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Doctor Park Loop (Doctor's Park)

Mountain Biking Trail

Hard
20.74 mi
2,927 ft
Not only is it considered the best backcountry singletrack descent in Crested Butte, but Doctor Park ranks as one of the best singletrack descents in the nation!

The Doctor Park singletrack plummets from its high elevation start through a high alpine meadow, into an aspen grove, and down into pines and a dry climate zone at lower elevation, making it one of the most raucous and entertaining backcountry descents not only in Crested Butte, but in the United States!

The route described here is for a human-powered loop of this trail, but shuttle options exist (see direction section). The route shown here climbs up a 2wd dirt road, fords a deep mountain stream, and finishes the climb on a steep 4x4 road.

The Doctor Park singletrack begins in an alpine pine forest, with the optional loop swinging out of the forest into a beautiful high alpine meadow with stunning views of the surrounding mountains.

Once the trail turns downward, it drops fast and furious! The straight section through the high alpine meadow blurs by, entering an aspen grove. The aspens' blurred appearance from the speed have led locals to affectionately name this section "Star Wars."

Once the trail enters the trees it gets progressively more and more technical. Up high, bigger boulders, trenched-out sections, and ledgy drops requires riders searching for speed to air out sections to smooth the trail. As the trail descends the soil gets progressively drier and rockier, and the drops get bigger--with some ~4+ foot drops lower down. Most of the biggest drops can be rolled or bypassed.

High speed straight-line descending filled with boulder fields, drops, roots, and more -- what's not to love?! Bring as much suspension as you own and rip into this iconic descent! Written by Greg Heil
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Route and Elevation

Segments

NameDistanceElev. Diff.Avg. Grade
Doctor Park Full Loop With Spur From Taylor River rd20.18 mi2,592 ft0.1%
spring creek climb8.56 mi1,217 ft2.7%
spring creek rd. to deadman's climb7.56 mi1,112 ft2.8%
County Road 744 Climb0.91 mi266 ft5.5%
Spring Creek to Dr. Park Turn: Gravel Only6.56 mi997 ft2.9%
County Road 744 Climb1.00 mi285 ft5.3%
County Road 744 Climb0.72 mi312 ft8.2%
Doctor's Park: Spring Creek to start of Singletrack2.92 mi1,188 ft7.7%
Unnamed Road Climb0.67 mi266 ft7.5%
Doctors climb steep part1.93 mi810 ft8.0%
Jct after Spring Creek to Dr Park2.11 mi850 ft7.6%
Doctors Park 550 climb to upper parking1.96 mi774 ft7.4%
Doctor Uphill | Grunt to Singletrack1.41 mi564 ft7.6%
County Road 744 Climb0.75 mi272 ft6.8%
Dr's bonus2.28 mi243 ft0.1%
Upper Doctor's Park3.29 mi-1,680 ft-9.7%
Upper Doctor1.84 mi-1,158 ft-11.9%
Doctor Park DH5.23 mi-2,470 ft-8.9%
upper dh3.20 mi-1,647 ft-9.7%
Doctor Start1.16 mi-594 ft-9.7%
But wait, there's more! 0.60 mi-436 ft-13.8%
Jedi Mind Tricks1.80 mi-850 ft-8.9%
Middle Doctor1.35 mi-456 ft-6.3%
Dr Park middle climb0.30 mi72 ft4.5%
Lower Doctors 1.69 mi-919 ft-10.2%
Lower Doctor1.64 mi-912 ft-10.5%