Name: Prime Cut
Rating: 3.7

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This is the primary singletrack to get from the lower parking lot to all the downhill trails such as Kessel Run, PBR, Chutes & Ladders, and Joe's Ridge. The real alternative is the road, which is a lot less fun and not much easier.

From the parking lot, cross the road and glide down the hill to a (usually) dried up pond. Head towards the hills passing a few intersections, following the good signs for Prime Cut. The trail climbs continuously through a wash, but never very steeply and it's generally easy. Near the top there are a couple rocks to watch out for, but this is a good introduction to the area.

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Local Club: Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association

Land Manager: BLM Colorado - Grand Junction Field Office

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Nick Wilder with improvements by Andrew Courtney

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Trail Ratings

3.7 from 122 votes

#6

in 18 Road Trails

#94

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3.7 from 122 votes

5 Star		17%
4 Star		45%
3 Star		33%
2 Star		5%
1 Star		0%

Trail Rankings

#6

in 18 Road Trails

#41

in Colorado

#94

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A great overview of the 18 Rd. trails in Fruita.

Oct 9, 2013 near Fruita, CO

Ascending Chutes and Ladders just after the intersection with Prime Cut.

Oct 20, 2018 near Fruita, CO

Heading back to the top after PBR. Two mile trek uphill every time, thinking of a shuttle-ride.

Apr 6, 2016 near Fruita, CO

Nov 10, 2018 near Fruita, CO

One of the fastest flowing trails at 18 road in Fruita, CO - Pumps, Bumps and Rollers. Look for the small bumps along the way that you can boost and turn into small doubles. So fun!!!

Aug 13, 2021 near Fruita, CO

Apr 10, 2013 near Fruita, CO

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Aug 18, 2024

Andy Ratana

May 18, 2024

Andrew Palmer

May 5, 2024

Pete Krebill

Fun route up at 18rd

Apr 22, 2024

Chris Rice

Mar 21, 2024

Kelli Aarstad

Mar 10, 2024

Alex Garhart

Nov 24, 2023

Lost Justpastnowhere

Sep 24, 2023

Atsuko Ohtake

Aug 12, 2023

Bryan Hulse

Awesome climb! Gradual with a few goodies to keep things interesting.

Jun 10, 2023

Devoney Cooke

Jun 3, 2023

Eric JG

May 26, 2023

Private User

Apr 26, 2023

Atsuko Ohtake

Apr 12, 2023

Andrew Palmer

Nov 25, 2022

Patrick Burns

Great climbing trail. Easy enough for the neophytes; natural enough to feel like real mountain biking.

Nov 12, 2022

D McLeish

Oct 9, 2022

Joe Carpenter

Oct 9, 2022

Joe Carpenter

Sep 25, 2022

Atsuko Ohtake

Sep 24, 2022

Atsuko Ohtake

Sep 22, 2022

Lane Stephens

Sep 20, 2022

Lane Stephens

Sep 18, 2022

Matthew Goldatein

Apr 16, 2022

mike bankoff

Apr 11, 2022

Adam Piciacchia

Apr 7, 2022

Sue U

Oct 30, 2021

Ankit P

Oct 10, 2021

Atsuko Ohtake

Oct 9, 2021

Hannah Chen

Jun 6, 2021

Eric JG

Jun 2, 2021

Michael Guzman

May 21, 2021

Taylor McElheney

May 11, 2021

Joel Maier

Good uphill connector

May 8, 2021

Robert Hernandez

May 8, 2021

Joshua Sylvester

2nd Lap

May 4, 2021

Atsuko Ohtake

Apr 30, 2021

Matthew Holloran

rated intermediate, my 9 and 11 year old rode it and cleared about 85 % of it. Couple of down and ups with rocks and roots but a nice option v. road

Apr 24, 2021

Joseph Lewis

Apr 24, 2021

Trent R

Apr 23, 2021

Joseph Lewis

Apr 15, 2021

John Corp

Apr 9, 2021

Drew Morse

Apr 6, 2021

Kara Rowe

Good uphill section but still gasses you. A few fun sections and some rocky zones. — 0h 40m

Apr 4, 2021

Rob Giersch

Two runs up Prime Cut to get to Zippity Dooh Dah and then back for PBR — 9h 30m

Mar 20, 2021

Private User

Oct 31, 2020

Ankit P

Oct 16, 2020

Chase C

Aug 29, 2020

Atsuko Ohtake

mellow climb

Aug 12, 2020

Shelby Alvarez

Aug 11, 2020

Shelby Alvarez

Jun 8, 2020

Adam R

May 24, 2020

Zach Langsley Norman

May 18, 2020

Marissa Eck

2.1mi

Apr 29, 2020

Filip Zaborek

Apr 25, 2020

Sarah Mc

Uphill singletrack at 18 road in Fruita

Nov 10, 2019

Christopher Best

Sep 21, 2019

Seth Hooker

Rode with mom and dad

Jul 26, 2019

Laura Yerkes

Jun 12, 2019

Drew Daly

Jun 3, 2019

Drew Gheen

Uphill connector trail 2.1mi

Jun 2, 2019

Tyler Hincy

May 25, 2019

Anik Waterman

May 25, 2019

Kelly Stymiest

2.1mi

May 12, 2019

Alex Oseland

May 10, 2019

Matt Nunez

May 5, 2019

Gina Robertson

May 4, 2019

Gina Robertson

May 3, 2019

Gina Robertson

Apr 9, 2019

Matt Chan

Apr 9, 2019

Ryan Burke

up the damn trail 3 times today 6.3mi

Apr 6, 2019

jahoffman00 Hoffman

Apr 5, 2019

Adam Miller

Mar 30, 2019

jahoffman00 Hoffman

Mar 17, 2019

Tim McCabe

Nov 17, 2018

Karin Ohman

Oct 13, 2018

Kayleen Castelli

Oct 3, 2018

Melanie Stoeckle

Great alternative to riding the road back up. 2.1mi

Sep 30, 2018

Adam Jones

Dry. Dusty.

Sep 9, 2018

Steffen Hauschild

JoesRidge/Mojo/PrimeCut/B,P&R (mit Christoph)

Aug 18, 2018

Eric Hall

Aug 1, 2018

Jay Holsten

Jul 31, 2018

Jay Holsten

A fun climb to the real fun that follows

Jul 26, 2018

Arthur Shune

21mi

Jul 4, 2018

Dominic Chiappelli

Reverse 2.1mi

Jun 22, 2018

Neil Poulin

High noon!

May 29, 2018

Gosia Lieske

Uphill 2.1mi — 0h 31m

May 27, 2018

Karissa Swanson

May 22, 2018

John Schneider

Nice uphill

May 20, 2018

Thomas Pyke

May 19, 2018

Barry Scott

May 17, 2018

Preston Dennis

May 16, 2018

Jason Bice

May 9, 2018

John Styrnol

May 5, 2018

Paul Dubya

up only

May 5, 2018

Clark Sperry

May 4, 2018

Clark Sperry

Apr 21, 2018

Zach Raney

Apr 21, 2018

SailsToTheMoon MTB

Apr 3, 2018

Matt Chan

Mar 26, 2018

Tom Dailey

Tom 2 austin once 4.2mi

Mar 24, 2018

John Swallow

Mar 24, 2018

RYAN STAUDE

10.5mi

Dec 2, 2017

Ed Applegate

Nov 12, 2017

Krista Bonino

Oct 21, 2017

Paul Billings

Love the iconic gully crossings

Oct 13, 2017

Jack Graber

Oct 7, 2017

Rob Pressly

Sep 23, 2017

Meg Howard

Aug 28, 2017

Ashley A

2.1mi

Aug 13, 2017

Erik Ela

Jul 25, 2017

Drew Kelly

Jul 12, 2017

Mike Hawkes

Jun 22, 2017

E Milne

May 29, 2017

Karen Kammann

May 28, 2017

Daniel Lucchesi

Riding with Jenn. Shit show of neubs.

May 28, 2017

Private User

May 28, 2017

Beck Hickman

Easy ascent with only a few spots to practice technical climbing.

May 27, 2017

Karen Kammann

May 27, 2017

Mike Flynn

2.1mi

May 26, 2017

ashley delallo

May 24, 2017

Linda Lee

May 18, 2017

Michelle Clark-Conley

May 1, 2017

Nick Mullan

Apr 30, 2017

Danielle Pei

Climbed up this after taking Kessel Run down. Fun!

Apr 30, 2017

Jake H

Apr 29, 2017

kyle foust

Apr 27, 2017

Lorna Kerr

Apr 22, 2017

Lauren Marie

sunset up

Apr 18, 2017

Damon Roth

Apr 13, 2017

Jerry Weiss

Apr 13, 2017

Karim Bekka

Took the trail twice to get to Upper Chutes and Ladders and later to PBR. 4.2mi

Apr 8, 2017

Clare Liu

Apr 7, 2017

Aimee Crittendon

Apr 7, 2017

David Romer

Apr 2, 2017

TS TS

Mar 21, 2017

Karen Kammann

Feb 25, 2017

Michelle Clark-Conley

I prefer to ride the road up...

Nov 27, 2016

Geoff Guimond

Sep 25, 2016

Alice Black

0h 30m

Sep 25, 2016

Noah Rabinowitz

Aug 28, 2016

Tom Clark

May 30, 2016

mattnorville Norv

2.3mi

May 26, 2016

Sophie R

May 21, 2016

Kevin F

2.3mi

Apr 30, 2016

Twayne11 McBride

Apr 20, 2016

lubes 17319

Apr 18, 2016

Ryan Gross

Jan 27, 2016

pam gibbons

Jan 4, 2016

Brad Flinn

Nov 21, 2015

Sophie R

Oct 17, 2015

saracasey casey

Oct 16, 2015

Jeremy Dedic

A bit of a puffer but not bad for hitting during the heat of the day — 0h 30m

Sep 25, 2015

Ry Zy

Great to climb instead of road

Jul 23, 2015

Ryan Hickman

May 12, 2015

Carla Hagan

May 12, 2015

Brian Vanderpool

x3 2.3mi

Apr 8, 2015

reuben bel

Apr 3, 2015

Bam Lopez

2.2mi — 21h 19m

Mar 23, 2015

Stephanie Striefel

super windy; almost stormy; did a lot of walking; with better fitness, would have taken a lot less time 2.3mi

Mar 23, 2015

Amanda Bell

Mar 21, 2015

lubes 17319

Mar 20, 2015

lubes 17319

Mar 19, 2015

lubes 17319

Mar 8, 2015

rich visscher

Oct 18, 2014

Mark Tomsu

2.3mi

Oct 11, 2014

Bam Lopez

rode up 2x 5mi

Oct 7, 2014

Shea Kolar

Nice uphill option back to the top!

Sep 26, 2014

Kristina Ciolino

Sep 11, 2014

Juan Bayona

Aug 10, 2014

Brad Flinn

Jul 17, 2014

Nicholas Couture

Jun 29, 2014

Heather Howitt

Beautiful area. A few technical areas before hitting Chutes and Ladders, all accent:-( Good for your lungs, bring water.

Jun 8, 2014

Rich Willis

May 9, 2014

garreth debiegun

Apr 25, 2014

Andrew Walters

Apr 12, 2014

Evan Johnson

The Up Trail

Apr 5, 2014

Clint Poole

Mar 26, 2014

Steffen Hauschild

kurzweiliger angenehmer Uphill (Prime Cut), ebenso BP&R als Downhill: 9km 170Hm — 0h 50m

Nov 5, 2013

Matt Hage

Sep 1, 2013

Sara Major

May 24, 2013

Chuck McQuade

X3 today

Apr 21, 2013

Whitney James

Just the right amount of uphill and turns. Such a blast. 6.9mi

Sep 21, 2002

Ann W.

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Prime Cut

“An easy, enjoyable singletrack ascent to access all the downhill goods. ”

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5,512' 1,680 m

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