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Your Great Minnesota Ski Pass fee goes directly toward grooming cross-country ski trails! If you are 16 or older, you must have a Great Minnesota Ski Pass to ski on groomed trails in Minnesota state parks or state forests, or on state or grant-in-aid trails. Sign your Ski Pass and be sure to carry it with you every time you go skiing. (If you prefer, take a photo of both sides of your pass and carry it on your phone.)
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Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
217 trails
- E-Bike
227 trails
- Gravel Bike
7 trails
- Adaptive Bike
2 trails
- Winter Fat Bike
4 trails
- Horse
12 trails
- Hike
322 trails
- Trail Running
321 trails
- Snowmobile
20 trails
- Snowshoe
112 trails
- Downhill Ski
33 trails
- Backcountry Ski
6 trails
- Nordic Ski
106 trails
Region Details
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- Trails (view details)
- 415
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 217
- Trails E-Bike
- 227
- Trails Gravel Bike
- 7
- Trails Adaptive Bike
- 2
- Trails Winter Fat Bike
- 4
- Trails Horse
- 12
- Trails Hike
- 322
- Trails Trail Running
- 321
- Trails Snowmobile
- 20
- Trails Snowshoe
- 112
- Trails Downhill Ski
- 38
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 6
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 106
- Total Distance
- 332 miles
- Total Descent
- 37,780 ft
- Total Vertical
- 944 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,546 ft
- Reports
- 26,668
- Photos
- 1,028
- Ridden Counter
- 97,026
Articles
The Best Mountain Biking in Minnesota
Aug 22, 2024 from outsideonline.com
World-class riding is the state’s best-kept secret. These are the top trails, according to a local expert.
Destination Showcase: Duluth & Lebanon Hills, Minnesota
Aug 7, 2019 from pinkbike.com
Check out two more of the top places to mountain bike in Minnesota.
Sub Regions
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Bagley Nature Area
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Chester Park Area
- 2
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Congdon Park
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Ely's Peak
- 1
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French River Headwaters AMA
- 2
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Hartley Park
- 2
- 3
- 10
- 6
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Lester Park Trails
- 1
- 4
- 1
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Mission Creek
- 6
- 7
- 2
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Piedmont & Brewer
- 1
- 8
- 8
- 9
- 7
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Spirit Mountain
- 6
- 2
- 2
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Spirit Mountain Bike Park
- 11
- 8
- 11
- 6
Popular Duluth Mountain Biking Trails
• 95 ★ 4.5 • 1 mile • 83 ft • 1,001 •
This is the Duluth Traverse section through Piedmont is a fairly smooth green level trail, with several wide wooden bridges. The surface is mostly smooth and well packed dirt. It runs through a pretty forest and offers the fastest...
• 95 ★ 4.6 • 2 miles • 168 ft • 991 •
This leg offers many long-travel-bike b-lines, rough bedrock traverses, berms, and features. The terrain is relatively rough, so it's not easy to "flow" or easily maintain a descent speed - you have to work for it a little more! This...
• 95 ★ 4.3 • 3,783 ft • 24 ft • 979 •
Highly rated popular blue difficulty singletrack. This mountain bike primary trail and has a moderate overall physical rating with a 24 ft blue climb. It features bridge and rock face. Trail visibility is always easy to follow. On average it takes 6 minutes to complete this trail.
• 95 ★ 4.5 • 405 ft • 0 ft • 973 •
An with medium sized table top features and a large, A-frame style jump.
• 100 ★ 4.6 • 771 ft • 0 ft • 968 •
Sprung-a-Leak has berms, intermediate level rock faces and boardwalks with multiple advanced b-lines. The b-lines offer steep roll overs and possible drops. With so many options to ride, can be different every time down.
• 95 ★ 4.2 • 915 ft • 28 ft • 955 •
Highly rated popular blue difficulty singletrack. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions and has a easy overall physical rating with a 28 ft green climb. On average it takes 2 minutes to complete this trail.
• 70 ★ 3.7 • 1 mile • 23 ft • 953 •
Classic machine-built IMBA flow trail. Mostly dirt singletrack with a few spots of bedrock. Tight bermed switchbacks.
• 95 ★ 4.9 • 4 miles • 433 ft • 924 •
This is a rolling, bermed, flowing, machine-built stretch of singletrack, generally following the western edge of . This trail is ripping fast both ways: DESCENDING is fantastic and nearly effortless because you can keep your speed...
Duluth Mountain Bike Routes
Duluth Traverse Featured
★ 4.3 • 41 miles • 3,596 ft • 30 • Point to Point •
Current as of July 2022: the Duluth Traverse can be ridden end-to-end through use of a few short on-road...
★ 5.0 • 68 miles • 4,537 ft • 29 • Loop •
This is a "bowtie" shaped route: you park in the middle (home base) and ride a loop to each side, covering...
★ 5.0 • 7 miles • 924 ft • 25 • Loop •
A simple loop through Piedmont, hitting almost all of the most difficult trails in the system. There are a...
★ 3.7 • 44 miles • 3,406 ft • 61 • Point to Point •
2019 COGGS Gitchee Gumee Gallivant to be held September 19, 2019. For more information, visit...
★ 2.0 • 8 miles • 729 ft • 1 •
This will be the primary winter loop in the MIssion Creek trails for the 2024 Winter Season and will...
4 miles • 336 ft • 8 • Loop •
DES Fat Bike Enduro - 3/7/2026 - Recreational Class Stage 1: Stage 2: Stage 3: Upper Burner
Photos of Duluth Mountain Bike
Videos of Duluth Mountain Bike
trail: Dreamland
0:08 |
112 |
Jan 26, 2025
trail: Monkey Business
0:13 |
131 |
Sep 12, 2023
trail: Antenna Farm
6:12 |
50 |
Mar 14, 2023
trail: Lollygagger
5:00 |
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Mar 3, 2023
trail: Medropolis
0:16 |
149 |
Sep 16, 2022
0:20 |
119 |
Jul 26, 2022
trail: Fern Gully
0:24 |
169 |
Sep 7, 2021
trail: Fern Gully
0:30 |
93 |
Dec 2, 2020
Current Trail Warnings
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
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| Lester River Trail | Jul 7, 2026 @ 3:59pm (America/Chicago) 5 hours | Wet | DuluthMnMTB | Wet as crappppp | |
| Chester Bowl Rim | Jul 3, 2026 @ 5:40pm (America/Atikokan) Jul 3, 2026 | Prevalent Mud | DuluthMnMTB | ||
| Westchester | Jul 3, 2026 @ 5:40pm (America/Atikokan) Jul 3, 2026 | Prevalent Mud | DuluthMnMTB |
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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| Access Road | Jul 7, 2026 @ 9:49am (America/Atikokan) 12 hours | Ideal | Smedy | ||
| DWP Trail | Jul 7, 2026 @ 9:49am (America/Atikokan) 12 hours | Ideal | Smedy | ||
| Fairmount (Duluth Traverse) | Jul 7, 2026 @ 9:49am (America/Atikokan) 12 hours | Variable | Smedy | ||
| Kingsbury (Duluth Traverse) | Jul 7, 2026 @ 9:49am (America/Atikokan) 12 hours | Variable | Smedy | ||
| Fern Gully | Jul 7, 2026 @ 9:49am (America/Atikokan) 12 hours | Prevalent Mud | Smedy | ||
| Spirit Mountain East (Duluth Traverse) | Jul 7, 2026 @ 9:49am (America/Atikokan) 12 hours | Variable | Smedy | ||
| Access Road | Jul 7, 2026 @ 9:49am (America/Atikokan) 12 hours | Ideal | Smedy | ||
| DWP | Jul 7, 2026 @ 9:49am (America/Atikokan) 12 hours | Ideal | Smedy | ||
| Duluth Traverse - Short Line Trail | Jul 7, 2026 @ 9:49am (America/Atikokan) 12 hours | Variable | Smedy | ||
| DWP | Jul 7, 2026 @ 9:49am (America/Atikokan) 12 hours | Ideal | Smedy |
National Scenic Trails & Official Routes
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Duluth Traverse
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DuluthMnMTB | add | report | activity #98665800 | Jul 7, 2026 @ 1:59pm 5 hours |
| Smedy | vote | trail | activity #98656978 and 2 more | Jul 7, 2026 @ 11:39am 8 hours |
| Smedy | add | report | activity #98655534 and 1 more | Jul 7, 2026 @ 11:17am 8 hours |
| Smedy | add | report | activity #98655528 and 2 more | Jul 7, 2026 @ 11:17am 8 hours |
| Smedy | add | report | activity #98655527 | Jul 7, 2026 @ 11:17am 8 hours |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
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| trail | My dad (an experienced rider) broke his wrist... | Jun 28, 2026 @ 2:59pm Jun 28, 2026 | ||
| trail | Really a black, rather than a blue trail, but... | Jun 9, 2026 @ 8:14am Jun 9, 2026 | ||
| report | Closed according to trailbot | May 11, 2026 @ 4:57pm May 11, 2026 | ||
| report | The tree isn’t touching the skinny, but... | Nov 18, 2025 @ 7:25am Nov 18, 2025 | ||
| trail | The drop looks amazing to ride, but the drop... | Nov 14, 2025 @ 3:52pm Nov 14, 2025 |
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Completionist22 awarded -
Big Ride 30k6,218 awarded -
Epic Ride 50k1,878 awarded -
Top 10 Trails94 awarded -
Completionist4 awarded -
Completionist31 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
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| Spirit Mountain Bike Park | bike park | Duluth | |
| Spirit Mountain | bike park | Duluth | |
| Pump Track | skill park | Duluth | |
| Spirit Mountain Skills Park | skill park | Duluth | |
| Keene Creek Dirt Jumps | skill park | Duluth |
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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 | 217 | 178 miles | 19,879 ft | 76 miles | 902 ft | #121 | #47 | 939 | 26,349 | 48 | 67,779 | |
| E-Bike | 227 | 196 miles | 20,269 ft | 82 miles | 945 ft | #356 | #694 | 14,975 | 5 | 1,903 | ||
| Gravel Bike | 7 | 7 miles | 364 ft | 2 miles | 509 ft | #206 | #843 | 1,395 | 2 | 571 | ||
| Adaptive Bike | 2 | #225 | #1,479 | 765 | 3 | |||||||
| Winter Fat Bike | 4 | #13 | #762 | 14 | 2 | 125 | ||||||
| Horse | 12 | 39 miles | 1,837 ft | 17 miles | 820 ft | #706 | #544 | 12,330 | 6 | |||
| Hike | 322 | 273 miles | 21,690 ft | 101 miles | 945 ft | #162 | #92 | 35 | 26,187 | 3 | 4,862 | |
| Trail Running | 321 | 273 miles | 21,670 ft | 101 miles | 945 ft | #212 | #92 | 54 | 26,186 | 3 | 6,628 | |
| Snowmobile | 20 | 54 miles | 3,107 ft | 22 miles | 830 ft | #42 | #30 | 87 | 2 | |||
| Snowshoe | 112 | 79 miles | 7,369 ft | 28 miles | 899 ft | #52 | #15 | 6,296 | 3 | 265 | ||
| Downhill Ski | 33 | 6 miles | 4,485 ft | 6 miles | 541 ft | #207 | #83 | 5,482 | 1,041 | |||
| Backcountry Ski | 6 | 3 miles | 446 ft | 1 mile | 587 ft | #176 | #33 | 81 | 147 | |||
| Nordic Ski | 106 | 57 miles | 4,728 ft | 22 miles | 758 ft | #17 | #6 | 4 | 6,380 | 4,030 |
Frequently Asked Questions About Duluth
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What are the best places to ride in Duluth?
Duluth has 23 areas to explore for mountain biking. The top rated areas are:
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What are the highest rated mountain biking trails in Duluth?
The highest rated mountain biking trails in Duluth are:
- Keene (4.7/5)
- Calculated Risk (4.6/5)
- Lester River Trail (4.6/5)
- Kissing Booth (4.6/5)
- Enger Trail (4.6/5)
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What is the best time of the year to ride in Duluth?
Based on ride log data, the most popular months to ride in Duluth are:
- July (1,506 activities)
- August (1,157 activities)
- June (987 activities)
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Where can I park to ride in Duluth?
There are 50 parking locations listed in Duluth. The most popular parking spots are:
- E Skyline Parkway parking lot (Amity, Lester, Duluth Traverse trails)
- Haines Road Parking Area
- Hartley Nature Center parking
- Hartley Parking
- Lester Park Parking Lot
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