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- Freeze/thaw Cycle
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- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
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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
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
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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
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
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Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 463
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 413
- Trails E-Bike
- 133
- Trails Horse
- 31
- Trails Hike
- 448
- Trails Trail Running
- 433
- Trails Snowshoe
- 36
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 10
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 36
- Total Distance
- 889 miles
- Total Descent
- 18,709 ft
- Total Vertical
- 472 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 922 ft
- Reports
- 6,702
- Photos
- 340
- Ridden Counter
- 26,848
Sub Regions
- Cook County (159)
- Chicago (9)
- Des Plains (1)
- Glencoe (5)
- Skokie Lagoons (4)
- Hoffman Estates (10)
- Homewood (10)
- Lemont (21)
- Waterfall Glen (0)
- Lemont (8)
- Mt. Prospect (1)
- Northbrook (1)
- Chipily Woods (1)
- Oak Forest (10)
- Orland Park (9)
- Orland Grassland (8)
- Palatine (1)
- Palos Heights (17)
- Rubio Woods (3)
- Sag Valley (2)
- Swallow Cliff (7)
- Palos Hills (71)
- Streamwood (5)
- Busse Woods (0)
- DuPage County (51)
- Glen Ellyn (2)
- Naperville (14)
- Warrenville (9)
- Winfield (2)
- Woodridge (17)
- Kane County (39)
- Batavia (5)
- Carpentersville (26)
- South Elgin (3)
- St Charles (4)
- Leroy Oaks (1)
- Kankakee County (2)
- Kankakee (2)
- Kankakee (2)
- Kendall County (48)
- Oswego (48)
- Saw Wee Kee Park (25)
- Oswego (48)
- Lake County (84)
- McHenry County (3)
- Crystal Lake (5)
- McHenry (1)
- Will County (9)
- Elwood (6)
- Midewin (6)
- Joliet (6)
- Pilcher Park (3)
- Mokena (8)
- Elwood (6)
- River Forest (3)
Popular Chicago Metro Area Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Ravines Palos Forest Preserve | |||
| Bullwhip Palos Forest Preserve | |||
| One Day Palos Forest Preserve | |||
| Hickory Smoked Palos Forest Preserve | |||
| Gravity Cavity Palos Forest Preserve | |||
| Psycho Path Palos Forest Preserve | |||
| Maple Lake East Palos Forest Preserve | |||
| Stonehouse Palos Forest Preserve | |||
| Cemetery Hill Loop Palos Forest Preserve | |||
| Campground Trail Palos Forest Preserve | |||
| Grass HIll Palos Forest Preserve | |||
| Little Monza Meadowdale Raceway Woods | |||
| TURF Palos Forest Preserve | |||
| Trailhead Connector Carpentersville | |||
| Silo Hill Meadowdale Raceway Woods |
Chicago Metro Area Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Palos with Canal Loop Palos Forest Preserve | 15 miles | |
| 8 Mile Fast Ride Palos Forest Preserve | 8 miles | |
| If You Were East Coast: Shook One Part 1 Palos Forest Preserve | 8 miles | |
| Fast Gravel Grinder Palos Forest Preserve | 29 miles | |
| When the East is in the House: Shook Ones Part: Two Palos Forest Preserve | 12 miles | |
| Meltdown 2022 Pathetic Attempt CH Palos Forest Preserve | 7 miles | |
| MudslingersEC SWK Long Loop Saw Wee Kee Park | 9 miles | |
| Palos Outer Loop Palos Forest Preserve | 14 miles | |
| Palos-WSW 20M Palos Forest Preserve | 19 miles | |
| South Palos Singletrack and Canal Palos Hills | 9 miles |
Photos of Chicago Metro Area Mountain Bike
trail: Rollercoaster
11 |
Nov 9, 2022 @ 11:06pm
Nov 9, 2022
trail: Rollercoaster
6 |
Nov 9, 2022 @ 11:05pm
Nov 9, 2022
trail: XX Extension
10 |
Oct 30, 2022 @ 11:30am
Oct 30, 2022
trail: Meadowdale
13 |
Oct 8, 2022 @ 11:46am
Oct 8, 2022
trail: 3 Ravines
32 |
Sep 28, 2022 @ 8:34am
Sep 28, 2022
trail: Stonehouse
10 |
Sep 10, 2022 @ 4:39am
Sep 10, 2022Videos of Chicago Metro Area Mountain Bike
trail: Cal-Sag (Palos)
106 |
May 28, 2022
trail: Dominator
22 |
Dec 25, 2020
trail: Cal-Sag (Palos)
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Dec 7, 2020
trail: Maple Lake East
3:12 |
32 |
Aug 19, 2020
trail: Cal-Sag (Palos)
0:20 |
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Jul 18, 2020
trail: Maple Lake East
1:00 |
278 |
Jul 3, 2017
trail: Maple Lake East
3:34 |
211 |
Mar 15, 2017
trail: Burrito Hill
0:39 |
76 |
Dec 13, 2016
Recent Trail Reports
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | JET12 | update | trail | 4x Drops Loop | Feb 2, 2023 @ 12:50pm 3 hours |
 | WillieJacobsz | update | directory | Chicago Area Mountain Bikers (CAMBr) | Feb 2, 2023 @ 9:59am 6 hours |
 | Jcoyoung | add | report | 3 Ravines and 60 more | Feb 2, 2023 @ 8:31am 7 hours |
 | Bettybuell | add | trail | Spur1 and 8 more | Feb 2, 2023 @ 6:58am 9 hours |
| Bettybuell | update | trail | Skills Area and 5 more | Feb 2, 2023 @ 6:50am 9 hours |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | trail | Mountain biking not allowed according to... | Nov 11, 2022 @ 10:13am Nov 11, 2022 | ||
| trail | Wanted to warm up On a green trail but I got... | Jul 17, 2022 @ 11:03am Jul 17, 2022 | ||
| report | How wet was it? | May 10, 2022 @ 3:24pm May 10, 2022 | ||
| trail | The first five miles, from the southern tip,... | May 1, 2022 @ 4:00pm May 1, 2022 | ||
 | trail | A shorter, more fun (imo) and challenging... | Mar 11, 2022 @ 4:50am Mar 11, 2022 |
Local Badges
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10 Blue Trails339 awarded -
Completionist2 awarded -
10 Green Trails296 awarded -
10 Green Trails95 awarded -
10 Blue Trails191 awarded -
Big Ride 30k1,028 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Garden Dirt Jumps | skill park | Chicago | |
| Salt Creek dirtjumps | skill park | Villa Park | |
| Big Marsh Pump Track | skill park | Chicago |
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Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 413 | 867 miles | 17,657 ft | 286 miles | 472 ft | 326 | 6,695 | 18 | 69,719 | |||
| E-Bike | 133 | 385 miles | 4,839 ft | 122 miles | 472 ft | 1,587 | 171 | |||||
| Horse | 31 | 25 miles | 1,932 ft | 10 miles | 164 ft | 607 | 19 | |||||
| Hike | 448 | 885 miles | 18,589 ft | 292 miles | 472 ft | 12 | 6,662 | 2 | 1,748 | |||
| Trail Running | 433 | 885 miles | 18,563 ft | 291 miles | 472 ft | 6,661 | 3 | 509 | ||||
| Snowshoe | 36 | 35 miles | 2,146 ft | 13 miles | 164 ft | 118 | 38 | |||||
| Backcountry Ski | 10 | 10 miles | 633 ft | 4 miles | 157 ft | 18 | 21 | |||||
| Nordic Ski | 36 | 36 miles | 2,113 ft | 13 miles | 164 ft | 120 | 96 |
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NSMBA TRAILFORKS & contributors - Admins: PlumbBobM, CAMBR
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