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Activity Recordings
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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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Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
29 trails
- Hike
22 trails
- Trail Running
22 trails
Region Details
- 1
- 4
- 19
- 5
Region Status
Caution as of May 27, 2022Local Trail Association
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 29
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 30
- Trails E-Bike
- 4
- Trails Hike
- 22
- Trails Trail Running
- 22
- Trails Snowshoe
- 1
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 1
- Total Distance
- 16 miles
- Total Descent
- 3,389 ft
- Total Vertical
- 814 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,074 ft
- Reports
- 930
- Photos
- 92
- Ridden Counter
- 10,801
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 | |
| 29 mile Hillside Park All-Mountain Ride | popular ridelog | 29 miles |
| 13 mile HIlltop Bike Park Ride | popular ridelog | 13 miles |
| 19 mile Hillside Park Ride | popular ridelog | 19 miles |
| 11 mile Hillside Park Fat Bike Ride | popular ridelog | 11 miles |
Photos of Hillside Park Mountain Bike
trail: Queen Bee
16 |
Jul 28, 2023 @ 10:46pm
Jul 28, 2023
trail: Queen Bee
16 |
Jul 27, 2023 @ 7:18pm
Jul 27, 2023
trail: Queen Bee
11 |
Jul 27, 2023 @ 7:17pm
Jul 27, 2023
trail: Queen Bee
4 |
Jul 27, 2023 @ 7:17pm
Jul 27, 2023
trail: Queen Bee
4 |
Jul 27, 2023 @ 7:17pm
Jul 27, 2023
trail: Queen Bee
6 |
Jul 27, 2023 @ 7:17pm
Jul 27, 2023
trail: Dig Deep
23 |
Jul 8, 2023 @ 6:11pm
Jul 8, 2023
trail: Janice's Jive
20 |
Oct 29, 2022 @ 3:01pm
Oct 29, 2022Videos of Hillside Park Mountain Bike
trail: Eh-Line
35 |
Aug 28, 2023
trail: Eh-Line
0:10 |
457 |
Aug 23, 2020
trail: Eh-Line
2:31 |
261 |
Jul 2, 2020
trail: Gauer Power
1:40 |
308 |
Jul 2, 2020
trail: Eh-Line
3:03 |
220 |
Jun 22, 2020
trail: Eh-Line
0:41 |
587 |
Oct 24, 2018
trail: Jeff's Whoop Whoop
2:14 |
1016 |
Oct 19, 2018
trail: Stinger
3:53 |
1722 |
Oct 31, 2013
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit To Sea Connector | Sep 24, 2023 @ 6:26am 2 days | Variable | AKGary | ||
| Upper Hive | Sep 24, 2023 @ 6:26am 2 days | Variable | AKGary | ||
| Jeff's Whoop Whoop | Sep 24, 2023 @ 6:26am 2 days | Variable | AKGary | ||
| Brown Bear | Aug 17, 2023 @ 10:50am Aug 17, 2023 | Ideal | McFens | ||
| Eh-Line | Aug 5, 2023 @ 7:50pm Aug 5, 2023 | Dry | contski | ||
| Llama Trail | Jul 28, 2023 @ 1:00pm Jul 28, 2023 | Dry | yellowivy | ||
| Black Bear | Jul 22, 2023 @ 3:58am Jul 22, 2023 | Ideal | McFens | ||
| Gauer Power | Jul 14, 2023 @ 6:00am Jul 14, 2023 | Dry | AKGary | ||
| Drone Lane | Jul 14, 2023 @ 4:46am Jul 14, 2023 | Ideal | dkrenzelok | ||
| Stinger | Jul 14, 2023 @ 4:46am Jul 14, 2023 | Ideal | dkrenzelok |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKGary | add | report | Summit To Sea Connector and 2 more | Sep 24, 2023 @ 8:09pm 22 hours |
| Scuba1978 | add | karma | Hillside Park | Sep 22, 2023 @ 9:10pm 3 days |
| rachachad | ridden | trail | Queen Bee and 1 more | Sep 20, 2023 @ 2:38am Sep 20, 2023 |
| MatteoPM8Zh6 | ridden | trail | Jeff's Whoop Whoop | Sep 17, 2023 @ 10:51pm Sep 17, 2023 |
| stephencinti | add | video | Dammit | Aug 28, 2023 @ 11:42pm Aug 28, 2023 |
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 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.4 km | |
| North Bivouac | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1.9 km | |
| Campbell Tract | 15 | 12 | 13 | 2.4 km | |
| APU/Mahaffey Trail | 1 | 1 | 4.4 km | ||
| Russian Jack Springs Park | 5 | 2 | 5.2 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 | 3,389 ft | 8 miles | 814 ft | #461 | #236 | 96 | 906 | 6 | 20,001 | |
| E-Bike | 4 | 2 miles | 551 ft | 2 miles | 535 ft | 609 | 1 | 332 | ||||
| Hike | 22 | 12 miles | 1,936 ft | 5 miles | 814 ft | #535 | #334 | 808 | 354 | |||
| Trail Running | 22 | 12 miles | 1,936 ft | 5 miles | 814 ft | #533 | #331 | 808 | 567 | |||
| Snowshoe | 1 | 1,342 ft | 62 ft | 1,227 ft | 66 ft | 28 | 10 | |||||
| Nordic Ski | 1 | 1,070 ft | 16 ft | 791 ft | 16 ft | 28 | 91 |
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