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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
Trail 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.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
Trail Ridden Direction
The intendid direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
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Trail Difficulties
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 or Major Issue / Red
- 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 Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
- Map Markers
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Region Details
- 10
- 26
- 31
Open on Jan 1, 2019
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 71
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 71
- Trails E-Bike
- 7
- Trails Hike
- 67
- Trails Trail Running
- 67
- Trails Dirtbike
- 1
- Trails ATV
- 1
- Trails Horse
- 1
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 1
- Total Distance
- 27 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 13 miles
- Total Descent
- 3,110 ft
- Total Vertical
- 358 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 363 ft
- Reports
- 111
- Photos
- 464
- Ridden Counter
- 1,241
Sub Regions
- Brentwood (3)
- Colchester (3)
- Danbury (56)
- Danbury Common (31)
- Southend-on-Sea (10)
- Benfleet Downs (0)
- Hadleigh Park (8)
Popular Essex Mountain Biking Trails
Recent Trail Reports
Photos of Essex Mountain Bike
trail: Connector
13 | Connector, London
Oct 26, 2018 @ 5:28pm
Oct 26, 2018
trail: Blue Bell
22 | Blue Bell, Chelmsford
May 11, 2018 @ 4:01pm
May 11, 2018
trail: Blue Bell
23 | Blue Bell, Chelmsford
May 11, 2018 @ 4:01pm
May 11, 2018
trail: Hadleigh XC - Part 2
29 | Hadleigh XC - Part 2
Apr 6, 2018 @ 8:49am
Apr 6, 2018
Essex Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bermy Loop - Full | 2,968 ft | |
| Colchester Cycling | 12 miles | |
| HMTBC Monday night ride | 21 miles | |
| Belfairs woods to Hockley loop | 21 miles |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | trail | M | Jul 30, 2018 @ 2:12pm Jul 30, 2018 | ||
| trail | Hey, there is no extra steep section at all. A... | Jul 7, 2017 @ 12:49pm Jul 7, 2017 | ||
| trail | This trail is called Bluebell Berms, with love... | Jul 7, 2017 @ 12:47pm Jul 7, 2017 | ||
| trail | This is actually called Main Line, with love... | Jul 7, 2017 @ 12:46pm Jul 7, 2017 | ||
 | trail | year opened 2014? LOL these trails have been... | Jan 28, 2015 @ 6:21am Jan 28, 2015 |
Recent Activity
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TerryEd123 | add | ridelog | Jan 23, 2019 ride log | Jan 23, 2019 @ 8:10am 2 hours |
| Wol69 | add | ridelog | Jan 23, 2019 ride log | Jan 23, 2019 @ 5:40am 4 hours |
| BentaQR | add | ridelog | Jan 23, 2019 ride log and 1 more | Jan 23, 2019 @ 4:00am 6 hours |
| DavidEAtkins | add | ridelog | Jan 22, 2019 ride log | Jan 22, 2019 @ 11:50pm 10 hours |
| BentaQR | add | ridelog | Jan 22, 2019 ride log | Jan 22, 2019 @ 3:20pm 19 hours |
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree BMX Track | skill park | Chelmsford | |
| Chelmsford Pumptrack | skill park | Chelmsford | |
| Promenade Park Pumptrack | skill park | Danbury | |
| Rayne Village Hall Pumptrack | skill park | Chelmsford | |
| Tiptree Pumptrack | skill park | Danbury |
Local Mountain Bike Directory
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Hadleigh MTB Club
![Hadleigh MTB Club]()
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Hadleigh MTB Race Team
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Cycles UK
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Chelmer CyclesBike Shop
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BikebaseBike Shop
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Bike TraxBike Shop
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Local Trail Supporters
- Danbury Dig crew
- By brenthillier NSMBA Plus & contributors
- Admins: GavinStorie, wisey, MathieuC
- #6777 - 2,319 views
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