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Eagle Rock
From Dirtopia, The Off-Road Encyclopedia
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| Terrain: | dirt road/4x4/atv/dirtbike |
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| Difficulty: | Difficult(8) |
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| County: | Teller |
| Nearest Cities: | Colorado Springs, CO |
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| GPS Coords: | 38.7353/-104.988 |
| Google Earth: | Eagle_Rock_Trail.kmz |
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Excerpt borrowed with permission from TrailDamage.com
This is a great trail close to Colorado Springs in an area full of trails to explore. It offers some big challenges for rigs a little more than stock but still shows a good time to the bigger vehicles.
The entrance is just past a clearing about 14 miles down a washboard dirt road. It's easy to spot -- when you pass the reservoir watch for a small pond at the right of the road. The pond may be next to the turn off or you may have to drive through it (it is shallow), but this is the turn off to get to the Eagle Rock trailhead. Take this road past some camping areas and you will see a large dirt hill in front of you (this dirt hill is part of the Saran Wrap trail) and a road turning right. The road to the right is the Eagle Rock trailhead, marked 370C.
You can run Saran Wrap before doing Eagle Rock. It's a fun network of spur roads that connect to Eagle Rock in a couple places. You pass these connection points on the way to the true start of Eagle Rock (you see them going up hills on your left). All of those turns are part of the Saran Wrap trail network.
Eagle Rock starts out rocky and it isn't too far into the trail when you come up on the first obstacle. It is a sandy hill ending in rocks at the top. There are a few lines through these rocks, and a stock vehicle may have the most luck with the line on the far right. The most challenging line is through the big rocks on the far left side. There is a flat bypass to the far left.
After this obstacle you climb a steep, rocky hill with switchbacks. This is the only difficult section that does not offer a bypass. When you get to the top it is flat and you can get out to view Eagle Rock across the valley.
Continue on fairly easy trail with a few rocky areas. There is a fun intersection with the stream that is covered in rocks that are often wet and muddy, with tight, twisty areas that will cause full-sized vehicles some trouble.
When you get to the last obstacle there is a legal bypass to the right. The obstacle itself has a few lines through it and is much like the first one -- dirt and big rocks to climb.
You get to the top fairly quickly and find yourself intersecting with road 376. Turn right here to take this dirt road quickly back to the main road -- this is the shortest way out. Turn left to continue with the more scenic section of Eagle Rock.
If you turned left you will follow an easy dirt road around some wetlands. As always, stay on the trail -- even if you see other tracks leading off of the main trail. There is only one legal trail through here. After this short, scenic drive you will climb a rocky hill to a great view, then down the other side. When you get to the main dirt road you can see the dead end at a gate to your right, so turn left here. You will soon find yourself back at Gold Camp Road. Turn left here to go back to the place where you originally turned to get to the Eagle Rock trailhead, or turn right to go to the Cripple Creek end of the road.
External Links
TrailDamage.com pictures, movies, maps, GPS coordinates and additional trail information.
Maps and GPS Coordinates
A comprehensive list of GPS waypoints and tracks in Google Earth format can be found here: Eagle_Rock_Trail.kmz
Eagle Rock Coordinates: 38.7353° -104.988°
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