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Level: Advanced
Length: 10 mi (16.1 km)
Surface: Singletrack
Configuration: Out & Back
Elevation: +288/ -12 ft
Total: 6 riders
Mountain Biking Big Creek
#73 of 256 mountain bike trails in Wyoming
Multiuse singletrack that follows Middle Fork Big Creek in the Sierra Madres in the Medicine Bow National Forest. Roots, and rocks that are sometimes unridable. May best be ridden as a loop taking the roads to the top and riding the trail down. See Medicine Bow National Forest map.
First added by dauw on Sep 3, 2006. Last updated May 1, 2020. → add an update
Before you go
- Drinking water: unknown
- Lift service: unknown
- Night riding: unknown
- Pump track: unknown
- Restrooms: unknown
- Fat bike grooming: unknown
- E-bikes allowed: unknown
- Fee required: unknown
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Take US 230 south of Encampment, WY about 15 miles south of Encampment to CR 798 - about 2 miles north of the Colorado border. Head west on CR 798 to the Medicine Bow National Forest boundary, where the road turns into FR 498. Follow the main road to FR 2A. Take FR 2A north to Middle Fork Big Creek. Trail follows the creek both upstream and downstream. Can access the upper trailhead by taking FR 498 to FR 407, head northwest on FR 407 to FR 1B. Take FR 1B to trailhead. Lower trailhead can be access by taking FR 419 north just after entering the Forest boundary. See Medicine Bow National Forest map.
I rode the upper part of this trail out and back, which is the opposite of what I wanted to do. That and breaking a pedal, my bike computer, and ripping the rear brake cable off of the frame killed my enthusiasm. Anyway, most of it was rideable, excluding the boulder fields (3 or 4) and a few trees to huck your bike over. The trail is narrow with intermittent protruding rocks, hills with turns on them, near the middle the trail all but disappears. I had as good of time as could be expected and I plan on returning, but this time start at the bottom. 4x4 or high clearance vehicle needed to get to the upper trailhead.* Review edited 6/4/2012
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