Name: BTR (Bear Tree Ridge) 1028.1
Rating: 3.6

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BTR starts off Buffalo Pass Road 60, directly across from the connection to Flash of Gold. It's a moderately difficult descending trail with rock drops, berms, jumps, a log ride, and numerous technical rocky sections. Most of the drops, and jumps have established ride-arounds so riders can skip features. BTR was an old "social" trail that was adapted and rebuilt into the USFS system using 2A tax funding from the City of Steamboat Springs.

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Local Club: Routt County Riders

Oct 3, 2025: City Council Candidates Chat with RCR

Sep 18, 2025: RCR Hires New Executive Director

Sep 16, 2025: Why I Love Being a Trail Ambassador

Land Manager: USFS - Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest - Hanhs Peak Bears Ears District Office

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Patrick West with improvements by Laraine Martin

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Trail Ratings

3.6 from 33 votes

#5

in Buffalo Pass

#1395

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3.6 from 33 votes

5 Star		27%
4 Star		30%
3 Star		24%
2 Star		12%
1 Star		6%

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#5

in Buffalo Pass

#337

in Colorado

#1,395

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Fall riding is the best in Steamboat Springs and so is the backcountry. Dropping from the Continental Divide Trail.

Jan 17, 2017 near Steambo…, CO

Though not as much intrigue or flow as it's counterpart, Grouse Ridge, BTR still has some fun features and a good amount of chunk to keep things really fun. Fantastic construction on this trail system!

Jul 1, 2018 near Steambo…, CO

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Oct 7, 2022

Patrick Burns

Bit of a bummer. This could be a ludicrously fast ridge run. Instead it switch backs down the ridge, climbing way too much usually in pedal deep ruts.

Jul 9, 2022

Brock Bell

Jun 20, 2020

Brant Smith

Jul 20, 2019

Jay Austin

this is a black diamond trail, nothing intermediate about it. Lot of fun tho!

Jul 6, 2019

Lee Blazek

Gtg

Oct 8, 2018

Pat Adrian

w Jim, nice techy dh w grouse 2.2mi

Sep 22, 2018

Ryan Hofman

Sep 16, 2018

Gino DiSciullo

Sep 14, 2018

Kiera Connelly

Very rocky 2mi

Jul 22, 2018

Eric Locat

Jul 21, 2018

Wes Ga

Jul 17, 2018

D Loden

Jul 1, 2018

Thomas Pyke

Oct 13, 2017

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BTR (Bear Tree Ridge) 1028.1

“A fun descent that ends near the Dry Lake Campground. ”

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3.3

9,217' 2,809 m

8,263' 2,519 m

9' 3 m

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