Name: Race Track
Rating: 3.7

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Race Track is the easiest way to get down from Little Rainbow. The upper part has tight turns, the lower part opens up more. There is a set of switchbacks lower down that are pretty steep for a beginner trail.

Race Track gets uphill traffic so look ahead and share the trail.

If your goal is to go east to west on Little Rainbow, Race Track is probably your best bet to get there. It's uphill, but only has a couple tough climbs.

Don't forget to stop and look at the Castle Gardens area as you pass. Amazing views!

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Local Club: Salida Mountain Trails

Jul 1, 2025: July 2025 Newsletter

Land Manager: BLM Colorado - Royal Gorge Field Office

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Josh Jones with improvements by Marcel S and 1 other

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Trail Ratings

3.7 from 26 votes

#8

in Methodist Mountain Trail System

#7261

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3.7 from 26 votes

5 Star		19%
4 Star		38%
3 Star		35%
2 Star		4%
1 Star		4%

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#8

in Methodist Mountain Tra…

#643

in Colorado

#7,261

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Jul 10, 2025 near Salida, CO

Stop for a moment to check out Castle Gardens as you cruise down Race Track.

Aug 25, 2014 near Salida, CO

Intersection of Little Rainbow, Dead Bird, and Race Track

Aug 17, 2014 near Salida, CO

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Mar 1, 2026

Brian Sears

The trail starts up the dirt road about a quarter mile past the parking lot. Dead Bird and Lost start in the NW corner of the lot though. 1.7mi

May 27, 2025

Roylnn Serati

Apr 29, 2024

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May 7, 2023

Patrick Burns

Punchy steep sections but over all a good climbing trail. Fairly direct without a lot of pointless direction changes.

Nov 22, 2022

Peter Tiley

Oct 8, 2022

Dalio Zippin

Jul 13, 2022

Aaron Hinze

Great downhill and flow. 1.5mi

Jul 5, 2021

Shane Reaves

Fast and fun. Good trail for practicing braking and choosing lines.

Sep 26, 2020

Jeff Verseman

Jun 6, 2020

Andrew Esser

Sep 9, 2019

Mathew Wheeler

Had a great ride

Oct 7, 2018

Ron Mccarty

Went uphill on this so I could do the quick loop coming back down dead bird trail 1.5mi

Sep 22, 2018

Melanie Stoeckle

Nice quick end to my ride after hitting Spartan East, Spartan West and Little Rainbow before biking into town. Steeper section is a little steep fo… 1.5mi

Aug 20, 2018

Don Childrey

Up! 1.5mi

Jun 27, 2018

Chris Dvorak

Mar 28, 2018

Mark Endres

Mar 18, 2017

Brittany Konsella

Nov 8, 2016

Jake Seipel

Aug 22, 2015

Blu Walton

Connecting this with Little Rainbow make for a great day! 1.5mi

Jun 27, 2015

sean mccon

Jun 21, 2015

Jason Smith

Did with Little Rainbow.

Dec 9, 2014

Nyles Strey

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