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Crown Royale

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Downhill fast flow and great fun from the Top of the Crown down to the Rio Grande Trail!


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Map Key

1.4

Miles

2.2

KM

Singletrack

6,900' 2,103 m

High

6,433' 1,961 m

Low

8' 2 m

Up

474' 144 m

Down

7%

Avg Grade (4°)

23%

Max Grade (13°)

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Winter closure for bikes on this BLM route is Dec. 1 through April 15. One Way Only: This is designated as a directional trail.

Need to Know

Pre-Ride. Re-Ride. Free-Ride! Learn how to ride the trail features smoothly.

Towards the bottom of the trail, look out for the three Crossover Loops. Be sure to space out riders at least 10 seconds. Rider in the Crossover Loop has right of way over riders not yet in the loop!

Description

The Lower Segment of the Crown Royale, opened in early May of 2023. Stay tuned for openings of the Upper and Middle Segments during summer of 2023!

The Crown Royale provides an engaging, fast, feature-filled, flowy, directional down-only experience on The Crown, linking the top of the mountain down to the paved path that links up many of the trail systems in the Roaring Fork valley, the Rio Grande Trail.

From top to bottom, you'll start with big views of nearby Mount Sopris, while dropping through sage fields, oak brush forests, aspen groves, grassy meadows, pinion-juniper stands, and steep walled gulleys. Expect to find berms, rollers, doubles, tables, crossover loops, big and steep wall rides, natural features that will get you up into the air, and plenty of high speed moments along the way. It's fair to say you'll find plenty of intermediate segments, and even have to pedal for a few short moments. Turn up the speed when the coast is clear ahead, but watch out for those bigger advanced features that demand skills and experience on the bike.

Access this trail from the Top of the Crown on the Prince Creek side by climbing up Undie or Next Jen to Overie. You can access from the Roaring Fork River side of the Crown by climbing up Buckhorn or Glassier OS Trail, continuing up Vasten Trail, and finally topping out on the (coming in summer 2023) Imperial Gardens trail.

Of course, you can also access the trail at lower intersections with Vasten, Buckhorn Traverse, and from a short connector halfway up Imperial Gardens.

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Shared By:

Mike Pritchard

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  5.0 from 3 votes

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Photos

Crown Royale, lower gully section.  Photo by TF!
May 4, 2023 near El Jebel, CO
Crown Royale, lower gully section, Crossover Loop #2 of 3.  Photo by TF!
May 4, 2023 near El Jebel, CO
Crown Royale, lower gully section.  Photo by TF!
May 4, 2023 near El Jebel, CO
Crown Royale, lower gully section.  Photo by TF!
May 4, 2023 near El Jebel, CO
Crown Royale, in the lower gully section. Photo by TF!
May 4, 2023 near El Jebel, CO
Crown Royale, in the lower gully section. Photo by TF!
May 4, 2023 near El Jebel, CO

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