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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.
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Trail Last Ridden
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Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
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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.
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Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
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- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
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Trails are colored based on popularity. The more popular a trail is, the more red. Less popular trails trend towards green.
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Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
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SaveBadlands National Park has something to offer every visitor. Families? Attend a Junior Ranger Program and hike Fossil Exhibit Trail, a great place for little ones to explore. Experienced hikers? Check out a social trail and backcountry camp for the night. Sore feet from days of exploring? Drive the Badlands Loop Road and keep an eye out for wildlife
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- Mountain Bike
1 trails
- Horse
1 trails
- Hike
14 trails
- Trail Running
13 trails
Region Details
- 1
Region Status
Open as of May 19, 2023Stats
- Trails (view details)
- 14
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 1
- Trails Horse
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 14
- Trails Trail Running
- 13
- Total Distance
- 10 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 3 miles
- Total Descent
- 280 ft
- Total Vertical
- 377 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 2,789 ft
- Reports
- 4
- Photos
- 1
- Ridden Counter
- 426
Articles
I Saw an Epic Sunset at Badlands National Park
Nov 2, 2020 from outsideonline.com
Our 62 Parks Traveler meets bison and sees surreal geography at this South Dakota stop, the 23rd visit on her journey to see every U.S. national park
This Badlands Overnight is the Perfect Stargazing Hike for Beginners
Aug 19, 2021 from backpacker.com
Take a newbie hiker on this perfect Badlands stargazing hike.
Popular Badlands National Park Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Shelf Nature Trail (Spur) |
Photos of Badlands National Park Mountain Bike
trail: Window Trail
4 |
Nov 26, 2023 @ 7:40am
3 daysRecent Trail Reports
no previous reports, add one now!
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shaneshepherd | add | photo | in My City | Nov 26, 2023 @ 11:34am 3 days |
| Dquady | add | report | Notch Trail | Oct 21, 2023 @ 8:15pm Oct 21, 2023 |
| bisraelsen | add | report | Notch Trail | Jun 19, 2023 @ 7:06am Jun 19, 2023 |
| Cuda77 | add | report | Cliff Shelf Nature Trail | May 19, 2023 @ 1:23pm May 19, 2023 |
| chuktA | add | trail | Cliff Shelf Nature Trail (Spur) and 4 more | Apr 7, 2022 @ 10:00am Apr 7, 2022 |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 1 | 384 ft | 13 ft | #6,447 | 4 | 32 | ||||||
| Horse | 1 | 384 ft | 13 ft | #1,372 | ||||||||
| Hike | 14 | 10 miles | 279 ft | 3 miles | 377 ft | #9,492 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 215 | ||
| Trail Running | 13 | 10 miles | 272 ft | 3 miles | 377 ft | #6,660 | 4 | 14 |
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