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United States
Colorado
Chaffee County
Salida

North Backbone Trail – Sands Lake 🌊 Salida loop from Salida

Routes
Road cycling routes
United States
Colorado
Chaffee County
Salida

North Backbone Trail – Sands Lake 🌊 Salida loop from Salida

Moderate

4.5

(3261)

13,130

riders

North Backbone Trail – Sands Lake 🌊 Salida loop from Salida

01:37

28.1km

310m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

Last updated: August 4, 2026

Tips

The surface along some of this route may not be suitable

Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 4.31 km for 183 m

After 7.52 km for 1.08 km

After 19.5 km for 1.42 km

After 24.8 km for 514 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

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1

4.40 km

Frantz Lake

Highlight • Lake

2

19.5 km

Ute Trail and North Backbone Trailhead

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

3

20.2 km

North Backbone Trail

Highlight • Trail

Northern trailhead of this fun trail system on the eastern side of Salida

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4

25.1 km

Sands Lake 🌊 Salida

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful oasis of a lake with amazing bird watching right along the trail

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B

28.1 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.9 km

8.25 km

544 m

168 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

24.6 km

3.01 km

293 m

144 m

< 100 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (2,320 m)

Lowest point (2,150 m)

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Friday 21 August

31°C

10°C

52 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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