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Ride Summary:
Steep climbs followed by mellower climbing. Mostly downhill once you hit the turnaround point.
Trail Description:
0.5 - take the left fork there should be some signs and climb and begin a steep technical climb;
2.2 - cross the Hamilton Creek Bridge and continue on the trail uphill;
6.0 - continue through a dirt road crossing;
6.6 - at an intersection keep straight on the singletrack;
7.6 - another dirt road crossing, take right and then a quick left turn on the singletrack again;
8.5 - another intersection with a dirt road, this time take a left;
8.6 - at a fork take left;
8.7 - you will come to the intersection with Caribou Trail, continue on Lonesome Trail;
10.0 - When you come to the wilderness boundary it's time to turn around and enjoy some high speed downhilling.
How to get there:
From I-70, take Hwy 40 North to Fraser, about 6 miles past Winter Park. Continue through town and take a right on County Rd 8. Take the dirt road about 5 and turn left, drive another 2.5 miles and head towards Devils Thumb Park. This is where you'll find the Lonesome Trailhead.
Additional Notes:
Good in the summer but bring water. Bring supplies.
| Posted by: Joe Biker on 7/31/2006 |
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You can make High Lonesome a loop by taking the Caribu trail (or it's offshoot to the right) down to Strawberry Creek. When you hit Strawberry, you can add in an additional loop by heading north and coming back on the opposite side. When you start to head back south, you will eventually hit Medow Creek Res. Rd. and can either bomb down the road to US40, or go back up it and retrace your original route on High Lonesome back to the Devils Thumb trailhead. There are numberous ways to do this ride including hooking it into Doe Creek (near lake granby) but however you go, be prepared for an EPIC. Our normal ride time is 6-8 hrs.of intense riding. Be sure you've got a good map and lots of food and water.
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| Posted by: Tyler on 7/13/1999 |
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You have got to be a mountaib biking machine to climb on the High Lonesome Trail. I prefer to descend on the trail -- not that I don't like epic rides, but if you're gonna kill yourself you might as well do it on a loop ride. I picked up the latest Mt . Bike Guidebook for Winter Park (it just came out in May). It's called DIRT:The best of Winter Park ... , it gives you all the goods in a great format. I got it from Amazon.com for $12.95. I guesss they are donating $1 back to trails so I feel good about the author. Have
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