Montrose Skatepark in Colorado | Baldridge Park

The Montrose Skatepark in Colorado is a large scale cement skatepark with an awesome vert layout. All throughout the skatepark you’ll find smooth transitions, banked turns and tall vert walls that are great for riding a longboard in a skatepark. These large features make this skatepark a lot of fun for experienced riders because you can generate a lot of speed and take advantage of the great flow. And the more mellow, open side of the Montrose Skatepark is great for beginners and those looking to improve their skills.

First Impression: Montrose Skatepark

The tall walls and smooth transitions all over flow together well in a variety of directions.

Pros:
Large scale banked turns, smooth transitions and tall walls all around.

Cons:
Street style riders may be looking for more boxes and steps.

Know Before You Go:
The Montrose Skatepark is within the larger Baldridge Regional Park. In addition to the skatepark other features of the park include picnic and pavilion areas, restrooms, playgrounds, ball fields, an extensive concrete and soft-surface trail network, a disc-golf course and even a large water sports park on the Uncompaghre River for surfboards and kayaks.

Directions:
Click here to get directions to the Montrose Skatepark.

Riders Thoughts:

The Montrose Skatepark has great flow and the design is great for cruising around with a good amount of speed. The banked turns and smooth transitions make the Montrose skatepark great for riding a longboard in a skatepark.

Much of the Montrose Skatepark is set among an open layout with tall walls along the outside. These tall walls and ramps allow riders to gain a lot of speed helping them to cruise lines gracefully through the open space.

This skatepark has a cool shape and layout that make it unlike many other skateparks. There are some useful “island” features in the middle of the skatepark. These provide riders with an opportunity to drop in in any direction from the middle of the skatepark.

These islands add to the flow of the skatepark by providing banked turns and smooth transitions in the middle of the skatepark. The islands help the flow of the park because they provide riders with separation and they create different paths and tracks to ride on. For advanced riders, these islands are ideally set up for jumps and getting some air.

The Montrose Skatepark has a bunch of great pockets and banked turns all around the park. The curvy walls and humps in the ground area great for using body weight to pump and build speed through out the park. These features are what make this skatepark great for longboarding.

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Along the edges of the cement riders can find a number of different transition types. There are a few flat mellow ramps but most of the transitions are pretty steep. Luckily, there are some smooth roll in areas, along with a bunch of cement ledges, a few metal ledges, and coping which can be found all over the skatepark.

Atop one of the islands is a pretty cool donut shaped obstacle. I’ve never seen a feature like this at a skatepark. It was interesting to me but I couldn’t really do much with it since I ride a longboard. But I’m sure a creative skateboarder could find a cool way to use this feature.

There is a mellow and smaller side to the Montrose Skatepark which provides smaller kids and beginners a great spot to skate. This side has a more open and flat layout with a few smaller ramps and quarter pipes. This is also where most of the rails can be found.

Overall, the Montrose Skatepark is a great skatepark for anyone who enjoys a vert style of skating as well as those who like cruising a skatepark with a longboard. Experienced rides will love this park, and beginners will have a good place learn as well as the ability to try some larger banked turns. This whole park is pretty cool. We enjoyed seeing people surf and kayak on the man made river rapids as we didn’t expect to see anyone surfing in the land locked state of Colorado.

Thanks for Reading!

Thanks for reading about the Montrose Skatepark! We travel to skateparks all over the country and report what we find right here on The Lost Longboarder Blog. Check out the links below to see some of the other skateparks that we think are worth checking out!

• Bushmaster Skatepark in Flagstaff, AZ
• Anthem Skatepark in Henderson, NV
• Rhodes Skatepark in Boise, ID
• Curt Pernice Skatepark in Ripon, CA

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