Heil Valley Ranch / Lyons, CO

Heil Valley Ranch is a public open space with multi-use trails made possible and maintained by Boulder County.  I had my first encounter with this trail on my last trip to Colorado in July 2011.

Platte River State Park / South Bend, NE


Trail Notes:
A) 0.2 miles  Stone Creek Falls
B) 0.5 miles  Left turn to east trails
C) 0.7 miles  Short steep section down to wide horse trail (do not ride 9a-4p, Memorial Day-Oct 31st)
D) 1.2 miles  Horse trail uphill grunt
E) 1.5 miles  Singletrack begins
F) 2.3 miles  Left turn on a flowy ridge ride
G) 2.6 miles  Platte River overlook
H) 3.0 miles  Trail opens to meadow
I) 3.2 miles  High point of trail 1199ft
J) 3.4 miles  Rollercoaster downhill begins
K) 4.3 miles  Small rock garden
L) 4.7 miles  The Gully begins
M) 6.25 miles  Arrive back at vehicle

Platte River State Park is one of the best trail systems in eastern Nebraska.  It is a beautiful network of fast flowing singletrack cut into the bluffs above the Platte River.  These trails wind themselves up and down the forested bluffs, across open fields at the crest, and rocket down gullies in between.  It is a haven of mountain biking bliss!