Trail Beta
Total Distance: 15.5 miles
Ride Time: 1:57
Total Time: 2:30 - 4 hours
Climbing: 1,929ft
Descending: 1,852ft
Peak Altitude: 10,211
Difficulty: 1-10
Technical: 10 (can you ride the whole thing? True ninja Skills Required)
Aerobic: 7 
This trail is a favorite of mine. It is wider and more rugged than it used to be, but that doesn't diminish how sweet this ride is! Technical and if you want to push, it will push back! Try and middle ring the whole trail!
The trail starts up Miners Creek Road. Warm up, nice and easy. You will see the trail head on the left as you come to Miners Creek. Middle ring the first two little climbs, stand on it. The first section of the trail often has day hikers and recreational bikers, they soon thin out as the climbing work begins, so be courteous. 
The trail follows Miners Creek, which is a series of beaver ponds most of the way up. Few sections of the trail, till you reach Gold Hill, are without water next to the trail, making for a beautiful ride. I love climbing this trail, small "flat" sections punctuate intense, if not short, climbs. There is little sustained climbing making this trail a power riders delight. If the trail is whupping you, remember how fun the downhill is going to be.
The climbing really starts after the Log water bar section. 
Put power down as the trail hits you with steep technical sections, climbing steadily till the Miners Creek intersection, stay on main trail making a left. Spin out your legs as you follow the ridge swooping through the pines you can really accelerate on the buffed out trail. As you come into a clearing of younger trees, you will see the "bench". Good place to stop, eat and enjoy the view.
Most of your climbing is done, the trail follows the 10 mile range, as you enjoy a small descent. This ends on the Aqueduct section of the trail, passing an old trail sign on the left. Big ring the Aqueduct! The aqueduct ends and the technical fun begins. Severe rocky and rooted sections exist and some surprising climbs will taunt you. The trail ends after 7 miles at Peak 8 in Breckenridge. Another good place for food and rest. Now comes the fun part!
Turn around and retrace your steps. You will climb the Breckenridge side about 900 ft, use power and your middle ring through the rocks! Now you will descend everything you climbed! This trail is really fast. Disk brakes are nice as you may encounter uphill riders while you are blazing the downhill. Please yield the right away to the climbers, pull over, don't be "That Guy".
Hold your bars, not your brakes and send it! Ride back to your car, hit Frisco Main St. for Beers!
