! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! " ) T × × × × FS 786 Meadow Mountain Trailhead Start of Whiskey Creek Trail # 2348 Eagle Rd £ ¤ 6 § ¨ ¦ 70 £ ¤ 24 Whiskey Creek Trail Line Shack TR 2348 Holy Cross Ranger Station Battle Mountain High School 8912 Eagle River " " " West Creek Grouse Eagle River Gore Creek C o u n ty Rd P 1 4 Eagle R d L i f t R d T a y l o r A v e Ea gle Dr 8000 8 0 0 0 1 000 0 80 0 0 900 0 8 0 0 0 900 0 800 0 8000 171 0.46 2.2 2.71 3.31 3.31 ! I 0.25 Miles P:\spec_projs\eco_trails\Mountain Biking Maps\Feb_09\Meadow_Mtn Description: Start riding at the south end of the Meadow Mountain parking lot. Ride through the gate and up the doubletrack road. Enjoy the views of the surrounding mountains from the lower meadows. At 2.7 miles there will be an intersection of FS 747 and FS 748 roads. Stay right and continue on FS 748 (aka Line Shack). The road continues to climb upward for another 2.2 miles to a Forest Service hut. The last part of this before the hut will be steep. Look for the Whiskey Creek trail (FS# 2348) just behind the hut to the west. Enjoy the 3.46 mile descent through aspen groves and open meadow down to the drier oak brush hillside above Eagle-Vail. The trail ends just above a box culvert that goes under I-70. Turn right and shoot down the hill through the culver to the assess Hwy 6. Turn right and ride 3 miles back to the start of the ride at the Meadow Mountain parking lot. How to Get There: Take Interstate 70 to Exit 171, Minturn. Turn right and drive southeast towards Minturn on U.S. Highway 24. Look for the Meadow Mountain Meadow Mountain

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FS 786

MeadowMountainTrailhead

Start of WhiskeyCreek Trail # 2348

Eagle Rd

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LineShack

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Eagle River

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Description:Start riding at the south end of the Meadow Mountainparking lot. Ride through the gate and up the doubletrackroad. Enjoy the views of the surrounding mountains from thelower meadows. At 2.7 miles there will be an intersection ofFS 747 and FS 748 roads. Stay right and continue on FS748 (aka Line Shack). The road continues to climb upwardfor another 2.2 miles to a Forest Service hut. The last part ofthis before the hut will be steep. Look for the Whiskey Creektrail (FS# 2348) just behind the hut to the west. Enjoy the3.46 mile descent through aspen groves and open meadowdown to the drier oak brush hillside above Eagle-Vail. Thetrail ends just above a box culvert that goes under I-70. Turnright and shoot down the hill through the culver to the

assess Hwy 6. Turn right and ride 3 miles back to thestart of the ride at the Meadow Mountain parking

lot.

How to Get There:Take Interstate 70 to Exit

171, Minturn. Turn rightand drive southeast

towards Minturn onU.S. Highway 24.

Look for theMeadow

Mountain

Meadow Mountain