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Level: Intermediate
Length: 9 mi (14.5 km)
Surface: Singletrack
Configuration: Loop
Elevation: +516/ -528 ft
Total: 13 riders
Mountain Biking Squirrel Creek
#312 of 1,392 mountain bike trails in Colorado
Access from Davenport Campground off hwy 165 and loop Second Mace/Dome Rock/Squirrel Creek trails or from Pueblo Mtn Park in Beulah, since traditional access from Squirrel Cr Rd is rstricted. Squirrel Creek is the wildest ride I yet to do. Going up is a bitch, and you will probably have to dismount and walk about thirty times. The Squirrel Creek crosses the bike trail around thirty times and this is what makes it tricky riding up. Eventually climb above the creek and the trail is just normal singletrak. Take it all the way up to the old house that was burned down.Going down is F*cking sweet, it is narrow, steep, and fast. Once you hit the creek crossings is what makes the trail unique in my opinion. Here you are flying down through all of these crossings. Just be careful not to slip on rocks. Have fun!
First added by searsandrewj on Jan 1, 2003. Last updated Sep 3, 2024. → add an update
Before you go
- Drinking water: no
- Lift service: no
- Night riding: unknown
- Pump track: no
- Restrooms: no
- Fat bike grooming: no
- E-bikes allowed: no
- Fee required: no
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Drive HWY 96 for about 30 miles to a little mountain town named Beulah. When first entering the town, take the left fork going up to the Pueblo Mountain Mark. Keep on the same road until you see a white stone bridge on your right. Take a right onto the bridge and take the road all the way to its end. Park at the side of the road. The trail is right through the gate. Good luck! Update: You can no longer access the trail going up the road with the white bridge (Squirrel Creek Road). Instead, take a left right before the white bridge to stay on Hwy 78 (S Pine Dr.). Go 0.9 mi on Hwy 78, and take a right onto Mountain Park Road. Follow this dirt road for a quarter mile or so until you come to a closed gate that says "Carhart and other Trails". Park here on your left. You will access Squirrel Creek Trail through Carhart Trail, which is a very nice trail in itself and 1.8 miles long. Petal through the gate, and up the road about another quarter mile. Just past the archery range, you will pick up singletrack in an open field, and you're on your way. It's all well signed, so it's easy to navigate.
The trail was machine-reconstructed in 2022. It is very rideable throughout now. It makes a great shuttle ride or a great out and back. The trail has a lot speed in places and some good flow. There are A LOT of creek crossing, and as of this post, the water is still a bit high this year for ideal riding but it's doable. There are 33 creek crossings total(!), and 25 in the bottom mile and a half or so!!! Doing it as an out and back makes for a pretty cool ride with about 2500' of climbing. I'm definitely going to give it another go in about a month when the water is a little lower. It should also be noted that the forest setting is beautiful with a nice mix of old ponderosa pine, Douglas fir and white fir. Overall, a nice experience and a backcountry feel.
| ThankSo I rode this trail first off the directions are wrong yes they take you to trail head but it is private property and no the US forest service sign says they are still negotiationg access and do not enter. So I went into park took trail head that says hiking and horseback only and hiked up about a thousand feet to squirrel Creek trail only rode sections of this trail and about 2 miles into gave up trees in path and mostly just a hiking trail. Was fun and technical in spots on way down bht would never ride it again. Would make great hiking trail. Not single track.
| ThankFellow Riders...the public access to this great trail from Beulah is in the Pueblo Mountain Park, not via the private property as noted in the directions. Thanks from a fellow rider and property owner!
| Thanksquirrel creek is an awsome trail if ridden from the bottom up. If you climb past the campground there is a sweet loop with second mace and dome rock.
| ThankA lot of fun . Going up feels like a long trip but it is worth it for the trip down . The creek was great on this hot day, either ridin or walking through the creek helped beat the heat!
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