Description for Lory State Park
Lory State Park is home to one of the two MTB skills parks in Fort Collins, the Corral Center Mountain Bike Skills Park, which has three different area based on difficulty. We really liked riding the elevated wooden area and the dirt jumps.
There are trails here for all skill levels so everyone should be able to find something fun to ride. Some of the trails have a fair amount of climbing, but nothing that is going to make you want to cough up a lung.
The Shoreline and South Valley Trails are a bit more technical and in my opinion the best part of the ride.
There is a $6 parking fee (2010 price), visit the parks website for the most current information: http://parks.state.co.us/parks/lory/Pages/LoryStatePark.aspx, if you keep your receipt on you you can ride over to Horsetooth and not pay the $3 fee again.
Comments/Reviews for Lory State Park
1. Nice ride
by Slowshoes, Sunday, July 03, 2011 8:43 PM
| Overall Review: | 3 of 5 |
| Technical Difficulty: | 2 of 5 |
| Aerobic Difficulty: | 5 of 5 |
This is the same review I wrote for Horsetooth because I always rode these together when I lived in Loveland.
I rode these trails the first time on a fairly hot day in June. Probably not the best judgement, but I still had a great time. Some of the trails have a slight technical aspect to them, but mostly it switchbacks, single track and fire roads, and a whole lot of climbing. The scenery is of course beautiful. There are some really fun trails along the main park road that are rolling and straight enough to steal some glances at your surroundings. The main event for me was slogging up the 1200 or more vertical feet of fire road to the top of Horsetooth mountain. I don't know exactly how long it took me to get up there (I think the better part of an hour including wandering around the radio towers) but it took less than 10 minutes to get back down. You will hate the people you see coming down when you are dragging yourself up; but damn it is fun being one of those saying "Oh yeah, you're almost there". Do take lots of water, a snack, camera, and do NOT try to use your mobile phone to take a picture of a the rattlesnakes.
2 for technical, but this may just be the routes I took. I have heard there are some very very tech parts. Aerobic part is pretty hard to avoid since Horsetooth is staring you down the whole time you are riding. 3 overall; good ride. Nothing too fancy, but a nice time.
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