{"id":5726,"date":"2013-07-24T16:24:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T22:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=5726"},"modified":"2017-06-30T22:23:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T04:23:36","slug":"bike-tr-cement-creek-tilton-star-pass-hunter-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/bike-tr-cement-creek-tilton-star-pass-hunter-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike TR:  Cement Creek-Tilton-Star Pass-Hunter Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer, I started riding Hunter Creek for the first time, and this area quickly grabbed my attention and it has become one of my favorite areas to ride.  Usually I ride 583 (Crystal Peak Trail) to access this area, but one small piece of the puzzle that I hadn&#8217;t yet explored is the Tilton trail (582), so I made that my priority.  This trail actually summits a small subpeak, at 12,415&#8242;.  Here is a rough map (I started at the Deadman&#8217;s trailhead)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Tilton-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a mile or so of road riding, I left the Cement Creek road to get on the Cement Creek trail, which has some of the most beautiful and well thought-out trail work I&#8217;ve ever seen.  From there it was back on Cement Creek road, on the way to what I would call &#8220;Cement Creek Pass&#8221;, at the headwaters of Cement Creek (the other side is the upper part of the Taylor).  The flowers this year have been nothing short of spectacular- all the more surprising considering the lackluster snowfall we had last winter.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/31.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more Read more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/32.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the point where you finally leave the road and start up the singletrack to the pass.  The peak that you eventually ascend is on the left.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/33.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The views of Star (L) and Taylor (R) peaks from the pass are exceptional.  I have been here many times on the snowmobile, but this was the first time I was here in the summer.  When the conditions are right, there is great skiing in this area.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/35.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A short hike-a-bike got me to the summit.  The top of trail 583 was right below me, while my next pass, Star Pass, can be seen just in front of Star Peak.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/36.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the camera&#8217;s memory card was still in my computer at home, so I was only able to get a handful of photos on the camera&#8217;s built-in memory.  The big downhill of the day was Hunter Creek- absolutely one of my favorites because it is fast, flowy, bermy, and has great drainage berms to catch a little bit of air.  I had a few more photos last year on my first ride of the trail on <a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/instant-classic-cement-creek-crystal-star-pass-hunter-creek\/\">this post.<\/a>  If you&#8217;re looking to get past the standard rides in Crested Butte, I think this is one of the best.<\/p>\n<p>One surprising thing about this route was that it was very similar in both length and ride time to my standard way of riding it- 583.  This was despite the mpa making it appear that this would be a mile or so longer, with quite a bit more vertical.  Despite this, I will still probably take 583 next time, unless I&#8217;m feeling particularly ambitious and descend all the way to the Taylor before picking up the Star Pass trail.  Ride Time:  2 hours, 55 minutes.  20.5 miles<\/p>\n<p>I recently purchased a new vehicle.  I&#8217;ll be looking here for a new hitch rack:<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/link.php?ml=241757&amp;p=23393&amp;pw=29053\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer, I started riding Hunter Creek for the first time, and this area quickly grabbed my attention and it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":426940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biking","category-crested-butte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5726"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426942,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5726\/revisions\/426942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}