The entire trail winds through this mountain range north to south , it only passes through villages at a few points and the path is only open to hikers, mountain bikers and horse riders – a dream for mountain biking.

There are “wilderness areas” where bikers are not allowed to pass, thanks to our years exploring the region we The Wild Trails has developed a 10-day tour, in which we completely avoid the wilderness detours to spend more time enjoying the miles and miles of high alpine singletrack.

One one of the days we take a little detour from the Colorado trail to ride the uber Epic Monarch crest trail!!

So this is basically “the best of” the legendary Colorado Trail .

Mountain bike experience is absolutely necessary. The trails are almost 100% back country .The high altitude of the trail (almost entirely between 8200ft / 2500m and 13200ft / 4000m altitude) makes the tour extra difficult.

The Colorado Trail ends in Durango, not far from Moab, Utah. We therefore take the opportunity to spend a few days exploring the “must-do” trails of Moab: the Slickrock Trail , The Whole Enchillada and Captain Ahab…