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- Freeze/thaw Cycle
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- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
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Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
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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.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
- bi-directional trail
- no data
Trail Last Ridden
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- < 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
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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
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
Trails Deemphasized
Trails are shown in grey.
Only show trails with NO bikes.
Bigleaf Slopes Park was established by an agreement between Iredell County and the Tarheel Trailblazers. Members of the mountain bike organization approached Iredell County with a proposal to build the trail on County owned property, over the course of 3 years.
The property is approximately 104 acres of wooded and open-space land with significant diversity in plant species. Most uniquely present is the Bigleaf Magnolia species, for which the park is named. Magnolia macrophylla, the Bigleaf Magnolia, is a deciduous magnolia native to the southeastern United States and eastern Mexico. This species boasts the largest simple leaf and single flower of any native plant in North America.
Phase I of the facility features 2.5 miles of varying degrees in difficulty of mountain biking and hiking trails. Plans for additional trails are scheduled for fall and winter of 2016 and 2017, to extend the total trail mileage to approximately 6 miles.
Since 2013, over 1500 hours of volunteer community efforts have been contributed to the property, including topography assessment, trail design, and finally trail construction. The development of this amazing new facility for Iredell County Parks and Recreation could not have been possible without the efforts of all of those dedicated volunteers.
The property is approximately 104 acres of wooded and open-space land with significant diversity in plant species. Most uniquely present is the Bigleaf Magnolia species, for which the park is named. Magnolia macrophylla, the Bigleaf Magnolia, is a deciduous magnolia native to the southeastern United States and eastern Mexico. This species boasts the largest simple leaf and single flower of any native plant in North America.
Phase I of the facility features 2.5 miles of varying degrees in difficulty of mountain biking and hiking trails. Plans for additional trails are scheduled for fall and winter of 2016 and 2017, to extend the total trail mileage to approximately 6 miles.
Since 2013, over 1500 hours of volunteer community efforts have been contributed to the property, including topography assessment, trail design, and finally trail construction. The development of this amazing new facility for Iredell County Parks and Recreation could not have been possible without the efforts of all of those dedicated volunteers.
source: Tarheel Trailblazers

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- Mountain Bike
5 trails
- Hike
5 trails
- Trail Running
5 trails
Region Details
- 5
Region Status
Open as of Nov 11, 2019Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 5
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 5
- Trails Hike
- 5
- Trails Trail Running
- 5
- Total Distance
- 3 miles
- Total Descent
- 368 ft
- Total Vertical
- 96 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 846 ft
- Reports
- 29
- Ridden Counter
- 162
Popular Big Leaf Slopes Park Mountain Biking Trails
status | title | difficulty | rating |
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Second Loop | |||
Third Loop | |||
Access Trail | |||
First Loop | |||
Forth Loop |
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Access Trail | Apr 23, 2021 @ 2:13pm Apr 23, 2021 | Dry | clayhinson | ||
Second Loop | Apr 23, 2021 @ 2:13pm Apr 23, 2021 | Dry | clayhinson | ||
Forth Loop | Aug 2, 2020 @ 8:00am Aug 2, 2020 | Dry | ncusdan | ||
Third Loop | Dec 8, 2019 @ 3:54am Dec 8, 2019 | Dry | ncpappy | ||
First Loop | Dec 8, 2019 @ 3:48am Dec 8, 2019 | Dry | ncpappy |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date | |
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![]() | clayhinson | add | report | Access Trail and 1 more | Apr 23, 2021 @ 6:14pm Apr 23, 2021 |
![]() | ncdad2403 | vote | trail | Access Trail and 4 more | Nov 22, 2020 @ 5:37am Nov 22, 2020 |
![]() | Kuhn48 | ridden | trail | Access Trail and 4 more | Sep 29, 2020 @ 5:53am Sep 29, 2020 |
![]() | sweetsasstronaut | ridden | trail | First Loop and 4 more | Aug 23, 2020 @ 7:13pm Aug 23, 2020 |
![]() | ncusdan | add | report | Access Trail and 2 more | Aug 2, 2020 @ 10:15am Aug 2, 2020 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date | |
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![]() | report | trail had been recently blown, great for riding | Dec 11, 2019 @ 12:51pm Dec 11, 2019 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
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Signal Hill | 2 | 2.4 km | |||
Mazeppa Park | 1 | 9.4 km | |||
Lake Norman State Park | 7 | 2 | 9.6 km | ||
Salisbury Community Park | 1 | 5 | 15.9 km | ||
Mountain Creek Park | 16.6 km |
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 | 5 | 3 miles | 367 ft | 1 mile | 95 ft | #4,500 | #1,990 | 29 | 64 | |||
Hike | 5 | 3 miles | 367 ft | 1 mile | 95 ft | #3,771 | #1,850 | 29 | 1 | |||
Trail Running | 5 | 3 miles | 367 ft | 1 mile | 95 ft | #3,786 | #1,852 | 29 |
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