John Hodge Bicycle Trail Maps

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Map Name	Description	jpg	down- load	date
	Trails
Gateway Trails	All of the Gateway area trails are moderately difficult technically and physically. If you’re new to the sport this wouldn’t be the best place for your first mountain bike ride, but after a little experience these trails can be	Map	PDF	1.11/13
Gunnison Bluffs Trail and the Old Spanish Trail	All of the trials in the Gunnison Bluffs/Old Spanish Trail system are technically easy. However, there are some sandy spots and some short, steep hills, some steep enough so that you’ll probably want to walk your bike. So these trails canbe a bit physically demanding, especially on a warm day. And speaking of weather, it is strongly advised that these trails be avoided when they’re wet. The dirt out here is has lots of clay in it, so when it’s wet it sticks to everything.	Map	PDF	12.23.12
Kokopelli Loops	From Grand Junction: take I-70 west to the Loma exit, Exit 15. Turn left, go across the interstate to the frontage road and turn right. Go about 1000ft (0.2 mile) and turn left at the gravel road. If you reach the truck scales you’ve gone too far. Anyway, once on the gravel road go just over 1/2 mile to the trail head.	Map	PDF	2.5.13
Lunch Loop	Getting to the Trailhead: Go west on Main Street. three blocks to 1st Street. Turn right. Go three blocks to Grand Avenue. Turn left. Go over the bridge that goes over the railroad tracks and over the Colorado River to Monument Road (about 0.9 mile). Turn left. Go about 1.6 miles, the Lunch Loop trailhead is on the left. You pretty much can’t miss it.	Map	PDF	2.5.13
Palisade Area Trails	Help keep these trails open. Please respect private property.Just ‘cause there’s a trail doesn’t mean you aren’t trespassing.	Map	PDF	2.6.12
Palisade Rim Trail	Take the Palisade/Highway 6 exit, Exit 42,about 10.5 miles east of Horizon Drive on I-70. Come down the off-ramp and turn right (the only way you can go). Go 3/4 of a mile to Highway 6 and turn left (heads up: it’s a divided highway, be careful not the head east in the west bound lane!). Stay on Highway 6 for 2.8 miles till you see a good sized dirt parking lot on the left for a river put-in. There is no legal parking on the shoulder of the road at the trailhead. Once you’re on your bike head back west on Highway 6 for 0.1 mile. Look for a fenced in corridor that starts up the hill on the side of the road opposite the river. That’s the beginning of the Palisade Rim Trail.	Map	PDF	2.1.13
18 Road Area	Getting to the Trailhead: From I-70: Exit at the Fruita exit, turn north. Go straight at the 4-way stop, go another two blocks to Ottley Ave., turn right. Go four blocks, about 0.37 mile, to Maple St., turn left. Go 3.3 miles to N 3/10 Road, turn right. Go 1/2 mile to 18 Road, turn left. After 2.8 miles the road will go from paved to gravel, stay on the main gravel road another 4.3 miles. The trailhead is on the left.	Map	PDF	2.5.13
Rabbit Valley	Rabbit Valley is near the Colorado/Utah border, so compared to the other mountain biking areas it takes a bit of a drive to get there. From the Horizon Drive in Grand Junction, take I-70 west 29.7 miles to the Rabbit Valley/2 Road exit. From Fruita take I-70 west for 17.8 miles to get to the Rabbit Valley exit.	Map	PDF	2.3.13

Gateway Trails

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Gunnison Bluffs Trail and
the Old Spanish Trail

Kokopelli Loops

Lunch Loop

Palisade Area Trails

Palisade Rim Trail

18 Road Area

Rabbit Valley

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John Hodge

"has the perfect combination of experience: Geology, cartography, a bicycle mechanic and a local bicycle enthusiast who enjoys bicycle touring. John has taught bicycling skills courses at REI and Mesa County." THF

A note from the maps' author:

I made these maps to aid cyclist unfamiliar with the routes around the Grand Junction area or, as in the case of the Colorado National Monument, laws that are unique to some of our local rides. These maps are free to download and print, they're my gift to the cycling community that has done so much for me. As for where we go from here: I've got some ideas for further routes including a series of maps for the Tour of the Valley Century route and even a couple multi-day rides; but first, a question: Is anyone out there? I haven't heard from anyone using these maps for a long time and I'm curious as to whether they are getting used. I'd be delighted to continue making more of these but only if there are riders out there who can make use of them. Please drop me a note at velocartographer@gmail.com.

Meanwhile, you're invited to discuss these maps or anything else concerning road cycling in the Grand Junction area on the Grand Junction Colorado Road Cycling RoutesGrand Junction Colorado Road Cycling Routes facebook page.

A word about copyrights: You'll notice that each map I made has a copyright notice. Does this mean that you can't print it out and use it? Absolutely not! You are more than encouraged to download the .pdf file, print the map, use it, pass it along, whatever you like. Almost. What you can't do is sell them or in any other way make money off of my maps. I made these for everyone to print out for free. Local businesses, such as bike shops, have my permission to print these out and give them away for free, but they're also not allowed to sell them or otherwise make money off them unless they've made prior arrangements with the map author.
If you represent a local business interested in making such arrangements, feel free to contact me at velocartographer@gmail.com .

Thanks,
John Hodge

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