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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
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- Snow Cover Partial
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
- bi-directional trail
- no data
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
Contribute Details
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Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months.
Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
- most popular
- popular
- less popular
- not popular
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Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
- Downhill Ski
- Backcountry Ski
- Nordic Ski
- Snowmobile
Winter Trails
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Most Popular
Least Popular
Trails are colored based on popularity. The more popular a trail is, the more red. Less popular trails trend towards green.
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
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Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
272 trails
- E-Bike
52 trails
- Horse
12 trails
- Hike
324 trails
- Trail Running
322 trails
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 313
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 278
- Trails E-Bike
- 52
- Trails Horse
- 12
- Trails Hike
- 324
- Trails Trail Running
- 322
- Trails Snowshoe
- 1
- Trails Downhill Ski
- 1
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 1
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 1
- Total Distance
- 260 miles
- Total Descent
- 42,300 ft
- Total Vertical
- 3,262 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 3,539 ft
- Reports
- 3,761
- Photos
- 291
- Ridden Counter
- 22,278
Sub Regions
- Charlottesville (160)
- Charlottesville (26)
- Crozet (12)
- Mill Creek (17)
- Biscuit Run (17)
- North Garden (19)
- Walnut Creek Park (19)
- Redfields (1)
Popular Albemarle County (Charlottesville Area) Trails
status | title | difficulty | rating |
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Preddy Connector Preddy Creek Park | |||
Valentine Loop Preddy Creek Park | |||
O-Hill "Fire Road" Observatory Hill | |||
Advanced Mountain Bike Loop Preddy Creek Park | |||
Valentine Advanced Preddy Creek Park | |||
Lukes Loop Easy Walnut Creek Park | |||
O-Hill Long Downhill Observatory Hill | |||
Preddy Creek Loop Preddy Creek Park | |||
The Blue Wheel West Access Walnut Creek Park | |||
Switchback Lullaby Heyward Community Forest | |||
Rooster Run Preddy Creek Park | |||
C'villeBike & Tri JustClimb It Trail Walnut Creek Park | |||
Heyward Stream Trail Heyward Community Forest | |||
Voodoo Child Heyward Community Forest | |||
Reactor Trail Observatory Hill |
Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Rooster-Franken-Line Preddy Creek Park | 4 miles | |
Enduro'Hill Short Track XC Observatory Hill | 2 miles | |
Cavalier XC Race '21 Ragged Mountain Natural Area | 2 miles | |
Heyward Forest XC Ragged Mountain Natural Area | 3 miles | |
preddy Preddy Creek Park | 11 miles | |
Heyward Forest XC Ragged Mountain Natural Area | 4 miles | |
MAC DADY O Hill Trail Loop Observatory Hill | 4 miles | |
Rivanna Trail Clockwise 2022 Charlottesville | 21 miles | |
Reservoirs Ragged Mountain Natural Area | 11 miles | |
Song Mountain Observatory Hill | 2,487 ft |
Photos of Albemarle County (Charlottesville Area) Mountain Bike
trail: Big Survey Trail
10 |
Nov 23, 2024 @ 10:22am
Nov 23, 2024
trail: Big Survey Trail
11 |
Nov 23, 2024 @ 10:22am
Nov 23, 2024
trail: O-Hill Upper Perimeter
94 |
Nov 5, 2024 @ 4:43am
Nov 5, 2024
trail: Poplar Ridge
23 |
Aug 24, 2024 @ 11:36am
Aug 24, 2024
trail: Poplar Ridge
23 |
Aug 24, 2024 @ 11:36am
Aug 24, 2024
trail: Poplar Ridge
25 |
Aug 24, 2024 @ 11:35am
Aug 24, 2024
trail: Poplar Ridge
27 |
Aug 24, 2024 @ 11:35am
Aug 24, 2024
trail: Ridgeline Trail - Jump Line
88 |
Apr 8, 2022 @ 7:31pm
Apr 8, 2022Videos of Albemarle County (Charlottesville Area) Mountain Bike

trail: Walnut Creek Park
72 |
Dec 20, 2024

trail: O-Hill Jumpline
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Nov 4, 2021

trail: Older Fireroad
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Nov 4, 2021

trail: O-Hill Jumpline
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Aug 12, 2021

trail: O-Hill Jumpline
566 |
Dec 8, 2020

trail: Walnut Creek Park
0:05 |
144 |
Jul 23, 2018

trail: Walnut Creek Park
3:09 |
179 |
Jun 15, 2017

trail: O-Hill Jumpline
0:00 |
1456 |
May 12, 2017
Current Trail Warnings
status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
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Heyward Social Trail Heyward Community Forest | Apr 18, 2025 @ 4:54pm 1 day | Unknown | spencerhurst | ||
Georgetown Views Albemarle High School | Mar 25, 2025 @ 4:43pm Mar 25, 2025 | Dry | brettn13 CAMBC | Trail is hard to follow and many trees... |
Recent Trail Reports
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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spencerhurst | add | report | activity #69899205 | Apr 18, 2025 @ 4:54pm 1 day |
brettn13 | add | report | activity #69835345 and 7 more | Apr 17, 2025 @ 6:20pm 2 days |
mtwahoo | add | trail | activity #69697895 | Apr 15, 2025 @ 12:56pm Apr 15, 2025 |
brettn13 | add | report | activity #69563065 | Apr 13, 2025 @ 9:51am Apr 13, 2025 |
brettn13 | add | report | activity #69563062 and 1 more | Apr 13, 2025 @ 9:51am Apr 13, 2025 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | this trail is very fun. go ride it | Mar 30, 2025 @ 5:21am Mar 30, 2025 | ||
trail | Trailforks seems to lay the gps off its... | Mar 19, 2025 @ 1:03pm Mar 19, 2025 | ||
trail | The topo near the top is deceiving. Unless... | Aug 29, 2024 @ 6:54am Aug 29, 2024 | ||
report | Tree cleared 07/20/2024 | Jul 26, 2024 @ 6:35am Jul 26, 2024 | ||
report | Cleared | Jul 20, 2024 @ 4:13pm Jul 20, 2024 |
Local Badges
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Epic Ride 50k24 awarded -
Top 10 Trails7 awarded -
Descent 10k Badge7 awarded -
Epic Ride Climb 2k79 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge102 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge7 awarded
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 272 | 139 miles | 20,630 ft | 57 miles | 2,320 ft | 276 | 3,863 | 10 | 28,284 | |||
E-Bike | 52 | 18 miles | 1,686 ft | 7 miles | 2,093 ft | 3,639 | 578 | |||||
Horse | 12 | 7 miles | 427 ft | 2 miles | 1,939 ft | 198 | ||||||
Hike | 324 | 259 miles | 42,178 ft | 107 miles | 3,261 ft | 25 | 3,859 | 1 | 2,021 | |||
Trail Running | 322 | 259 miles | 42,178 ft | 107 miles | 3,261 ft | 3,853 | 2 | 1,646 | ||||
Snowshoe | 1 | 1,499 ft | 23 ft | 771 ft | 30 ft | 1 | 2 | |||||
Downhill Ski | 1 | 1,499 ft | 23 ft | 771 ft | 30 ft | 1 | 103 | |||||
Backcountry Ski | 1 | 1,499 ft | 23 ft | 771 ft | 30 ft | 1 | 2 | |||||
Nordic Ski | 1 | 1,499 ft | 23 ft | 771 ft | 30 ft | 1 | 18 |
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