Old Flowers Road/Buckhorn Canyon Mountain Bike Ride - Fort Collins, Colorado

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Old Flowers Road/Buckhorn Canyon Mountain Bike Ride - Fort Collins, Colorado

Just over the top of Rist Canyon from Fort Collins is a challenging 32 mile ride blessed with beautiful scenery.  The trail is mostly direct and 4wd trails except for the short section, nearly 5 miles, of paving along Stove Prairie Road.

Are you ready to challenge yourself with an all uphill ride?  If you take this trail you will follow an improved gravel road (which you can do in your car) through private property, the Sky Corral Ranch.  Because this is private property it is expected that you will show the courtesy of leaving the gates as you found them as you enter through another gate to the National Forest land.

Now the road surface gets rougher and the climb steeper.  Flowers Road alternately climbs and descends as it heads west.  There are several side road along the way (so you could detour to one of them for something different) but the main route should be obvious to you.  After a LONG descent you will come to the intersection of Old Flowers road and Monument Gulch road.  Pingree Park road is just 100 yards away to the right.

Now follow Monument Gulch road to the left up and over the shoulder of West White Pine Mountain, until it intersects with Buckhorn Canyon road which is an improved gravel road where you will encounter more traffic so be ready for it.  Point your bike downhill and enjoy the long ride to the Stove Prairie Road. Now turn left and you will come back to your beginning.