Fishers Peak State Park is 20,000 acres of untouched terrain being developed over the next few years into 70+ miles of trail. This first taste gets you close to the peak with a incredible views. Rock outcroppings, deep pine woods, scrub oak, and desert terrain all await. Oh, and you'll get to finish with a few miles of MTB-only downhill trail stacked with fun features including tech rock sections, flowy berms, and tabletop jumps.

If you’re short on time or just aren’t in the mood for an epic ride, this quick gravel jaunt will get you a nice climb with great views of Fishers Peak as well as the city and mountains to the west, plus a bonus visit to a ghost town.

This route features some of the best scenery in the area even though it takes you east, away from the mountains.

The first MTB-only downhill trail in Fishers Peak State Park offers a short but fun mix of tech, flow, berms, and jumps.

A nice easy ride through town along the bike path. Look out for deer and other critters, or take a break by the Purgatoire river.

With multiple stream crossings and deep woods, this is an adventure with few other trail users. Epic views of the Spanish Peaks and Cuchara Valley throughout. Some of the very best mountain biking in the region.

This big ride follows a good portion of the roads used in the Pony Xpress and Rad gravel races. You’ll traverse pavement and gravel through long, steady climbs, epic views, and lengthy descents as you head west towards the Huajatolla (or Spanish Peaks).

Burro Canyon is a quick local loop with that offers a nice slice of gravel and a solid climb. It can be ridden clockwise or counterclockwise, though climbing Burro Canyon lets you soak in the scenery a bit longer.

Sugarite State Park is just over thirty minutes from Trinidad and offers solid mountain biking, particularly the Opportunity Trail. This 17 mile circuit tours the entire park and finishes with two long descents.

The Truck Wall descent! This is a Las Animas county iconic route. Discover what Trinidad gravel is all about on this scenic ride through the canyons northwest of town.

This is one of Trinidad’s classic routes, taking you along The Highway of Legends past Cokedale. You’ll escape the pavement for gravel bliss at Madrid Bridge, tackling a solid climb before descending down to Long’s Canyon Trail, where you’ll enter Trinidad Lake State Park.

Not for the faint of heart, Reilly Canyon offers technical cross-country style mountain biking in the form of a 4.5 mile out and back along the bluffs above the northern edge of Trinidad Lake State Park.

This all-day ride will take you east past Barela and Trinchera, where you’ll dive south to cross the border and ride up through Sugarite State Park in New Mexico before descending rugged Jeep trail down San Francisco Pass back toward Trinidad. With a mix of pavement, gravel, and two-track, this is a beast of a route that gives you almost everything the region has to offer.

There are many ways to ride the Wormhole and new spur trails just appear sometimes. We recommend at least two laps and if you feel like you need some extra climbing, at the end of Crossbed Way (the trail going south from the parking lot), you can climb the gravel road to the top of Simpson’s Rest and the iconic Trinidad sign.