Dudbobs

Dudbobs (also written Dud Bob's) is a single motorized singletrack rather than a full riding area. It runs about 6 miles through trees and rocks on BLM land in the Fourmile Travel Management Area outside Buena Vista, Chaffee County. Local coverage from its construction calls it an intermediate trail, and onX lists it at 5.8 miles with a moderate technical rating of 6 out of 10, describing a tight, technical ride with some rough sections and a few flowing stretches. It was named for two local riders, Bob Daniel and Dudley Fecht, who scouted and laid out the route with BLM staff and the Central Colorado Mountain Riders club.

The trail was built in 2020 with roughly $88,000 in Colorado Parks and Wildlife OHV grant money, and at the time it nearly doubled the singletrack open to motorcycles in the area. It links with the two Triad Ridge singletracks, which are combined about 7 miles and were described as slightly more difficult. The local suggestion is to park at the Chinaman's Gulch trailhead, ride Dudbobs one way, ride Triad Ridge north and south, and return on Dudbobs, for a ride of about 19 miles. The same trailhead serves the Yansing (Chinaman) Gulch four-wheel-drive loop and Carnage Canyon, which are separate trails.

The site owner has ridden Dudbobs; no further first-hand details have been added yet.

Getting there

Buena Vista is the nearest town. Riders park at the Yansing (Chinaman) Gulch / Carnage Canyon trailhead, mapped by OpenStreetMap at the coordinates on this page. A mountain bike guide describes reaching the Chinaman Gulch area from US 285 near Johnson Village by turning onto County Road 301 and passing through a public-access road across Buena Vista prison property, where the gates must be closed behind you. That description is from 2009 and may be out of date, so check current access with the BLM before you go.

Fees, permits, and rules

Colorado requires an OHV registration (Colorado residents) or a non-resident OHV permit (out-of-state riders) on motorcycles used on designated OHV trails. Both cost $25.25 and run through March 31. Out-of-state registrations are not recognized. No trailhead fee is listed by the sources found. The trail is managed by the BLM Royal Gorge Field Office in Canon City, phone 719-269-8500.

When to ride

onX lists spring, summer, and fall as the best time, and recent user status reports show the trail open through the shoulder seasons with snow melting off in March. Gates in the Fourmile area close seasonally for snow, so check with the BLM in winter.