Cañon City Mountain Biking

The local Bureau of Land Management designed and oversaw the construction of more than 10 miles of rocky single track at Oil Well Flats on BLM land about 7 miles north of the city. Ready for visitors by 2014, it turned a remote former four-wheel drive spot into the area’s first multiuse network open to hikers, cyclists and equestrians. Fremont Adventure Recreation helped land funding in 2016 for the South Cañon Trails network. The third network, and the masterstroke, began to materialize at Royal Gorge Park in 2016 — born from the ashes of a June 2013 wildfire that ravaged the city’s signature tourism draw. The town invested in a trail builder who was intentional about where to put trails in the area.