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Captain Morgan's

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 4.2 (40)
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  2. CO
  3. …Front Range
  4. …Colorado Springs
  5. Cheyenne Canyon
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“A nasty, dangerous but fun way down from Captain Jack's. ”

Vance Fast
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Miles

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KM
Singletrack

7,501' 2,286 m

High

7,050' 2,149 m

Low

2' 1 m

Up

451' 138 m

Down

23%

Avg Grade (13°)

58%

Max Grade (30°)

Dogs Unknown

E-Bikes Unknown

Features Drops/Jumps

One Way Only: This is designated as a directional trail.

Description

Heading up from the Captain Jack's parking at the bottom of tunnel #1, this trail heads east/southeast from the second big hairpin turn. This is an expert only trail. There are rocks, jumps, drops, and a very steep grade all the way to the bottom where it dumps out onto Gold Camp Road - Top of Chutes to Parking Access for 7 Bridges Trail, just south of The Chutes.

Contacts

Land Manager: City of Colorado Springs

Shared By:

Vance Fast with improvements by Ryan Little
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Trail Ratings

  4.2 from 40 votes

#2

in Cheyenne Canyon

#365

Overall
  4.2 from 40 votes
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Trail Rankings

#2

in Cheyenne Canyon

#121

in Colorado

#365

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Elevated berm
Feb 2, 2018 near Colorad…, CO
Start of the trail across from The Chutes
Jun 19, 2024 near Colorad…, CO
Heading west
Jun 19, 2024 near Colorad…, CO
She's steep, kids. Real steep.
Jan 22, 2018 near Colorad…, CO
Just off the trailhead at the top of The Chutes.
Sep 24, 2016 near Colorad…, CO
Trail map
Jun 19, 2024 near Colorad…, CO

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Apr 26, 2025
Dan 60D5H411
With Owen
Jun 10, 2023
Dan 60D5H411
With Owen
Jun 15, 2020
William Lumpp
Dusty, and very loose. Tough to ride for 2/4 in the group of advanced/expert riders - at times 4"-6" of loose decimated granite on a >35 degree slope
Jun 8, 2019
Katie Purdy
May 28, 2019
Daniel Ives
If you're ever curious how well your brakes work, this is a good trail! 16mi — 2h 50m
Apr 19, 2019
Kris Harrison
Awesome and incredibly technical, make sure you have good brakes and balance
Aug 16, 2018
ben Anderson
pine needles 13mi
Feb 4, 2018
Patrick Burns
Steep and super gnarly. Loose as $&?!.

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