Horse Mountain and beyond (Mostly Easy MTB)

Let's ride around Horse Mountain, the lump south of Palisade. We'll start at our house, and ride to 38 3/4 and 39 Road, and take that as a gradual uphill for a couple of miles to get behind Horse Mountain, then come around it to the the other side. This is the basic route, about 13 miles. I think we should go a little farther out into the desert though, since we're starting early.

It's doubletrack, BLM, E-bikes are OK. It's not great for dogs because there's asphalt at start and finish.

When I call this "easy" some people point out that the gradual climb up 39 Road is long, and there are two rocky descents (which it's fine to walk), and an intimidating-looking climb to get back to East Orchard Mesa (which doesn't turn out to be that bad).

Join us at our house!

Map to our house