The Best Mountain Biking Trails in Purgatory

According to the map, the top-to-bottom run on Shangri-La is the only beginner trail in the Purgatory Bike Park. However, Shangri-La consists of two very distinct sections: the upper trail and the lower trail....

According to the map, the top-to-bottom run on Shangri-La is the only beginner trail in the Purgatory Bike Park. However, Shangri-La consists of two very distinct sections: the upper trail and the lower trail....

7th Heaven provides the perfect warm-up with beautiful bermed corners, rolling grade reversals, and small tabletop jumps. This trail has a tendency to change from year to year due to damage from the winter season and subsequent reconstruction, and in some years, it offers the option to gap over some of the berms and double (or triple) up some of the rollers....

The best top-to-bottom flow trail lap in the Purgatory Bike Park connects four different trails together: 7th Heaven, Divinity, the short Second Chance trail, and then finishes on the "Jump Trail....

Pirate begins directly from the top of the chairlift with a fast, rough entrance—letting you know exactly what you're in for! This rough-and-tumble black diamond trail is a high-speed mash-up of all sorts of challenging features....

World Cup DH is generally considered to be the toughest, steepest, most technical trail in the Purgatory Bike Park. This fall-line rip is in fact so steep that it takes many riders by surprise....

The combination of Pirate to Missing Links is one of the two most difficult runs on the mountain. In fact, there's some debate among local riders about which is more difficult: Missing Links or World Cup DH....