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SaveThe Hillside trails were the first development by the Singletrack Advocates here in Anchorage in 2008. These trails were all hand built, the development view of these trails was to have technical single track for mountain biking only accessible to all within the city limits.
Phase Two Hillside Trails were just finished fall 2018. Please RIDE SMART: Pre-Ride, Re-Ride, Free-Ride. For safety, hiking on the one-way downhill trails is not recommended. Hiking is okay on all other trails.
Phase Two Hillside Trails were just finished fall 2018. Please RIDE SMART: Pre-Ride, Re-Ride, Free-Ride. For safety, hiking on the one-way downhill trails is not recommended. Hiking is okay on all other trails.
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
Shuttleable: YES
Land Status: City Managed
Access Info:
The outside parking lot for the Hilltop ski area/cross country ski trail is the main parking. Secondary parking is at Prospect Heights and is the short shuttle parking area.
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- Mountain Bike
29 trails
- Hike
21 trails
- Trail Running
21 trails
Region Details
- 1
- 4
- 19
- 5
Region Status
Caution as of Apr 3, 2024Local Trail Association
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 29
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 29
- Trails E-Bike
- 4
- Trails Hike
- 21
- Trails Trail Running
- 21
- Trails Snowshoe
- 2
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 1
- Total Distance
- 16 miles
- Total Descent
- 3,346 ft
- Total Vertical
- 820 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,080 ft
- Reports
- 955
- Photos
- 93
- Ridden Counter
- 11,382
Popular Hillside Park Mountain Biking Trails
Hillside Park Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| short way to top of STA hillside | 1 mile | |
| All killer no filler aka almost all STA hillside both directions | 15 miles | |
| STA Trails Old and New | 7 miles | |
| 2021 Hillside Hustler #1 race | 5 miles | |
| 2020 Hillside XC race | 5 miles | |
| race | 4 miles | |
| 13 mile HIlltop Bike Park Ride | popular ridelog | 13 miles |
| 14 mile Hillside Park Ride | popular ridelog | 14 miles |
| 16 mile Hillside Park Ride | popular ridelog | 16 miles |
| 11 mile Hillside Park Ride | popular ridelog | 11 miles |
Photos of Hillside Park Mountain Bike
trail: Queen Bee
22 |
Jul 28, 2023 @ 10:46pm
Jul 28, 2023
trail: Queen Bee
27 |
Jul 27, 2023 @ 7:18pm
Jul 27, 2023
trail: Queen Bee
21 |
Jul 27, 2023 @ 7:17pm
Jul 27, 2023
trail: Queen Bee
14 |
Jul 27, 2023 @ 7:17pm
Jul 27, 2023
trail: Queen Bee
7 |
Jul 27, 2023 @ 7:17pm
Jul 27, 2023
trail: Queen Bee
9 |
Jul 27, 2023 @ 7:17pm
Jul 27, 2023
trail: Dig Deep
47 |
Jul 8, 2023 @ 6:11pm
Jul 8, 2023
trail: Janice's Jive
26 |
Oct 29, 2022 @ 3:01pm
Oct 29, 2022Videos of Hillside Park Mountain Bike
trail: Eh-Line
50 |
Aug 28, 2023
trail: Eh-Line
0:10 |
467 |
Aug 23, 2020
trail: Eh-Line
2:31 |
266 |
Jul 2, 2020
trail: Gauer Power
1:40 |
316 |
Jul 2, 2020
trail: Eh-Line
3:03 |
225 |
Jun 22, 2020
trail: Eh-Line
0:41 |
590 |
Oct 24, 2018
trail: Jeff's Whoop Whoop
2:14 |
1021 |
Oct 19, 2018
trail: Stinger
3:53 |
1723 |
Oct 31, 2013
Current Trail Warnings
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Bear | Apr 3, 2024 @ 12:26am Apr 3, 2024 | Freeze/thaw Cycle | krshedd | Two trees down across either end. Large... |
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff's Whoop Whoop | Mar 15, 2024 @ 11:21am Mar 15, 2024 | Snow Cover Partial | Bluebird98OVnT | ||
| Dig Deep Connector | Mar 15, 2024 @ 11:21am Mar 15, 2024 | Snow Groomed | Bluebird98OVnT | ||
| Upper Hive | Mar 15, 2024 @ 11:21am Mar 15, 2024 | Snow Groomed | Bluebird98OVnT | ||
| Drone Lane | Mar 15, 2024 @ 11:21am Mar 15, 2024 | Snow Groomed | Bluebird98OVnT | ||
| Black Bear | Mar 10, 2024 @ 12:17pm Mar 10, 2024 | Snow Covered | hmschmidtkunz | ||
| Narnia Connector | Feb 22, 2024 @ 8:14am Feb 22, 2024 | Snow Covered | bneffer | ||
| Hillside Loop Connector 001 | Feb 17, 2024 @ 12:53am Feb 17, 2024 | Snow Groomed | bneffer | ||
| Eh-Line | Feb 11, 2024 @ 4:13am Feb 11, 2024 | Snow Covered | bneffer | ||
| Hillside Loop Connector 002 | Jan 23, 2024 @ 8:17am Jan 23, 2024 | Snow Groomed | bneffer | ||
| Queen Bee | Jan 7, 2024 @ 6:19pm Jan 7, 2024 | Snow Groomed | mtb-pterod-ak-tyl |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| krshedd | add | report | activity #50771828 | Apr 3, 2024 @ 1:10pm Apr 3, 2024 |
| kmniels | wishlist | trail | activity #50425162 and 12 more | Mar 24, 2024 @ 8:57pm Mar 24, 2024 |
| kmniels | wishlist | route | activity #50421122 | Mar 24, 2024 @ 6:36pm Mar 24, 2024 |
| Jerlenbach | wishlist | trail | activity #50312154 | Mar 22, 2024 @ 12:03pm Mar 22, 2024 |
| sbrod1 | ridden | trail | activity #50228907 and 1 more | Mar 20, 2024 @ 4:03pm Mar 20, 2024 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | FYI, The upper, original line has been armored... | Jun 6, 2023 @ 5:15pm Jun 6, 2023 | ||
| report | Roots, ice, and bare dir. | Nov 19, 2022 @ 2:40pm Nov 19, 2022 | ||
| trail | There has been a lot of work on this trail.... | Oct 7, 2022 @ 7:47pm Oct 7, 2022 | ||
| report | Freshly cut sometime between noon on Sep 5 and... | Sep 6, 2021 @ 6:14pm Sep 6, 2021 | ||
| report | Remember what the trail was like when it first... | Jun 14, 2021 @ 10:15pm Jun 14, 2021 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop Bike Park | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.4 km |
| North Bivouac | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1.9 km | |
| Campbell Tract | 15 | 16 | 11 | 2.4 km | |
| Ruth Arcand Park | 3 | 2.9 km | |||
| APU/Mahaffey Trail | 1 | 1 | 4.4 km |
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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 | 29 | 16 miles | 3,346 ft | 8 miles | 820 ft | #472 | #245 | 93 | 925 | 6 | 21,939 | |
| E-Bike | 4 | 2 miles | 551 ft | 2 miles | 535 ft | 622 | 1 | 410 | ||||
| Hike | 21 | 11 miles | 1,883 ft | 5 miles | 820 ft | #529 | #330 | 825 | 354 | |||
| Trail Running | 21 | 11 miles | 1,883 ft | 5 miles | 820 ft | #532 | #328 | 825 | 663 | |||
| Snowshoe | 2 | 1,923 ft | 69 ft | 1,529 ft | 705 ft | 34 | 19 | |||||
| Nordic Ski | 1 | 1,070 ft | 16 ft | 791 ft | 16 ft | 33 | 144 |
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