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- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
Trail 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%
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
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- 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.
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- popular
- less popular
- not popular
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Trail Report Status
- Access Road/Trail
- White
- Green
- Blue
- Black
- Double Black Diamond
Trail Report Status
- Clear / Green
- Minor Issue / Yellow
- Significant Issue / Amber
- Closed
- Land Owner Overlay
- Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
- BLM (public)
- USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
- State land
- Indigenous
- Military
Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
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Viewpoint
Information
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Bridge
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This region uses the Uk/Euro style trail grading system.
Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
242 trails
- E-Bike
236 trails
- Hike
237 trails
- Trail Running
237 trails
- Horse
74 trails
- Dirtbike
6 trails
- ATV/ORV/OHV
5 trails
- Nordic Ski
0 trails
Region Details
- 63
- 122
- 52
- 5
Region Status
Open as of Jan 2, 2021Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 261
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 242
- Trails E-Bike
- 236
- Trails Hike
- 237
- Trails Trail Running
- 237
- Trails Horse
- 74
- Trails Dirtbike
- 6
- Trails Observed Trials
- 1
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 5
- Trails Snowmobile
- 3
- Total Distance
- 151 miles
- Total Descent
- 9,843 ft
- Total Vertical
- 460 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 465 ft
- Reports
- 805
- Photos
- 799
- Ridden Counter
- 5,600
Sub Regions
- Brentwood (3)
- Colchester (3)
- Danbury (50)
- Danbury Common (1)
- Grain (1)
- Harlow (37)
- Southend-on-Sea (11)
- Benfleet Downs (0)
- Hadleigh Park (8)
- Epping Forest (227)
Popular Essex Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Beech carpark to Claypit Hill (bridleway) Epping Forest | |||
| Hadleigh XC - Part 1 Hadleigh Park | |||
| Hadleigh XC - Part 2 Hadleigh Park | |||
| Wake Arms Bridleway Epping Forest | |||
| Pinball/Table Run Danbury | |||
| Blue Bell Danbury | |||
| Climb Up Danbury | |||
| Bermy Loop - Full Hadleigh Park | |||
| Cannonball (Kate's Cellar pt.1) Epping Forest | |||
| Volcano Run Danbury | |||
| Access Road Hadleigh Park | |||
| Coffin Danbury | |||
| Fireroad Climb Danbury | |||
| Feel The Payne Danbury | |||
| Root City Ride (Kate's Cellar Pt.2) Epping Forest |
Essex Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Epping Forest 28K/17M Loop Epping | 17 miles | |
| River Roding & Epping Forest Loop Greater London | 32 miles | |
| Epping Long Loop lots of good trails London | 27 miles | |
| Wylde Skye Tap Room Loop Saffron Walden | 67 miles | |
| Cock Inn to The White Hart (Pub 2 Pub) Southend-on-Sea | 4 miles | |
| Monica's 1st Boardy ride Colchester | 17 miles | |
| HMTBC Monday night ride Benfleet Downs | 21 miles | |
| Belfairs woods to Hockley loop Southend-on-Sea | 21 miles | |
| Bermy Loop - Full Hadleigh Park | 2,969 ft | |
| Colchester Cycling Colchester | 12 miles |
Recent Ridelog Activity in Region
Today
- 0 rides
- 0 ft avg distance
Yesterday
- 6 rides
- 12 miles avg distance
Past Week
- 82 rides
- 14 miles avg distance
Photos of Essex Mountain Bike
trail: Start of Something New
10 |
Oct 9, 2020 @ 12:50am
Oct 9, 2020
trail: Start of Something New
8 |
Aug 10, 2020 @ 11:16am
Aug 10, 2020
trail: Start of Something New
9 |
Aug 10, 2020 @ 11:14am
Aug 10, 2020
trail: Start of Something New
8 |
Aug 10, 2020 @ 11:14am
Aug 10, 2020Videos of Essex Mountain Bike
trail: Hadleigh XC - Part 1
6:01 |
194 |
Oct 26, 2019
trail: Blue Bell
0:59 |
103 |
Sep 24, 2019
trail: Blue Bell
0:53 |
284 |
Mar 15, 2017
trail: Warren
1:23 |
225 |
Dec 23, 2016
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodman's Glade to Ludgate Plain (Bury Wood) bridleway Epping Forest | Jan 2, 2021 @ 12:27am Jan 2, 2021 | Wet | tonykc | ||
| Almshouse Plain Bridleway Epping Forest | Jan 2, 2021 @ 12:27am Jan 2, 2021 | Wet | tonykc | ||
| Redbridge Cycle Route Epping Forest | Dec 28, 2020 @ 2:58am Dec 28, 2020 | Variable | crystal-lettuce | ||
| Roding Valley Way Epping Forest | Dec 28, 2020 @ 2:58am Dec 28, 2020 | Variable | crystal-lettuce | ||
| Redbridge Cycle Route Epping Forest | Dec 28, 2020 @ 2:58am Dec 28, 2020 | Ideal | crystal-lettuce | ||
| Trail Epping Forest | Dec 28, 2020 @ 2:58am Dec 28, 2020 | Wet | crystal-lettuce | ||
| Trail Epping Forest | Dec 28, 2020 @ 2:58am Dec 28, 2020 | Variable | crystal-lettuce | ||
| Over the Trees Epping Forest | Dec 28, 2020 @ 2:24am Dec 28, 2020 | Wet | flapjan | ||
| Holly Bush/Two Drops Danbury | Dec 6, 2020 @ 2:42pm Dec 6, 2020 | Prevalent Mud | djrhys2012 | ||
| Lingwood main path Danbury | Nov 20, 2020 @ 4:48am Nov 20, 2020 | Prevalent Mud | ScottCarruthers |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | s7612f | wishlist | trail | Beechy Brook Trail | Jan 13, 2021 @ 4:39am Jan 13, 2021 |
| Rchowardrx8 | wishlist | trail | River Stort Trail and 1 more | Jan 9, 2021 @ 1:14pm Jan 9, 2021 |
| Guffnuts | wishlist | trail | Hadleigh XC - Part 1 and 1 more | Jan 2, 2021 @ 2:41pm Jan 2, 2021 |
| tonykc | add | report | Woodman's Glade to Ludgate Plain (Bury Wood) bridleway and 4 more | Jan 2, 2021 @ 3:30am Jan 2, 2021 |
 | Lewis-56 | ridden | trail | Route A and 8 more | Dec 31, 2020 @ 11:57am Dec 31, 2020 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Fallen tree half way trough so new route which... | Sep 22, 2020 @ 10:59am Sep 22, 2020 | ||
| trail | As soon as we get some rain we will get the... | Aug 10, 2020 @ 11:22am Aug 10, 2020 | ||
| report | All clear dry | Jun 25, 2020 @ 8:03am Jun 25, 2020 | ||
| trail | Nice few jumps and berms but massive fallen... | Jun 8, 2020 @ 10:16am Jun 8, 2020 | ||
| trail | Really hard to follow the track, could be due... | May 14, 2020 @ 5:29am May 14, 2020 |
Local Badges
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Completionist0 awarded -
Big Ride 30k420 awarded -
Top 10 Trails19 awarded -
Epic Ride 50k167 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge8 awarded -
Epic Ride Climb 2k0 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baddow Pumptrack | skill park | Chelmsford | |
| Braintree BMX Track | skill park | Chelmsford | |
| Promenade Park Pumptrack | skill park | Danbury | |
| Rayne Village Hall Pumptrack | skill park | Chelmsford | |
| Tiptree Pumptrack | skill park | Danbury |
Local Trail Supporters
- Danbury Dig crew
Pinkbike Articles
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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 | 242 | 142 miles | 9,469 ft | 63 miles | 459 ft | 799 | 805 | 10 | 17,804 | |||
| E-Bike | 236 | 133 miles | 9,209 ft | 61 miles | 459 ft | 761 | 1 | 318 | ||||
| Hike | 237 | 145 miles | 9,573 ft | 64 miles | 459 ft | 794 | 1 | 206 | ||||
| Trail Running | 237 | 145 miles | 9,534 ft | 64 miles | 459 ft | 794 | 2 | 545 | ||||
| Horse | 74 | 63 miles | 3,461 ft | 28 miles | 436 ft | 469 | 4 | |||||
| Dirtbike | 6 | 6 miles | 282 ft | 2 miles | 207 ft | 459 | ||||||
| Observed Trials | 1 | 3,264 ft | 39 ft | |||||||||
| ATV/ORV/OHV | 5 | 5 miles | 282 ft | 2 miles | 207 ft | 459 | ||||||
| Snowmobile | 3 | 3 miles | 148 ft | 1 mile | 112 ft |
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