a bit and is great practice for beginners
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      wgwestervelt (Apr 14, 2019 at 19:47)
       Nicely constructed trail up. Hardly know your climbing. Only negative is it’s popularity.
      [Reply]





      Videos

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      12:12 | 213 | Dec 5, 2019 , Fruita
      Prime Cut at Sunset
      5:50 | 607 | Jul 31, 2013 , Fruita

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