Simms Mesa

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 4.2 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
MTB Skill level:
Elevation: 7991 - 8175 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 3 hrs.
Trailhead: Simms Mesa
Fee: none
Attractions: Forest trail

The Simms Mesa trail is located in the Plateau Division of the Uncompahgre National Forest near Montrose, Colorado. The trail begins off of the Dave Wood Road, FR #510, where it travels across the mesa before crossing a couple branches of the Happy Creek drainage. After continuing on across the mesa just past the 1.5 mile point it drops into Happy Canyon. After a short climb back out the other side of Happy Canyon the trail comes to an end once it reaches Forest Road #574.

Dry Creek Spur

Rating: 
One-way Distance: 1.2 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
MTB Skill level:
Elevation: 8870 - 9422 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 30 mins.
Trailhead: Dry Creek Spur
Fee: none
Attractions: Rocky downhill

The Dry Creek Spur trail is located in the Plateau Division of the Uncompahgre National Forest near Montrose, Colorado. The trail begins off of the Divide Road where it travels across the plateau for almost a half mile before descending a rocky trail into the Dry Creek drainage where it comes to an end at a junction with the Dry Creek trail. Enroute it is connected to by the Buck Trail Spur.

Buck

Rating: 
One-way Distance: 9.6 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
MTB Skill level:
Elevation: 8789 - 9472 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 3 hrs. 30 mins.
Trailhead: Buck
Fee: none
Attractions: Forest trail, deer, elk, bear

The Buck trail is located in the southern area of the Plateau Division of the Uncompahgre National Forest near Montrose, Colorado. The trail begins off of Forest Road #560 near the start of the Dry Creek trail where it heads south for a short distance before turning back to the north along the forest boundary and crossing Highway 90. From there it continues along the boundary for another 1.8 miles before making a dogleg to the south and then north again and at the 4.6 mile point it climbs to the top of a little hill that is known as the 'Knob'. From there the trail works its way south again until at the 8.3 mile point it crosses Highway 90 once more. At the 9.3 mile point the Buck trail crosses the Divide Road where it continues to the 9.6 mile point and comes to an end when it meets up with the Aspen trail.

Trail 100

Rating: 
One-way Distance: 11 miles
Difficulty: Strenuous
MTB Skill level:
Elevation: 1531 - 1642 feet
Cellphone: 3-5 bars
Time: 3 hrs. 15 mins.
Trailhead: Mountain View Park
Fee: none
Attractions: Challenging singletrack

Trail 100, aka, the Charles M. Christiansen Memorial trail, is located in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve in Phoenix, Arizona. The 11 mile long trail begins at Mountain View Park where it travels between North Mountain and Shaw Butte before passing under North 7th Street. From there it courses its way through another section of the Preserve, passes beneath Cave Creek Road and the Piestewa Freeway, (Highway 51) to the Dreamy Draw Area. From Dreamy Draw Trail 100 winds its way over and around the hills to the Piestewa Peak area where it keeps going until it ends at the Tatum Blvd. Trailhead.