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Trail Popularity ?
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Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
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Activity Recordings
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Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
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Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
194 trails
- E-Bike
47 trails
- Hike
184 trails
- Trail Running
184 trails
Region Details
- 34
- 10
- 76
- 41
- 22
- 3
- 1
Region Status
Open as of Oct 2, 2024Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 205
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 194
- Trails E-Bike
- 47
- Trails Horse
- 10
- Trails Hike
- 185
- Trails Trail Running
- 184
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 6
- Trails Observed Trials
- 6
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 6
- Trails Snowmobile
- 58
- Trails Snowshoe
- 62
- Trails Downhill Ski
- 5
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 18
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 74
- Total Distance
- 239 miles
- Total Descent
- 17,452 ft
- Total Vertical
- 5,979 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 6,032 ft
- Reports
- 460
- Photos
- 161
- Ridden Counter
- 8,179
Sub Regions
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Government Peak Recreation Area (GPRA)
- 4
- 5
- 7
- 1
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Knik River Public Use Area
- 1
- 6
- 4
- 2
- 1
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Matanuska Greenbelt Trails
- 12
- 21
- 6
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Moose Range
- 52
- 2
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Palmer Bike Park
- 5
- 5
- 1
Popular Palmer Mountain Biking Trails
Palmer Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Backcountry Bike and Ski Advanced Kin-Win route | 14 miles | |
GP clockwise strava blast | 4 miles | |
Backcountry Bike and Ski Intermediate Kin-Win route | 10 miles | |
Rano_Pano | 9 miles | |
Backcountry Bike and Ski Beginner Kin-Win route | 5 miles | |
Fireweed Loop and Monks Hood Counterclockwise | 3 miles | |
Fiddlehead | 2 miles | |
Josh_route | 11 miles | |
Moose Range Highline | 6 miles | |
Backcountry Bike and Ski Mat River Big Loop | 32 miles |
Photos of Palmer Mountain Bike
trail: Steeze Grater
1 |
Nov 11, 2024 @ 1:03pm
2 hours
trail: Steeze Grater
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Nov 11, 2024 @ 1:03pm
2 hours
trail: Steeze Grater
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Nov 11, 2024 @ 1:03pm
2 hours
trail: Steeze Grater
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Nov 11, 2024 @ 12:59pm
2 hours
trail: Steeze Grater
1 |
Nov 11, 2024 @ 12:59pm
2 hours
trail: Steeze Grater
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Jul 26, 2024 @ 12:06pm
Jul 26, 2024
trail: Steeze Grater
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Jul 26, 2024 @ 12:06pm
Jul 26, 2024
trail: Steeze Grater
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Jul 26, 2024 @ 12:06pm
Jul 26, 2024Videos of Palmer Mountain Bike
trail: Fireweed
trail: Indecent Exposure
trail: Indecent Exposure
trail: Indecent Exposure
trail: Steeze Grater
trail: Gnarski n' Hucks
trail: The March Loamer
trail: I Wanna Rock
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Fiddlehead | Oct 2, 2024 @ 12:56pm Oct 2, 2024 | Prevalent Mud | seekndestrava | ||
Amanita | Oct 2, 2024 @ 12:56pm Oct 2, 2024 | Variable | seekndestrava | ||
Jacob's Ladder | Oct 2, 2024 @ 12:56pm Oct 2, 2024 | Prevalent Mud | seekndestrava | ||
Larkspur | Oct 2, 2024 @ 12:56pm Oct 2, 2024 | Prevalent Mud | seekndestrava | ||
Valley Thrash | Oct 2, 2024 @ 12:56pm Oct 2, 2024 | Variable | seekndestrava | ||
Gnarski n' Hucks | Oct 2, 2024 @ 12:56pm Oct 2, 2024 | Variable | seekndestrava | ||
Field of Dreams | Oct 2, 2024 @ 12:56pm Oct 2, 2024 | Prevalent Mud | seekndestrava | ||
Clamaka | Oct 2, 2024 @ 12:56pm Oct 2, 2024 | Prevalent Mud | seekndestrava | ||
Connector Trail | Oct 2, 2024 @ 12:56pm Oct 2, 2024 | Prevalent Mud | seekndestrava | ||
Government Peak Connector Trail | Oct 2, 2024 @ 12:56pm Oct 2, 2024 | Prevalent Mud | seekndestrava |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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rm7freerider | add | photo | activity #61623672 and 4 more | Nov 11, 2024 @ 12:59pm 2 hours |
leelau | wishlist | trail | activity #61332874 | Nov 4, 2024 @ 9:00am Nov 4, 2024 |
SueSki | ridden | trail | activity #60590545 | Oct 16, 2024 @ 8:53pm Oct 16, 2024 |
seekndestrava | add | report | activity #59861585 and 9 more | Oct 2, 2024 @ 9:55pm Oct 2, 2024 |
rm7freerider | comment | trail | activity #59583488 | Sep 27, 2024 @ 9:48pm Sep 27, 2024 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | Well, I wouldn't say it's unlike anything in... | Sep 27, 2024 @ 9:48pm Sep 27, 2024 | ||
trail | Very technical, pretty overgrown. | Aug 22, 2024 @ 7:03pm Aug 22, 2024 | ||
trail | The top 2% of the marked Steeze Grater trail... | Jul 26, 2024 @ 12:16pm Jul 26, 2024 | ||
trail | Accurate description. Unlike anything in AK.... | Jul 26, 2024 @ 12:13pm Jul 26, 2024 | ||
trail | Not worth riding right now, too overgrown with... | Jun 15, 2024 @ 3:27pm Jun 15, 2024 |
Local Badges
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10 Green Trails80 awarded -
10 Blue Trails124 awarded -
Epic Ride Climb 2k7 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge24 awarded -
Climbing 100k Badge0 awarded -
Epic Ride Descent 2k9 awarded
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 | 194 | 223 miles | 16,135 ft | 52 miles | 5,978 ft | #1,131 | #623 | 157 | 452 | 12 | 7,649 | |
E-Bike | 47 | 46 miles | 4,997 ft | 17 miles | 2,461 ft | #2,196 | #430 | 332 | 1 | 194 | ||
Horse | 10 | 26 miles | 732 ft | 6 miles | 2,244 ft | 52 | 1 | |||||
Hike | 184 | 224 miles | 14,324 ft | 49 miles | 5,978 ft | #1,110 | #692 | 4 | 399 | 768 | ||
Trail Running | 184 | 224 miles | 14,324 ft | 49 miles | 5,978 ft | #1,115 | #692 | 399 | 278 | |||
Dirtbike/Moto | 6 | 22 miles | 531 ft | 5 miles | 322 ft | 52 | 1 | |||||
Observed Trials | 6 | 22 miles | 531 ft | 5 miles | 322 ft | 2 | 4 | |||||
ATV/ORV/OHV | 6 | 22 miles | 531 ft | 5 miles | 322 ft | 52 | 5 | |||||
Snowmobile | 58 | 59 miles | 4,452 ft | 18 miles | 4,216 ft | 8 | 2 | |||||
Snowshoe | 62 | 69 miles | 4,980 ft | 18 miles | 5,978 ft | 9 | 17 | |||||
Downhill Ski | 5 | 19 miles | 98 ft | 4 miles | 125 ft | 8 | 15 | |||||
Backcountry Ski | 18 | 44 miles | 1,407 ft | 9 miles | 5,978 ft | 9 | 60 | |||||
Nordic Ski | 74 | 62 miles | 5,161 ft | 20 miles | 2,415 ft | 9 | 273 |
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