Name: Travois Trail
Rating: 4.1

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On weekends, closed to bikes on ODD numbered days. So it is open to bike on all weekdays, and EVEN numbered weekend days. The area is completely closed December and January.

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A beautifully built trail high above Clear Creek Canyon. Makes a good out and back ride, or better as part of the Centennial Cone loop Ride.

This is a good example of modern, sustainable mountain bike trail building.

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Local Club: Colorado Mountain Bike Association

Land Manager: Jefferson County, CO - Open Space Dept.

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Nick Wilder

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Trail Ratings

4.1 from 56 votes

#1

in Centennial Cone Park

#175

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4.1 from 56 votes

5 Star		34%
4 Star		54%
3 Star		7%
2 Star		4%
1 Star		2%

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#1

in Centennial Cone Park

#73

in Colorado

#175

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Running from the storm, we later got hammered

Apr 6, 2013 near Golden, CO

Overlooking the Front Range from the high point of the Cone.

Jan 5, 2019 near Golden, CO

Jan 5, 2019 near Golden, CO

Jul 30, 2020 near Golden, CO

A short technical section that beginners may want to walk down. Clear Creek Canyon in the background.

Nov 16, 2012 near Golden, CO

May 13, 2016 near Golden, CO

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Jun 26, 2025

Dan Krueger

8.8mi

Jun 16, 2025

Roylnn Serati

Jul 3, 2023

Claudia B

May 3, 2023

Lauren Evans

The trail was dry and great. Fun and flowey w/ a couple fun chunky sections. There was a sooty grouse that got very territorial & tried to attack me. 12mi — 2h 23m

Nov 22, 2022

Peter Tiley

Aug 30, 2022

Unnati Hall

Very hard 8.6mi

Jun 21, 2022

Nick Jakubowski

Fun trail with lots of features. Parts are smooth road, singletrack, switchback climbs, and rocky drops. 12.2mi — 2h 13m

Apr 29, 2022

Steven Tandberg

12mi — 2h 00m

Sep 25, 2021

Nick F

Sep 6, 2021

Jen Grout

Jun 1, 2021

Jon Goodan

18.5mi

Jul 25, 2020

Jesse Bright

Zac s

Jul 18, 2020

mike bankoff

Jul 18, 2020

Dave Shine

Bike with Andrew

Jul 3, 2020

Dan Ronken

Dina and I rode w the Phoenix clockwise (unsure how far. Maybe to 6 o'clock on map?) there was a storm coming so we turned around.

May 12, 2020

Kelvin Callaghan

Sep 25, 2019

Jeremy Alexander

16mi

Sep 16, 2019

Jen Trask

not a fan 5mi — 0h 50m

Sep 16, 2019

Skawdy B'loozo

3:09 hrs for whole loop

Sep 8, 2019

Jack McCaffery

Did it out and back. I hate myself right now. — 5h 00m

Sep 1, 2019

Nick F

Aug 2, 2019

Shayna Parag

Beautiful, and super fun down hill, steep climb, technical in places. You have to take a second Jeep trail that's over 3 miles to get back to the car 12mi — 2h 35m

Jul 30, 2019

Sheri Vernier

Great singletrack, amazing views, great interval training....connected with Cone trail to make loop 12.3mi

Jul 20, 2019

Hunter Ruth

Wipe out with Katie part way through. Got stitches in my knee

Jul 5, 2019

Kristina Kachur

Jun 26, 2019

Josh Holmes

Full trail with taking the road back... solid ride! — 2h 00m

Jun 20, 2019

Singletrack Mind

All clear. Everything is open. I prefer to ride as here as an out and back or as a lollipop loop.

Jun 13, 2019

Singletrack Mind

Thanks to the crew who was out there today maintaining the trails. I assume it was the COMBA crew. I yelled thanks as they broke for lunch.

Jun 10, 2019

Alex Balister

May 18, 2019

Bri Pitre

Apr 6, 2019

Bri Pitre

Aug 12, 2018

Jasmine Stader

Switchbacks & views :) nothing too technical 8.8mi

Jul 27, 2018

Sue U

Out and back from Mayhem. Turned around by the big rock. Fun. 14.5mi

Jul 17, 2018

Katie Purdy

Sep 28, 2017

Alexander Jonathan

12.1mi

Sep 8, 2017

Pat Grewe

Aug 6, 2017

Paul A.

We did travois and elk trail, it was brutal. Brandon demoed a bike. Extremely difficult ride

Jul 18, 2017

Amelia Hight

12mi

Jul 8, 2017

Mason Klein

9.7mi

Jul 8, 2017

Alyssa Walker

Jun 24, 2017

Phil Stockman

8.6mi

Jun 8, 2017

Kevin Hab

Rattlesnakes 7mi

May 17, 2017

Joe Doig

Mar 22, 2017

Ethan Davis

Feb 18, 2017

Mason Klein

8.8mi — 2h 30m

Nov 14, 2016

Rich Marulli

Sep 18, 2016

Trent Miller

Beautiful views. Very dry and dusty.

Sep 5, 2016

Yida Fang

Aug 30, 2016

Jon Pence

Great challenge for a beginner. Single track the whole way with a couple technical sections. 14mi — 2h 30m

Aug 26, 2016

Daniel Green

Jul 16, 2016

NATHALIE BROCHU

Jul 5, 2016

Ryan Schaeffer

1h 30m

Jul 3, 2015

Cam Muller

Fun ride with exposures, undulations, a few technical switchbacks, and a good mix of climbing/descending. Dropper post recommended. 8.6mi — 1h 40m

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Travois Trail

“Awesome singletrack - smooth, flowy, with beautiful descents and moderate climbs ”

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7,731' 2,356 m

7,038' 2,145 m

1,147' 350 m

1,403' 428 m

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