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Liondown (Upper)

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 2.5 (8)
  1. Areas
  2. CO
  3. …Central Rockies
  4. …Vail
  5. Vail Resort
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“The main dirt road down the mountain ”

Nick Wilder
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4.2

Miles

6.8

KM
Doubletrack

10,329' 3,148 m

High

8,949' 2,728 m

Low

84' 25 m

Up

1,452' 443 m

Down

7%

Avg Grade (4°)

23%

Max Grade (13°)

Dogs Unknown

E-Bikes Unknown

Description

It's smooth, easy, and scenic. No point in doing this unless you're not comfortable on the (much better) intermediate options.

When the marked trail ends, you can easily follow more dirt road all the way the to base area, but the Liondown trail turns into the woods and become a pretty good blue singletrack.

Contacts

Local Club: Vail Valley Mountain Trails Alliance (Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association)

Land Manager: USFS - White River National Forest Office

Shared By:

Nick Wilder
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Trail Ratings

  2.5 from 8 votes

#27

in Vail Resort

#36455

Overall
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Trail Rankings

#27

in Vail Resort

#3,231

in Colorado

#36,455

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Photos

Through the aspens on Big Mamba
Apr 12, 2013 near Vail, CO
Vail mountain biking on Big Mamba.
Aug 8, 2017 near Vail, CO
Riding Big Mamba and finishing with Liondown and Son of Simba
Aug 19, 2021 near Vail, CO
Fresh off the lift at Vail
Aug 9, 2019 near Vail, CO
Some fun woodwork.
Aug 24, 2013 near Vail, CO
Fun in the aspens!
Mar 26, 2013 near Vail, CO

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Sep 28, 2018
Dillon Burns
Aug 16, 2018
Mitch Turner
awesome first trail! 4.2mi
Jul 2, 2018
Tricia Costello
Aug 4, 2017
Jason Bestler
Jul 22, 2017
Pamela B
Jul 16, 2017
John Holloway
This is a good trail for practicing carrying speed down long descents for flatlanders (like me). Intermediate riders would yawn.
Jun 19, 2017
Jonathon Johnson
Jun 17, 2017
Jonathon Johnson

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