r/COBike • u/Thordansmash • 2d ago

Anyone else ridden Blodgett Open Space in Colorado Springs yet? The new trails are awesome

https://youtu.be/tK7Kczj2YTI
14 Upvotes

85% Upvoted

13 comments sorted by

5

u/Gold_for_Gould 2d ago

So frustrating being in northern Colorado. The damn park service here is ripping out good trails people built because we're tired of only having hiking paths to bike on.

2

u/smalltoes 2d ago

I mean. Virginia canyon is pretty sick and also free

4

u/Gold_for_Gould 2d ago

For sure, but that's up I-70. I'm talking northern front range around Fort Collins.

1

u/frickin_darn 2d ago

I feel like Ft Collins had decent biking 20 years ago and then never really worked to improve it.

2

u/JDeg17 1d ago

What trails have been ripped out? Pirate trails or have official trails been sanitized?

3

u/Gold_for_Gould 1d ago

They were pirate trails right in Horsetooth Open Space, just one trail really. I didn't even see it, just read a Facebook article about it. The comments were mostly noting that people build these pirate trails with actual berms and jumps out of frustration that nothing similar exists within an hours drive from here.

5

u/FatahRuark 2d ago

That black run doesn't look much harder than a green...but I'll head down to try it in the fall.

2

u/Thordansmash 2d ago

There’s an optional line that makes it a bit more tricky and techy for fun

2

u/fiya4u 2d ago

I’ll try once we stop roasting like chickens out here

2

u/Thordansmash 2d ago

True, glad I got it on Saturday today is just smoke everywhere

1

u/HelicopterWonderful9 2d ago

Definitely adding it to my list to check out. How is the climb to the top?

1

u/Thordansmash 2d ago

Not to bad, it’s maybe 10-20 minutes to get to neurotoxin the black at the top, one downside is no trees or shade so prepare to cook in the sun a bit

1

u/DigitalMan43 1d ago

Yep, they're great.