Name: South Valley Trail Loop
Rating: 4.1

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A fun flowing pedal around the south side of Lory State Park.

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Local Club: Overland Mountain Bike Club

Jan 10, 2024: Mountain Biking in Northern Colorado this Winter

Land Manager: Colorado Parks and Wildlife

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Brook Mooney with improvements by Jason Garner

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Trail Ratings

4.1 from 33 votes

#3

in Lory State Park

#573

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4.1 from 33 votes

5 Star		27%
4 Star		55%
3 Star		18%
2 Star		0%
1 Star		0%

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#3

in Lory State Park

#165

in Colorado

#573

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My daughter's first ever mountain bike ride! I couldn't be happier!

Sep 19, 2015 near Laporte, CO

Rock feature near the middle of the alt line.

Nov 17, 2019 near Bellvue, CO

Looking south at the start of the east side of the loop to the right.

Jul 22, 2024 near Bellvue, CO

Wood roll down towards the last section of alt line.

Nov 17, 2019 near Bellvue, CO

Aug 20, 2018 near Bellvue, CO

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Sep 8, 2024

D O

Went west side of the loop from north to south then east side from south to north. I think it would have been better to go the other way around.

Jul 22, 2024

James Obermyer

Nice trail that connects to others - mostly flat and rock free, but some steeper sections with larger rocks to keep it interesting. 2.5mi — 0h 20m

Oct 9, 2022

Crystal To

Aug 18, 2022

Tatie Chip

Sep 26, 2020

Matt Heath

Aug 30, 2020

chand c

Great trail for getting accustomed to a new bike. 2.5mi

Jun 21, 2020

Garrett Sartori

2.5mi

May 31, 2020

C Z

Mar 29, 2020

Matt Hertzfeldt

Mar 16, 2020

Jimmy Duckworth

2.5mi

Nov 16, 2019

Daylene York

2.5mi

Jun 14, 2019

Hiro Protagonist

MCR Rigid

Jun 8, 2019

Luke Perkerwicz

Feb 16, 2019

Stephanie Ogburn

Very muddy and slick in many spots 2.5mi

Dec 5, 2018

Private User

Aug 19, 2018

Aleksander Cronk

Aug 17, 2018

Seth Dorris

Aug 17, 2018

BRIAN LARSON

May 12, 2018

Remington Brown

Apr 26, 2018

Scott Berres

West valley to south valley to east valley 7.2mi

Apr 18, 2018

Regina Baukol

Dec 3, 2017

BJ Bubala

Oct 15, 2017

Buckwheat Guest

Very fun. I couldn’t follow the map because it didn’t have all the trails so I just went along any which way 9mi

Sep 21, 2017

Brian Eifert

2.5mi

Jun 30, 2017

Rob Hoffman

2.5mi

May 6, 2017

Ryan Dusil

Nov 25, 2016

kyle foust

Sep 20, 2016

Brendan Miracle

Sep 18, 2016

Rose Sorenson

Sep 19, 2015

Jared Crockett

It's an easy, but fun trail 2.5mi

Sep 18, 2015

Charlie Stump

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South Valley Trail Loop

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5,619' 1,713 m

5,465' 1,666 m

169' 52 m

173' 53 m

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