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Colorado Bend State Park
 San Saba, TX

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20+ miles

1-3

singletrack; doubletrack

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TPWD  |  CBSP Trail Project

$4 per person 13 and older/day use (annual pass available for $70)

Cedar Chopper Loop | Heller Brakes Trail | Lemon Ridge Pass
Lively Loop | Old Gorman Road Trail | River Trail | Tie Slide Trail
Windmill Trail

• Drive-up campsites (incl. picnic tables, fire rings w/ grills, lantern post and potable water)
• Riverbank tent sites (incl. the above)
• Primitive camping areas (x2)
• Group areas (x2)
• Composting toilets

TPWD website  |  Colorado Bend SP Trail Project
Friends of Colorado Bend State Park

(325) 628-3240

Most technical: The trail from the gate to where you have to get off and walk to Gorman Falls. Parts of it are verrrrrry rocky. If you can ride it, you're good! Try not to fall into the cactus! This trail also has some really fun stuff on it, like the V-Tree, where you get to ride through the middle of a big oak tree.
Most beginner-friendly: The lower River Trail that goes along the river from the park headquarters to the bottom of the upper River Trail. Real beginners may have to walk a few parts, but most of it is very beginner-friendly, and scenic as well!
• If you love to mountain bike and camp, fish, kayak, hike, cave (on tours only), and/or swim, you will have a wonderful time at this park! Some of the most awesome areas are for hikers only, but there are plenty of miles of trail to ride if you aren't a hiker! This is primarily an undeveloped park - no hookups, pit toilets, no showers, but a whole lot of fun to be had!
~ Dawn, WBC (Mar 2010)

Friends Fall Festival Weekend at CBSP, October 24-25, 2008 (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) Friends Fall Festival Weekend at CBSP, October 24-25, 2008 (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) WBC Sunday Ride on October 10-12, 2008 (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) Lemon's Ridge Pass Trail (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) CBSP offers plenty of opportunities for the climber in you (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) Riders of all ages can handle Colorado Bend (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club)
Rocks are not the exception at CBSP (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) Many sections force you to choose the best line (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) Cedar Chopper Loop is ideal for any beginner riders (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) Did we mention that there are rocks here? (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) In some areas you have to navigate between the rocks (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) The trail often takes advantage of rock "corridors" (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club)
A newly built section along Lemons Ridge Pass (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) Another fresh section of singletrack along Lemons Ridge Pass (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) Heading down a switchback along River Trail (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) V-Tree (photo courtesy of the Waco Bicycle Club) 

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Last modified: 13 January 2012