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  3. …Front Range
  4. …Blackhawk
  5. Maryland Mountain Quartz Valley Park
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“Easy access to the meadow climbing trail, Easy Money. ”

Josh Thomas
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0.6

Miles

1.0

KM
Doubletrack

8,568' 2,612 m

High

8,486' 2,586 m

Low

83' 25 m

Up

0' 0 m

Down

2%

Avg Grade (1°)

6%

Max Grade (4°)

Dogs Leashed

E-Bikes Allowed

Features Views

ADA Accessible Wide doubletrack, there's private property at the end.

Family Friendly Wide open sight lines, an extremely nice waterfall on Chase Creek, and some very nice secluded feeling riparian areas that stay cool all summer.

Need to Know

Access other than from locals will be from the Gilpin Tramway.

Description

The upper portion of Chase Gulch Road, this is doubletrack that connects Tramway Mainline to the start of the singletrack, the Easy Money trail. A little steeper grade here than the tram bed, but the pedaling is still easy and you start to see some of the amazing views to the west of Maryland Mountain.

With support from both COMBA and BMA.

Contacts

Local Club: Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

Jul 29, 2026: First North Foothills Reroute Segment is open

Jul 29, 2026: Boulder County Is Taking a Bigger-Picture Approach to Open Space Planning

Jul 29, 2026: After a six year stall, West Mag is getting new trails

Land Manager: City of Black Hawk

Shared By:

Josh Thomas with improvements by Wendy Sweet
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Trail Ratings

  2.7 from 7 votes

#11

in Maryland Mountain Quartz Valley Park

#28443

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  2.7 from 7 votes
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Trail Rankings

#11

in Maryland Mountain Quar…

#2,772

in Colorado

#28,443

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Climbing Trail starts to our right, and this is one of the best vistas of Chase Gulch.
Oct 14, 2020 near Central…, CO
Chase Gulch road and the start of Easy Money
May 26, 2021 near Central…, CO
A fun little detour takes you to a rusty tractor and this old Coors can. Please leave the can.
Aug 19, 2020 near Central…, CO

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