Coulson's Gulch

Yup I forgot the camera again. Lots of amazing scenery again. Coulson's Gulch is a crazy mutha fuckin' ride. Sorry we saw Snakes on a Plane last night. I can't get that line outta my head.

Anyway, Coulson's Gulch is about 15 miles northwest of Lyons. From the trailhead we went down the trail about 900 vertical feet or so to the creek. Its a fun steep downhill but cause of all the raiin yesterday it sure was loose. We proceeded to cross the first bridge when 2 bikers came from the other direction. They told us that they came down through the next valley over. We thought Coulson's Gulch was an out and back but we changed our plans quickly after learning we could make it a loop. The bikers advised us not to do it because part of the ride was unrideable uphill. But we decided to make our way anyway...

...we continued along the creek and then we headed back into the valley. It was a super skinny singletrack but the ground was somewhat loose. Jamie and I rode as much of the uphill as we could. Once we got to the super steep section we hiked the bikes. It probably took us a good 30 minutes to hike up the steep section. From the maps it looks like from the creek it was about 1,500 vertical feet uphill back to the 4x4 road.

Then we were able to ride most of the remaining section to get out of the valley. At the top the trail goes to a double wideroad down to a 4x4 road. We rode the 4x4 road back to the trail head. But the 4x4 road was fun too. Lots of fun bumps and ruts made by all the 4-wheelers, motorcycles, and off road trucks.

Next time well try the loop in the other direction & bring the camera. All in all it took us about 3 hours. But next time more of the trail will be downhill.