Name: Ridgeline Open Space
Rating: 4.0

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The Town of Castle Rock recently connected the various sections of this trail into a ten mile loop. There are sign posts at most intersections so it's easy to ride the whole trail as one big loop or bypass sections for a shorter ride. There's nothing too technical, but some tight, loose turns, a few switchbacks, and a couple of short climbs make for an excellent after work ride right in the middle of town.

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Park at the Coachline Road trailhead and ride the big loop clockwise. Just ride through the signposts in reverse alphabetical order (O - A). Be prepared for an awesome roller coaster of a ride, but do be careful and keep your speed in check as you'll likely encounter many other trail users (and some blind corners).

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Land Manager: Town of Castle Rock, CO - Parks, Open Space and Trails

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Garrett Lodewyck with improvements by B H

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Looking north toward Denver and the parking lot trailhead.

Sep 23, 2018 near Castle…, CO

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Passing through a grove of trees on the way out

Mar 7, 2018 near Castle…, CO

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Bad / Closed 6 days ago

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Oct 6, 2024

Dave Walick

Fun Sunday afternoon, a bit of two way traffic 12.2mi — 1h 15m

Sep 14, 2024

Mark B

Aug 29, 2024

Andy Ratana

Jul 16, 2024

Todd Campbell

Fun, flowy singletrack with some uppy-downy to keep you honest! 10mi — 1h 30m

Jun 11, 2024

Raputa Thebeauta

May 14, 2024

Wang Computers

Muddy- do not ride yet

Apr 11, 2024

Tim OBrien

Dec 7, 2023

Private User

Nov 13, 2023

Kenny S

Sep 9, 2023

Samantha Mitchell

My kind of uphill! 9.9mi — 2h 00m

Sep 4, 2023

Austin Gray

9.8mi — 1h 16m

Sep 2, 2023

Michael McBride

Rode it clockwise. Better way to ride it 6.4mi

Aug 16, 2023

Jesse Anderson

Nice ride. Some washed out climbs and loose rocks as a result. No signs to guide path other than directional arrows for neighborhood access points. 9.5mi — 1h 30m

May 24, 2023

Ryan Climb

Apr 16, 2023

Jennifer Young

Mar 19, 2023

James Graves

Muddy and snowy in some areas 12.8mi

Nov 6, 2022

Em Diaz

9mi

Oct 8, 2022

Gritty Flyer

First time on this trail. I would rate it blue/green. nice flow but do keep an eye out on the blind corners. Overall a nice ride. 12mi — 1h 29m

Sep 30, 2022

Jenny Taylor

Aug 19, 2022

Ryan MD

Okay trail system. Non-directional use is annoying as it's very mazy with tight turns. Sandy on some switchbacks. Green-blue overall. Flow felt off. 12.5mi — 2h 01m

Jul 21, 2022

Amanda Lockshiss

Jul 14, 2022

W Brian Muntz

Awesome trail! 9.5mi — 1h 28m

Jul 11, 2022

Grant Laman

Jun 15, 2022

Josh Kruse

Apr 16, 2022

Patrick Wolfe

Apr 3, 2022

Eric Guy

Nov 27, 2021

Mike Gibson

Nov 13, 2021

Daylene York

9.9mi

Oct 31, 2021

Daniel Ives

14.3mi — 1h 30m

Oct 23, 2021

Head Banger

Oct 17, 2021

David Peck

Oct 8, 2021

Private User

Oct 3, 2021

Riley Allen

7.8mi

Sep 28, 2021

Jorge Del Castillo

Sep 12, 2021

Brian Shay

Counterclockwise 9.5mi — 1h 29m

Sep 6, 2021

Jonas Reynolds

9.9mi

Aug 27, 2021

Jared Palay

9.5mi — 2h 30m

Jul 24, 2021

The Bleaken

9.9mi

Jul 19, 2021

Dani Wardrop

Jul 17, 2021

Chris Rice

9.9mi — 1h 30m

Jun 26, 2021

Spence Trierweiler

Jun 11, 2021

N W

8.8mi — 1h 21m

Jun 11, 2021

Clyde George

Dry. A bit rutty in areas. Got on trail early. Not much traffic on the trail. love riding here. Careful though, many areas with limited sight dist… 6.7mi — 1h 09m

May 28, 2021

Chad Mahlen

Decent trail. Some fun Spots threw low trees and pretty good up and down. Nothing crazy. Fair bit of loose gravel and mostly out in the open;No cover 6mi — 1h 00m

May 28, 2021

Matthew Kittredge

8mi — 1h 28m

Apr 30, 2021

Matthew Moodie

Dry and awesome 10mi

Dec 6, 2020

JSON F

Great spot if you want to get some training ride in off pavement. 9.5mi

Nov 16, 2020

Susan Troeger

Nov 11, 2020

Kay Green

Oct 5, 2020

Laurie Allin

9.3mi — 1h 25m

Sep 23, 2020

Thien-Tam Van

Nice Trail, great mix of climbs and downhills, loved the occasional rock gardens and switchbacks. Def would be better one way tho 9.1mi — 17h 34m

Sep 5, 2020

Matt G

Sep 4, 2020

Georgie Chase

Aug 28, 2020

Brandon Beasley

Aug 14, 2020

Angel H

Aug 6, 2020

Aloysius Vita

8.7mi — 1h 03m

Aug 2, 2020

Lucas Kennedy

9.9mi — 1h 11m

Jul 28, 2020

No Joey

2mi — 0h 27m

Jul 28, 2020

Ben S

8.4mi — 1h 14m

Jul 25, 2020

Irvin Chavez

Jul 25, 2020

Amy D

Jul 23, 2020

Karl Schwartz

Jul 22, 2020

David Gresh

Jul 8, 2020

Ben Norwood

Jul 8, 2020

Ben S

9.3mi — 1h 24m

Jul 5, 2020

Mackenzie B

Hills were tough- not a great day. — 1h 40m

Jun 28, 2020

Brian C

9.9mi

Jun 17, 2020

Private User

Jun 7, 2020

Geoff Lim

With Jon 9.8mi

Jun 3, 2020

Geoff Lim

With Jon and Ben 9.6mi

Jun 2, 2020

Veronica Dotson

9mi — 1h 41m

May 31, 2020

Landon Collier

May 26, 2020

J L

9.4mi — 1h 38m

May 20, 2020

Geoff Lim

9.8mi

May 16, 2020

Kayleen Castelli

9.6mi — 1h 26m

May 8, 2020

Ryan Fee

Broke my chain. But fixed it on the trail. Good ride — 1h 44m

May 4, 2020

Merle Gleiforst

Dry and not very busy 8.5mi — 1h 30m

Apr 21, 2020

Justin Corbelle

Apr 6, 2020

Jeremy Stallman

Apr 5, 2020

Ryan Tidemann

9.9mi — 1h 30m

Mar 29, 2020

Kale Green

Mar 24, 2020

Luke Devoll

Feb 2, 2020

Tom Wolford

Jan 19, 2020

Weston Cole

Sep 29, 2019

Seb The Fraustralian

Sep 17, 2019

Bradley Graham

10mi — 1h 00m

Sep 8, 2019

Katherine Shilling

Sep 8, 2019

Molly Ring

9.1mi — 1h 47m

Aug 30, 2019

Vic Ortiz

this trail is amazing, it could be easy as or challenging, you set the expectations and goals. 7mi

Aug 30, 2019

JD Liggett

10mi — 1h 10m

Aug 29, 2019

Jim Potter

Aug 27, 2019

Bradley Graham

12mi — 1h 30m

Aug 27, 2019

Jim Potter

Aug 26, 2019

Tom Murray

Aug 25, 2019

Frank Traylor

8.4mi — 1h 45m

Aug 24, 2019

Seb The Fraustralian

Crowded and narrow with people coming out both ways - go early morning

Aug 19, 2019

donovan ellison

Aug 18, 2019

Whitney Littleton

Nice & cool. A little busy today but everyone was courteous. 10.3mi — 1h 24m

Aug 17, 2019

Ryan Strauss

Great fun ride with my 10 year old son. He loved it! 9.9mi — 2h 12m

Aug 11, 2019

Whitney Littleton

Nice & cool this AM. 1st ride on the Honzo. 8.4mi

Aug 11, 2019

Seb The Fraustralian

Aug 9, 2019

Jason Bazanac

Aug 9, 2019

Mike Palamara

Ankle 60% better 9.3mi — 1h 39m

Aug 4, 2019

Whitney Littleton

Loose & fun 10.2mi — 1h 28m

Aug 2, 2019

Anthony Lewis

Added the Phillip S. Miller Park trail for a few extra miles 15.5mi — 1h 51m

Jul 25, 2019

Andrew Cruz

Jul 20, 2019

K Kreidl

Jul 16, 2019

D H

Jul 14, 2019

Whitney Littleton

Pretty loose, some ruts but very dry today. 10.1mi — 1h 25m

Jul 13, 2019

Jim Wyatt

Jul 11, 2019

Rick DeLeon III

Jul 10, 2019

Nick Whitehill

Jul 8, 2019

Jon Hobbie

Jul 5, 2019

Vic Ortiz

Jul 3, 2019

Craig Horton

Trail had some mud In low spots and should dry out by the afternoon. 9.9mi — 10h 00m

Jun 29, 2019

Patrick Csongei

jumped on this loop after starting at Philip Mille Park 17.5mi — 2h 00m

Jun 23, 2019

C Sloan

Jun 16, 2019

Madelynn Swager

Beautiful ride, very rollercoastery with the incline and declines, very fun singletrack, some looser gravel areas to watch out for. 10mi

Jun 16, 2019

Manny Rodrigues

9.6mi — 1h 16m

Jun 11, 2019

Denise Maceyka

Jun 8, 2019

Joel Van Essen

Jun 7, 2019

Anthony Lewis

Awesome ride 10mi — 1h 20m

May 31, 2019

Mike Swan

9.9mi

May 31, 2019

Jarid Cook

9.2mi — 1h 13m

May 24, 2019

Greg Ballard

Closed due to muddy conditions

May 24, 2019

Quang Nguyen

Rolling hills w switchbacks, nothing technical but a few pointy rock patches and blind turns 6.3mi — 1h 52m

May 15, 2019

Pancho Garcia

Good climbs and some flow sections. Needs more marked signs.

May 12, 2019

Private User

May 4, 2019

Brendan Bartic

Apr 23, 2019

Cat Evans

Nice and dry trail, really dynamic terrain. 8.9mi — 1h 30m

Apr 16, 2019

Singletrack Mind

99% dry.

Apr 13, 2019

Juice Nuts

I'm from Iowa fun cross country trail for the first time riding there. Trail conditions were mainly dry few water spots here and there. 5mi

Apr 8, 2019

Shane Sapp

Apr 8, 2019

Singletrack Mind

All clear.

Apr 8, 2019

Alex Menter

Apr 5, 2019

Vance Thurman

Apr 4, 2019

Scott Rosen

The trail is 99% dry 10mi

Jan 5, 2019

Mike Palamara

8.9mi

Jan 5, 2019

Michael Shull

Nov 6, 2018

Merle Gleiforst

9mi

Oct 28, 2018

Whitney Littleton

Very dry & loose. Good times though. Rode over from Phillip Miller Gold Loop & stayed on the south side. 7.1mi

Oct 28, 2018

Adrian Belinne

Oct 25, 2018

Anna Gasiewicz

Nice easy trail

Oct 22, 2018

ELA MATUSZEWSKA

Awesome views with blue sky and snowy tops of the mountains. 5.1mi

Oct 20, 2018

Jim C

Fun ride on my hardtail SS, nothing too steep and pretty smooth. 17mi — 1h 45m

Oct 13, 2018

nrj5011

Oct 5, 2018

Jamey Mossengren

Sep 30, 2018

Andrew Kumler

10mi

Sep 29, 2018

Michael Netland

9.6mi

Sep 29, 2018

Adrian Belinne

Sep 20, 2018

Ma Ca

Sep 14, 2018

Manny Vega

Sep 6, 2018

Paul Gallaher

Sep 6, 2018

t d

Great trail, close, easy access.

Sep 2, 2018

Leo Rodriguez

Sep 1, 2018

Sphen Koolbak

1h 23m

Sep 1, 2018

Jennifer Hageman-Culp

Aug 31, 2018

Neil Kalmes

10mi

Aug 29, 2018

Matt Rettmer

Very loose and dry 6mi

Aug 26, 2018

Nicklaus Randal

9mi

Aug 26, 2018

Laura Bloomfield

8.3mi

Aug 26, 2018

Bryce Maddy

1mi

Aug 18, 2018

Josh Dougan

Conditions were very dry, slick, and sandy in some spots. Recent rains have some rutted out some areas and left large, loose rocks in the trail. 14mi — 2h 00m

Aug 17, 2018

Katie Rutherford

Sweet little singletrack ride with lots of rolling hills! 7.9mi

Aug 16, 2018

Brian K

Aug 14, 2018

Sean Fears

Just trailed all around. Challenging climbs and flowy (if a but slippery) curves provide entertainment for many breeds of rider. Mostly smooth XCtrail 10mi

Aug 13, 2018

Lee Selvage

As a beginner, I found it difficult to keep traction on some of the climbs. Pushed my comfort zone a couple times but in a good way.

Aug 12, 2018

Bryan Walsh

Aug 6, 2018

Derrick M

7.7mi

Aug 2, 2018

Erik Krantz

Dry and fast. Lots of water ruts in the middle of the trails for extra challenge. 10.3mi

Aug 1, 2018

Christianand Kloberdanz

Aug 1, 2018

Dusty Nutz

some steep hair pine turns pretty easy to navigate though

Jul 27, 2018

Wes Duff

Muddy unrideable 2mi

Jul 19, 2018

Connor Baty

Done hundreds of times 9.9mi

Jul 12, 2018

Mason R

Jul 4, 2018

Brianna Loomis

1st ride! 10mi

Jul 4, 2018

Jay Loomis

first ride on the new bike 10mi

Jun 25, 2018

Troy Shred

Fun ride

Jun 15, 2018

Vinh Nguyen

9.6mi — 1h 45m

Jun 10, 2018

Rob Ups

19.9mi

Jun 7, 2018

Dan Martel

Jun 3, 2018

Brandon J

9mi

Jun 3, 2018

Garret Iwata

Jun 3, 2018

Jason H

May 29, 2018

Erik Krantz

First time riding this trail. Very fast with lots of tight corners. 9.7mi

May 27, 2018

Zach Howell

14mi

May 20, 2018

Dan Kolbas

May 20, 2018

Meagan Shepherd

fun, small climbs, alphabet backwards 10mi

May 18, 2018

Andrew Schmidt

9.9mi

May 16, 2018

Brandon Judd

9.4mi — 1h 30m

May 9, 2018

Ben Rowse

Great for beginners trying to just get used to mountain biking. Trail gets confusing. Stay right the whole time 8.5mi

May 8, 2018

Matt Rasband

9.5mi

May 7, 2018

Matt Rettmer

Following this past weekends race the trail is super fast. Hard packed and quick. 22mi

May 2, 2018

Spencer Chuck

9.9mi

Apr 30, 2018

Stef Metcalf

Apr 28, 2018

Adam Yanasak

Apr 28, 2018

Joe Crimando

Lots of rolling singletrack. Did 1900 ft of climbing 12mi

Apr 27, 2018

Jon Montiel

Nice and dry! Sun has been out and has dried out all but a few wet spots. 10.5mi

Apr 22, 2018

Noli E

9.1mi

Apr 16, 2018

Chris Clarke

9.8mi

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