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Description: Start riding at the south end of the Meadow Mountain parking lot. Ride through the gate and up the doubletrack road. Enjoy the views of the surrounding mountains from the lower meadows. At 2.7 miles there will be an intersection of FS 747 and FS 748 roads. Stay right and continue on FS 748 (aka Line Shack). The road continues to climb upward 8912 for another 2.2 miles to a Forest Service hut. The last part of this before the hut will be steep. Look0 for the Whiskey Creek 0 trail (FS# 2348) just behind the hut80 to the west. Enjoy the e k aspen groves and open meadow e 3.46 mile descent through Cr down to the drier oak brush hillside above Eagle-Vail. The trail ends just above a box culvert that goes under I-70. Turn 0 right800 and shoot down the hill through the culver to the assess Hwy 6. Turn right and ride 3 miles back to the start of the ride at the Meadow Mountain parking lot.

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How to Get There: Take Interstate 70 to Exit 171, Minturn. Turn right and drive southeast towards Minturn on 80 U.S.00 Highway 24. Look for the Meadow Mountain

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