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The Telluride Ski Resort is a year round destination located in the southwest corner of Colorado. The resort is in the southern San Juan Mountains, part of the Rocky Mountains, and is home to the highest concentration of 13,000 and 14,000 foot peaks in North America.

Top 9 mountain biking trails in Telluride

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Village Trail

Moderate
3.87 mi·
151 ft
When most mountain bikers think of using a lift, such as a chairlift or a gondola, in order to ride their mountain bike, they automatically think of dropping into an intense downhill mountain bike park....
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Valley Trail Loop

Moderate
6.02 mi·
106 ft
While many of the mountain bike trails in Telluride are steep and arduous, there are a few mellow trails running through the valley floor that eschew the steep mountainsides in favor of easy, rolling singletrack....
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Prospect Trail

Hard
9.59 mi·
1,064 ft
When most mountain bikers think of using a lift, such as a chairlift or a gondola, in order to ride their mountain bike, they automatically think of dropping into an intense downhill mountain bike park....
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Magic Meadow -> Telluride

Hard
22.18 mi·
1,700 ft
The Telluride Gondola is an incredible asset to the communities of Telluride and Mountain Village, providing free transportation between the two towns year-round. It's the only gondola in the USA to provide transportation of this type....
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Meridian -> Magic Meadow -> Telluride

Hard
22.62 mi·
2,217 ft
The Telluride Gondola is an incredible asset to the communities of Telluride and Mountain Village, providing free transportation between the two towns year-round. It's the only gondola in the USA to provide transportation of this type....
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Wasatch Trail Loop

Extreme
15.22 mi·
4,409 ft
The Wasatch Trail is one of the most iconic trails in Telluride and a bonafide bucket list objective for Colorado mountain bikers. But this loop is no joke: it demands about 4,500 feet of climbing in 15 miles, rising to a sky-scraping high point of 13,061 feet....
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See Forever -> Wasatch -> Bear Creek Falls

Extreme
7.95 mi·
1,696 ft
While the Wasatch Trail is most often completed as a loop, you can also access the trail from the top of the Telluride Gondola to eliminate some of the strenuous climbing....
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See Forever -> Upper Wasatch -> Telluride

11.93 mi·
3,327 ft
While the Wasatch Trail is most often completed as a loop, you can also access the trail from the top of the Telluride Gondola to eliminate some of the strenuous climbing....
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Prospect -> Kave

Hard
13.28 mi·
1,422 ft
When most mountain bikers think of using a lift, such as a chairlift or a gondola, in order to ride their mountain bike, they automatically think of dropping into an intense downhill mountain bike park....

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