Food, Drink & Fun · Elevation 9,160'
Trailside Lunch for Mountain Bikers in Mountain Village, Telluride
We're in the Meadows, right where a handful of Mountain Village trails come out. Ride down, park the bike, eat something hot. Just get here before 3.
Heads up for summer 2026: the Town of Mountain Village has said the Telluride Bike Park is closed this summer. The wider cross-country trail network around Mountain Village is still open, still free to ride, and still reachable on the gondola — so the trails below are the ones to plan around.
There's a Trail With Our Name On It
Big Billie's Trail is an intermediate half-mile run that starts on the south side of Country Club Drive, drops about 200 feet, and comes out at Big Billie's Apartments in the Meadows. Same neighborhood we're in. We didn't name it, but we're not going to pretend we mind.
And it isn't the only one that funnels down here. The Meadows sits at the bottom end of several trails, which is the whole reason a hot lunch at the bottom of Lift 10 is worth knowing about.
Trails That Come Out Near Us
Big Billie's Trail Intermediate
0.5 miles · drops 200 ft
From the south side of Country Club Drive down to Big Billie's Apartments in the Meadows.
Jurassic Intermediate
1 mile · drops 300 ft
Starts north of Country Club Drive, follows the ridge west, then drops into the Meadows.
Russell Beginner
1 mile
Begins at Adams Ranch Road and Russell Drive — our road — and connects into the Meadows.
Meadows Intermediate
1 mile · drops 200 ft
Starts in the Meadows about half a mile west of Big Billie's Apartments and runs down to Lawson Hill and Highway 145. Eat first — this one ends well below us.
Prospect Advanced
10 miles · longest single-track on the ski area
Runs from San Sophia across the ski trails, through Prospect Creek, and climbs to the top of Lift 10 — the lift whose base we sit at.
Boulevard Beginner
2.5 miles · mostly paved
Lost Creek Lane to Market Plaza and on toward Highway 145. The easy one if you've got kids on bikes.
Trail details from the Town of Mountain Village. Grades and conditions change — check their interactive trail map before you head out.
What to Order When You're Cooked
After a couple of hours out there you want salt, calories and a chair. In rough order of how well each one works for that:
Getting Here With a Bike
The gondola between Telluride and Mountain Village is free and takes bikes, so you can ride down, load up and get back across without a car. One thing to know before you roll in: there's a bike dismount zone through the plazas in Mountain Village Center, so you'll be walking it through that stretch.
We're at 330 Adams Ranch Rd in the Meadows, at the bottom of the Sunshine Express (Lift 10) and the Chondola (Lift 1). No reservations, no dress code, nobody minding a bit of trail dust. Order at the counter and take the patio if it's free.
The one catch: hot food goes out 11am–3pm. Trails run a lot longer than we do, so if lunch is part of the plan, ride the loop that puts you here before 3. Call
(970) 728-6900 if you want to check before committing to it.
