Name: Genesee Mountain Trail
Rating: 3.9

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The trail can be accessed from multiple locations but the best spot to park is at the Patrick House trailhead. Take the Chief Hosa exit off I-70, turn left toward the Chief Hosa campground, crossing over I-70, take your first left and head toward the Patrick House trailhead. The Genesee Mountain Trail can be accessed from two locations from the Patrick House parking lot. Start out with a dirt road climb and connect with Genesee Mountain Trail for a fast and flowy downhill. Counter clockwise is definitely the way to go.

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Land Manager: Denver Parks and Recreation

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Robb Green with improvements by Toby Wellington and 1 other

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Trail Ratings

3.9 from 76 votes

#1

in Genesee Park

#97

Overall

3.9 from 76 votes

5 Star		21%
4 Star		55%
3 Star		21%
2 Star		1%
1 Star		1%

Trail Rankings

#1

in Genesee Park

#43

in Colorado

#97

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May 31, 2018 near Genesee, CO

Genesee Mountain - quick escape from summer heat - Golden - Colorado

Aug 25, 2024 near Genesee, CO

May 31, 2018 near Genesee, CO

May 31, 2018 near Genesee, CO

Aug 5, 2019 near Genesee, CO

Climbs are not too bad, here is one of the steeper sections

Aug 13, 2018 near Genesee, CO

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Nov 10, 2025

Atsuko Ohtake

Jul 5, 2025

Tommaso Stalletti

Jun 19, 2025

Private User

Aug 3, 2024

Trey Kay

Somewhat boring on the uphill, nice singletrack downhill with roots and rocks

Jun 2, 2024

Em Diaz

All dry 4.7mi — 1h 56m

Apr 14, 2024

Matthew Nicholas

Still lots of snow on side facing highway.

Oct 1, 2023

David Shaya

Aug 5, 2023

Meredith Lancaster

Aug 5, 2023

Laura Stacey

3.7mi — 0h 30m

Jul 27, 2023

Reed F

A couple berms on the decent would make this trail fantastic 11mi

Jul 8, 2023

David Schmid

Jun 24, 2023

Mark Sett

Rode the trail counter clockwise, which was nice as most of the climbing was done on the dirt road. Fun trail, good for beginners. 7mi

May 27, 2023

matt pula

damp but not muddy, running a little slow but super grippy and fun

Apr 18, 2023

Worth B

Nice and flowy, bison, doubletrack into singletrack. 4.3mi

Apr 17, 2023

matt pula

Nov 22, 2022

Peter Tiley

Oct 9, 2022

Melissa Robinson

Oct 3, 2022

Niki B

Sep 19, 2022

Private User

Sep 5, 2022

Marta Blanco Castano

Couple hard spots where I had to get off the bike to pass 3.7mi

Aug 4, 2022

Jordan T

4.3mi

Jun 26, 2022

Terry Boyd

Jun 12, 2022

Tom C

May 7, 2022

Adam Ragsdale

Great family friendly loop! 3.9mi — 1h 18m

Sep 17, 2021

Nick A

some good views early. kind of boring

Jul 5, 2021

Erin Kirby

First ride! With Bradly!

Jun 20, 2021

Scott De

Counter clock wise — 18h 00m

Jun 16, 2021

Andrew Archer

Part of the loop was closed.

Jun 7, 2021

John Devine

Nice info on bison , nice lil banger. Skeeeeooot 3.7mi

Jun 7, 2021

Phil Middleton

May 1, 2021

Jesse Erickson

Apr 4, 2021

Private User

Feb 12, 2021

Atsuko Ohtake

Feb 3, 2021

Austin Hawley

3.7mi

Nov 7, 2020

Sam Gross

2 laps 7.4mi — 1h 21m

Oct 30, 2020

B T

Wet and snowy on the north side or anywhere with shade 3.7mi

Oct 9, 2020

Kelly B

Clear and dry. Empty trails. 4mi — 0h 45m

Aug 31, 2020

Britton Barrett

Very secluded and not busy at all. Throughout the west side of the trail, parks wants you to use dirt road before hopping on the trail again 4mi

Aug 27, 2020

Jamie Knight

Aug 23, 2020

Andy Kiepe

Aug 16, 2020

Cody Joyner

Aug 11, 2020

Gabe M

3.8mi — 0h 46m

Aug 7, 2020

Dan Huddleston

Good to go! Description is accurate. A good beginner-intermediate trail. 3.9mi — 0h 30m

Aug 3, 2020

Sam Gross

started at top, 35min/loop 6.6mi — 59h 44m

Jul 26, 2020

Noli E

Jul 26, 2020

Phillip Jacobson

Jul 16, 2020

Nikki Pearson

Jul 7, 2020

Nick Dahlin

Jun 29, 2020

Lisa Montgomery

First excellent ride in YEARS! Solo

Jun 10, 2020

Lauren Brendel

Genesee mountain twice through 8.8mi — 1h 18m

Jun 10, 2020

Matt Orrin

May 30, 2020

Annie Kerns

I'm terrible at navigating. parked at chief host. road up a dirt road. went the same loop as the map as it travels counter clockwise and it says co…

May 26, 2020

Mike Kuhn

May 13, 2020

Taylor Anderson

May 9, 2020

Private User

Oct 8, 2019

Jamie Knight

Sep 5, 2019

Private User

Aug 31, 2019

Jesse Erickson

Aug 18, 2019

John Sayles

9.1mi

Aug 4, 2019

Dan Tomar

Aug 1, 2019

Andrea Swenson

w/ Lindsey 3.7mi

Jul 20, 2019

David Romereim

uphill both ways ha follow arrows on map next time? 4mi — 1h 30m

Jul 15, 2019

Private User

Jul 11, 2019

David Firmin

3.7mi — 4h 30m

Jul 6, 2019

Kristen Kinzer

First ride ever!! Didn't fall

Jun 27, 2019

Michelle Titone

Super quick, which was perfect for how I was feeling (I had a seizure while biking). Great wildflowers. 3.7mi — 0h 38m

Jun 21, 2019

Jennifer Travers

Jun 1, 2019

John Sayles

May 26, 2019

Kacy Young

May 3, 2019

Josh Lusby

Nice and dry.

Dec 15, 2018

Jenny Trawick

After the road up it’s super fun. Can get hard to follow the trail sometimes. 3.7mi

Nov 23, 2018

Travis Carter

Oct 26, 2018

Nick Venturini

Oct 13, 2018

Jenny Trawick

Counter clockwise!

Aug 26, 2018

K Smith

Aug 19, 2018

mike bankoff

Aug 12, 2018

Roudy Hildreth

First time ride. Very smooth. A great deal on dirt road, fun descent. 3.7mi

Jul 9, 2018

Whitney Whyte

Jun 26, 2018

Tyler Johnson

7.4mi

Jun 6, 2018

Meghan Hollaback

The loop doesn't connect, so I had to double back. 8.2mi — 1h 06m

Feb 5, 2018

Colton Lock

Nice trail. Great views of the buffalo. Short with very little to no technical riding 3mi — 0h 30m

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Genesee Mountain Trail

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8,097' 2,468 m

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