Name: Longhorn Trail
Rating: 4.5

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This trail has some great technical features.

The portion of Longhorn Trail (0.9 miles) between Shorthorn Trail and Whippletree Trail is now designated single direction (west to east/downhill) only, mountain bike only. This section is steep and raw. Very fun for intermediate to advanced riders.

The part between Maverick and Shorthorn Trail is very fun. It's fast, with a lot of roots and rock drops with good corners. The final stretch between Shorthorn and Belcher hill has a couple of short steep climbs and then one last loose rocky descent with a couple of switchbacks.

Most people exit on Whippletree Trail but for a few extra feet of climbing you can catch a fast decent down Belcher Hill.

There are some amazing views of the Colorado front range.

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Local Club: Colorado Mountain Bike Association

Land Manager: Jefferson County, CO - Open Space Dept.

Shared By:

Matt Thoele with improvements by Mike Weingand and 1 other

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Trail Ratings

4.5 from 156 votes

#1

in White Ranch Park

#33

Overall

4.5 from 156 votes

5 Star		67%
4 Star		23%
3 Star		7%
2 Star		2%
1 Star		1%

Trail Rankings

#1

in White Ranch Park

#13

in Colorado

#33

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#followcamfriday on the Front Range's best descent with Dee Tidwell. Maverick to Longhorn.

Apr 28, 2017 near Golden, CO

Just a couple of Spot Bros cruising down the techy stuff

Jan 5, 2019 near Golden, CO

The last downhill section of Longhorn, before you cross the creek.

Jun 25, 2017 near Golden, CO

Sep 22, 2017 near Golden, CO

Don't skip the top section of Longhorn. There are plenty of fun features to be played on!

Feb 18, 2017 near Golden, CO

Jan 5, 2019 near Golden, CO

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Sep 17, 2025

Private User

May 4, 2025

Sameer Kumar

Rode the trail today. I consider myself an intermediate to advance rider and needed all of myself to clear all obstacles. If you can clear all drop…

Nov 22, 2024

Em Diaz

Lots of mud, lots of snow. Poor trail conditions for riding. 3mi

Oct 9, 2024

Brian K

Aug 15, 2024

Anonymous

Jul 22, 2024

Nolan Payne

May 27, 2024

Patrick Burns

Still the best the front range has to offer. Might be better terrain in LHC but nothing matches the quality and amount of vert. Always hard to ride.

Sep 20, 2023

Levi Roberts

Jul 14, 2023

Austin Cowan

Jun 2, 2023

Fehim Hasecic

May 1, 2023

Dylan Walker

Apr 13, 2023

Fehim Hasecic

Oct 26, 2022

Ryan MD

Fast and fun. Last feature was way more advanced than anything else on the trail.

Sep 20, 2022

Patrick Burns

So good. Even when you aren't feeling 100% and you have to back things off a hair, it's still the best dh run around.

Oct 30, 2021

Brian K

Oct 8, 2021

Reed Harrington

Jul 24, 2021

Tim Young

Loved that there's a bike only section. Steep with some technical features. The last one got in my head but I got it

Jul 12, 2021

Jeff York

May 8, 2021

Austin Imig

Downhill only with big drops

Apr 5, 2021

eddie akin

Dec 28, 2020

Jeff Wagner

Dec 26, 2020

Timmy Kessel

With Eric. What a wild ride!

Nov 27, 2020

Jamey Mossengren

Nov 21, 2020

Brett Boncore

Oct 16, 2020

Matt Castelli

Clean!

Sep 13, 2020

mike bankoff

Jul 14, 2020

Mike Wiitala

Made it to the bottom 10 ft clean. Then put a foot down. Clean next time

Jun 20, 2020

Haluk Turk

Apr 26, 2020

Alex Balister

Did Belcher to Maverick to Long Horn descent to Whippletree

Oct 6, 2019

Matt Heffren

Lots of tech and uphill 8.3mi — 2h 00m

Sep 29, 2019

Jim Turner

Sep 21, 2019

Tim Rykken

Aug 19, 2019

Patrick Burns

Certainly evolving like a DH track now. Needs moisture.

Jul 26, 2019

Patrick Burns

It's gotten toothier with the DH only traffic, but still a banger of bangers. It's got low speed and it's got highspeed, and it steep as hell.

Jul 9, 2019

Luke Perkerwicz

Jul 3, 2019

Trevor Blume

Fun downhill so fucked uphill

Jun 29, 2019

Brian Thomas

Jun 15, 2019

Alisha Scheifley

Saddle up your race pony and get ready for a difficult, scary, but also exciting and technical down hill with an insane amount of steep drops. 9.8mi — 2h 02m

May 10, 2019

Brett Boncore

Apr 8, 2019

Lindsey Palmer

Nov 29, 2018

Faruk Ramovic

Sep 3, 2018

Kristopher Kaufmann

3mi

Aug 25, 2018

Mason R

Aug 18, 2018

Chas Semon

Aug 7, 2018

Kaleb Moore

super fun. uncle smashed his head on a rock 3mi

Jul 29, 2018

Paul Richard

Jul 25, 2018

Carina Claassen

Fun!!!

Jul 17, 2018

Tai Koester

3mi

Jun 23, 2018

Greg Gowen

3mi

Jun 22, 2018

Jeff B

Jun 22, 2018

Kevin Oconnell

Jun 20, 2018

Katie Purdy

Jun 11, 2018

Private User

May 5, 2018

Katie Purdy

Mar 17, 2018

Clare Liu

Nov 19, 2017

Rich Purdy

Nov 19, 2017

Katie Purdy

Oct 7, 2017

Teresa Tarn

Jul 28, 2017

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Jul 13, 2017

Erik Ela

Jun 23, 2017

Travis Provin

Jun 8, 2017

Daniel Lucchesi

Apr 14, 2017

Clare Liu

Apr 14, 2017

Patrick Burns

The best DH run on the Front Range?

Nov 27, 2016

lubes 17319

Nov 20, 2016

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Oct 9, 2016

Rob D4

Jul 3, 2016

Jacob Ellis

Apr 13, 2016

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Apr 12, 2016

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Mar 11, 2016

Andy Mac

Just smile as your gas out.

Oct 20, 2015

Mike Ray

Great ride, it was pretty dusty all round, very challenging

Aug 21, 2015

Matt Giaraffa

This trail is f....really awesome.

Sep 26, 2014

BenTM Matthews

Sep 6, 2014

Michael Benton

Aug 13, 2014

Ryan Horjus

May 5, 2014

Ian Eldridge

Linked with Belcher Hill, Maverick, & Whipple Tree

May 4, 2014

Fabrizio Giorgetta

Aug 11, 2013

Fabrizio Giorgetta

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