Name: Hardscrabble Ridge and Sawmill
Rating: 4.3

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“Primitive, high-alpine, ridge riding which dumps you onto the burly Sawmill Gulch descent!”

— Jeff Kerkove

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Description

The high alpine of Eagle! This trail is primitive and offers amazing views of the Red Table Mountain Range as well as the mountains and hills to the west of Eagle.

This trail gets you riding the ridge of Hardscrabble Mountain on flowing, rough singletrack. It then drops into the chunky and burly Sawmill Gulch. Keep on your toes, Sawmill is techy and tricky.

Contacts

Local Club: Hardscrabble Trails Coalition

Land Manager: USFS - White River National Forest Office

Oct 11, 2018: Forest Service lifts Basalt Mountain area closure; roads remain closed for emergency maintenance

Oct 11, 2018: Hanging Lake Trail and parking lot temporarily closed next week due to maintenance

Oct 9, 2018: Forest Service seeks comments for Vail Mountain Snowmaking Project

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Trail Ratings

4.3 from 3 votes

#3

in Eagle

#5309

Overall

4.3 from 3 votes

5 Star		33%
4 Star		67%
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Rankings

#3

in Eagle

#526

in Colorado

#5,309

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741 Since Sep 12, 2016

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The high point of the Sawmill ride, marked with…

Fun and fast descent prior to the chunky Sawmil…

Sunset is an amazing time to be on Hardscrabble…

Sawmill prior to funneling into the trees and t…

Meadow riding prior to breaking through treeline.

Sawmill Trail is a mix of hit and miss riding.…

2.6 Miles 4.2 Kilometers Singletrack	91' 28 m Ascent -1,106' -337 m Descent
9% Avg Grade (5°) 22% Max Grade (12°)	10,541' 3,213 m High 9,434' 2,876 m Low

Hardscrabble Ridge and Sawmill

2.6 Miles 4.2 Kilometers

Singletrack

91' 28 m

-1,106' -337 m

9%

22%

10,541' 3,213 m

9,434' 2,876 m

Shared By Jeff Kerkove

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