Sunlight Mountain Resort
Mountain Biking
Appreciate your mountain in the summertime too!
Thought Sunlight was a beautiful place in the winter? You should see the lush green foliage of summer! The lifts are closed, but Sunlight’s trails are open to the public for mountain biking or hiking.
Romp through the exhilarating White River National Forest! Take a winding dirt road or grassy trail beneath cool, green aspens and under the deep blue sky of a Colorado summer day! Bring your camera and capture the views from the top of Compass Mountain! Note: Sunlight Mountain Trails are moderate to challenging. Please consider this when planning your mountain biking trip.
Get the latest gear and this year’s bikes from K2, Schwinn, Diamondback, and GT at Sunlight Ski & Bike Shop at 309 9th Street in downtown Glenwood Springs! Mountain and comfort bikes are also available for rental at our downtown shop.
Other popular bike trails around Glenwood Springs:
2150 Trail
Distance – 18.5 miles. Single track.
Boy Scout Trail
Distance – Loop to Forest Hollow (11 miles) or smaller loop at 5 miles. A good long ride on a variety of surfaces, featuring a hair-raising singletrack descent with great views to the city and Glenwood Canyon.
Cherry Creek Trail
Distance – 12 miles roundtrip. Easy climb with good descent. Mostly single track.
Clark Ridge Trail
Distance – 21 miles. Mostly single track; trail fades in spots.
Glenwood Canyon Bike Trail
Distance – 26 miles round trip, all paved. A wonderful adventure for the whole family with several places to stop and enjoy the scenery; the eastern end of the path is less crowded and more peaceful. Sunlight offers a shuttle bus to the Glenwood Canyon Bike Trail. Our shuttle drops guests and their bikes off at the Hanging Lake hiking trail or Bair Ranch rest areas in Glenwood Canyon. From there it is an easy 13 mile downhill ride back to Glenwood Springs. Path wanders along the beautiful Colorado River. This bike ride is suitable for all ages.
Hay Park
Distance – 8.8 miles roundtrip (5.0 miles on singletrack and 3.8 miles on double-track). A fantastic, highly scenic ride with awesome singletrack, summer wildflowers, and spectacular fall foliage.
Jess Weaver Trail
Distance – 7.5 miles, one way. Mostly single track. At No Name exit off I-70 east of Glenwood Springs.
Prince Creek Road
Distance – 15.4 miles. This is the road to Mt. Sopris. A nice ride that gets you on some hard-packed dirt roads, with mountain views close to Carbondale.
Red Canyon Road
Distance – 15.2 miles, one way (5.6 miles on paved roads, 9.6 miles on dirt road). An excellent workout, the route stays dry in the early spring months; access to the Boy Scout Trail and other Forest Service roads.
Red Mountain
Distance – 7 miles roundtrip. Very popular with locals, many fun cut-offs. Awesome hill climb following an old ski-area dirt service road; not too technical uphill, fast and fun downhill.
Thompson Creek Road
Distance – 15.2 miles roundtrip. A great early-spring ride, with a good climb and great views to Mount Sopris and the Roaring Fork Valley. This ride is entirely on paved road.
Transfer Trail
Distance – 5.2 mile loop (with many more miles of rough jeep road). A short but intense ride, with a challenging uphill and a fast, rocky descent; stunning views from the top of Iron Mountain. Or you can take the tram.
