The 2025 Loopy Loop is on. One loop this year, about 212 miles and about 31,500″ of climbing and descending! Counter Clockwise!
Trackleaders sign up: https://form.jotform.com/trackleaders/loopyloop25
6:AM, Saturday August 30th, Downtown Gunnison, Colorado.
This is real mountain biking through the mountains on sometimes rough rugged backcountry trails. The altitude is high and gets higher, but it is always worth it, for the amazing views, feeling of place and some sweet riding as well. Unless you’ve done the Loopy before, don’t under estimate the difficulty of this loop.
Bit shorter and less bruising than last year’s ass whupping, but still plenty of chunk, lots of trail riding and of course, hike a bike. Singletrack start right out of town up into Signal Peak Trails, then over Signal Mesa to One Mile, to beaver/mcintyre to full Fossil Ridge trail, easy bomb down Gold Crk Rd, little bit of quiet pavement into Pitkin, tiny little town. Next a big climb up to the Alpine Tunnel and the Divide. Sweet Tunnel Lake trail to Tincup Pass, to the alpine ghost known as the “Intercept” to Napoleon Pass, down into Tincup. Bit of easy dirt takes you all the way to Taylor Trading Post, but the Route turns and climbs up decent forest roads to cross Cottonwood Pass Rd on the Timberline Trail. Timberline down to Texas Creek and then up a big climb to the Tiny Texas Ridge Trail. Dusty and busy roads continue thru Taylor Park and climb out on Rocky Brook Rd. Welcome to Spring Creek, past the reservoir and back onto singletrack with Bear/Deadmans and the into the Cement Creek Area. A big beautiful climb up cement creek trail and over Crystal Trl up to Star Pass/400. Descend and enjoy! Then around CB Mountain on Deer Crk, to Gothic Rd, Town of MT CB, skirt the bottom of the lifts and climb up West Side Trl to Happy Hour, Upper to Tony’s into Crested Butte. But don’t get too comfy….Big fun climb out of CB on Baxter’s to Carbon, to Ohio Pass Rd to Lowline Trail, sorry, not sorry..hehehehe….Mill Creek, dirt roads to Maggie Pass to an easy finish on pavement back into Gunny.
Resupply possible at mile 45, Pitkin, mile 71, Tincup, both very limited! Taylor Trading Post is about 3 flat miles off route at mile 75. Mount CB and Crested Butte are at miles 162/168. Surface water is generally available. Primitive camping common along route, although close to Crested Butte there is designated camping restrictions in place. Be smart about where you camp, there are plenty of places to get rest, I’d recommend along the trail sections away from CB, as the forest service roads there are often many folks out camping for the busy holiday weekend. Especially in Taylor and CB.
Self-supported rules apply. Do it yourself!!! This is a challenge for like minded folks to attempt to ride this loop as fast as they can. Feel free to “race”, but please remember to have fun and not take it too seriously.
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