Riding Zippety Do Da from the lower Bookcliffs Trailhead, mountain bikers can sample some of the most select singletrack stretches this trail system has to offer. Riding Zippety will test your legs and your resolve up-and-over very steep (and very exposed) mounds. Turn onto the Frontside Trail to duck and dodge through a line-finding maze of juniper and pinon. After the steep drop off Joe’s Ridge (which features a big-air rock ramp at the bottom), the trail dumps riders onto screaming-fast singletrack before turning off for a final banked slalom stretch on Kessel Run.
-Mapped by the Bicycling Map Team
TO TRAILHEAD: From the downtown Fruita traffic circle, head east on Aspen Ave. for .2 mile and turn left on Maple St. Go 3.2 miles (becomes 17½ Rd.) and turn right on N 3/10 Rd. In .5 mile, turn left onto 18 Rd. Go 7.1 miles (becomes gravel road) to trailhead parking on the left.
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Fruita, CO: Zippety Do Da
| Dist: 6.60 mi |
Points: 944 |
Calories: none |
| Time: none |
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Zippety Do Da
Location: 39.321384°, -108.714480°
Zippety Do Da-ing along
Zippety's Singletrack
Location: 39.320554°, -108.714867°
Zippety's singletrack is grippy for the most part, but there are some spots of loose sand--mostly at the top of the steep hills.
Gradual Ascent
Location: 39.322446°, -108.714266°
The early gradual ascent of Zippety Do-Da
Trail junction
Location: 39.309514°, -108.709116°
On the way out, continue straight and cross the cattle-guard grate. On the return trip, turn left at the end of Kessel Run to ride back up the trailhead.
Zippety Do Da
Location: 39.308651°, -108.716412°
Go right at this T-intersection onto Zippety Do Da trail. To ride a longer, clockwise route up Western Zippety (that rejoins this ride at waypoint 7), turn left here and then right at the double-track junction.
Jeep road crossing
Location: 39.323725°, -108.714341°
At the bottom of a descent, cross the jeep road and continue straight on Zippety Do-Da trail. Keep an eye out for approaching cars.
Zippety's steepest pitch
Location: 39.325575°, -108.714856°
Steep and sandy ascent. It would take a real champ to pedal up this steep pitch, Zippety's steepest, but it just takes a bit of guts to (and a lot of weight behind the saddle) to descend this stretch. After a sandy washout near the top, the trail is grippy singletrack.
Zippety's steepest pitch
Location: 39.325575°, -108.714856°
Bombing down one of Zippety's steep mounts (in the opposite direction of this GPS track)
Exposed ledge
Location: 39.329244°, -108.714234°
At the crest of a moderately steep climb, the trail winds around an uber-exposed ledge. Keep your wits about you and keep pedaling around this off-camber corner.
Exposed ledge
Location: 39.329244°, -108.714234°
Riding an uber-exposed corner on Zippety
Frontside turn-off
Location: 39.335617°, -108.713815°
The Zippety descent from the Frontside trail (in the opposite direction of this track) is designated an expert route.
Turn right on Frontside Trail and enter a singletrack line-finding maze through juniper and pinion trees.
Joe's Ridge turn-off
Location: 39.337633°, -108.703328°
Go right at Y-junction on to Joe's Ridge trail. Ride along the top of the ridge through a mix of exposed and juniper-covered singletrack on the way to a steep two-tiered drop from the ridge. For a more moderate descent, continue straight on Joe's Ridge and turn right onto upper Kessel Run.
The top of Joe's Ridge
Location: 39.332190°, -108.705833°
At the top of Joe's Ridge, prepare for a steep, two-tiered descent on a mix of sandy and grippy singletrack. Keep your weight back, especially on the first drop. Soon after the terrain levels off a ramp of rocks is set to launch you skyward. Keep your momentum up and your weight back to catch some big air.
Along the jeep road
Location: 39.323691°, -108.709138°
In the middle of a fast downhill stretch the trail runs parallel to a jeep road: stay on trail.
Jeep road crossing
Location: 39.322214°, -108.706895°
Cross the jeep road and continue straight on Joe's Ridge trail on an extended section of fast, winding singletrack.
Kessel Run crossing
Location: 39.319766°, -108.705232°
Bear right at the 4-way junction to continue on lower Kessel Run. The ensuing stretch of single track is a whoop-de-doo roller coaster, complete with banked turns that seem to beg you for maximum cornering speed. If you don't have an adrenaline rush yet, you will soon.
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