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Ride Summary:
Steep elevation gain on fairly smooth singletrack up, lightening fast down.
Trail Description:
0.5 - Take a right at fork
3 - Find intersection, take a left
6.6 - End of the rideable trail at Barr Camp and old cabin. Turn around and head back down. You might try and ride further but it becomes more of a hike-a-bike than a ride.
How to get there:
Take of the Hwy 24 West at the 24 Business loop going into the Manitou Springs town. Follow the road to the middle of the town and at the Roxton Road turn left (South). Follow the signs for Pikes Peak Cog Railroad. Parking lot for the Barr Trail and the trailhead is behind the parking for the Cog Railroad (1 mile from Manitou Springs).
Additional Notes:
Near Colorado Springs in the Manitou Springs area.
| Posted by: ColoNative on 4/13/2006 |
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"Kees" has been smoking crack. Trail is a wlkup for hikers and is about 20 feet wide.
Nice ride through the trees though (both up as well as down)
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| Posted by: kees stolk on 6/21/2004 |
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this trail is not for beginners. it's very technical and very steep.
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| Posted by: bat1268 on 6/3/2004 |
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I have not ridden this trail since '91 and no longer live in co. but the best ride was up barr trail to the experimental forest then down fire roads to cascade
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| Posted by: speedmonkey on 2/14/2003 |
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This trail is indeed lightning fast but go during the week. You can go a whole lot faster.
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| Posted by: Kevin on 6/21/2000 |
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Rode Barr trail for the first time. To the peak and back. For Beginners...NOT. Probably at least 3000' of climbing just to get to barr camp. Not too technical until after barr camp but this is a tough climb. definately not for beginners. Strong intermediate possibly, but definately advanced riders only beyond barr camp. Very technical and at least a mile of carying your bike to get to the top.
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| Posted by: Paul on 5/22/2000 |
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Barr Trail is VERY steep ... averaging 400'/mile. (It's only 9 miles long) It is too crowded to speed down, but it is a GREAT workout for ADVANCED riders.
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| Posted by: russ carpentier on 4/6/2000 |
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I was the caretaker of barr camp from 93 to 99. the trail is called barr trail and there are ALOT of people on it in the summer. therefore, calling it "lightning fast" is wrong. please be considerate of others. we're talking old ladies and little kids. if you want to go lightning fast go somewhere else.
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| Posted by: Peter Bohm on 9/4/1999 |
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Barr Trail: Steep at times? For begginers? You are kidding, right?
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