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SavePrairie Dells Loop trails and routes are listed on Trailforks with interactive trail maps, difficulty ratings, photos, and user-reported trail conditions. Supported activity types include Mountain Biking, E-Biking, Hiking, Trail Running and Snowshoeing. Scenery includes meadows. Common trail features include bridges and berms.
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Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
eBikes Allowed:
Yes
Land Status: City Managed
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Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
5 trails
- E-Bike
5 trails
- Hike
5 trails
- Trail Running
5 trails
- Snowshoe
1 trails
Region Details
- 1
- 3
- 1
Region Status
Open as of Jun 7, 2026
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 5
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 5
- Trails E-Bike
- 5
- Trails Gravel Bike
- 1
- Trails Winter Fat Bike
- 3
- Trails Hike
- 5
- Trails Trail Running
- 5
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 1
- Trails Snowshoe
- 1
- Total Distance
- 8 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 2 miles
- Total Descent
- 477 ft
- Total Vertical
- 74 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,473 ft
- Reports
- 11
- Photos
- 7
- Completed Counter
- 168
Popular Prairie Dells Loop Mountain Biking Trails
• 90 ★ 3.0 • 5 miles • 305 ft • 74 •
A ~5 mile loop on singletrack and some doubletrack located in the Merrill Memorial Forest, which is a 920-acre wildlife habitat area. The trail rolls through some hardwoods and across a bridge over the Manthei Marsh. This trail also...
• 90 ★ 4.5 • 3 miles • 156 ft • 57 •
Flowing trail traversing high ridges over glacial marsh/lake. Tricky Woo section includes jumps/drops with a do over option.
• 55 ★ 0.0 • 249 ft • 3 ft • 8 •
Return trail to ride Tricky Woo section again
• 50 ★ 0.0 • 1,532 ft • 0 ft • 2 •
River crossing connector from Prairie Dells scenic area to the Merrill Memorial Forest Prairie Dells loop.
Prairie Dells Loop Mountain Bike Routes
8 miles • 416 ft • 3 • Loop •
This is a relatively simple route that loops and highlights the scenic Prairie River gorge. There are a...
Photos of Prairie Dells Loop Mountain Bike
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Dells Loop | Aug 25, 2024 @ 9:51am Aug 25, 2024 | Wet | Bgus1 | ||
| Tricky Woo do-over return | Jan 4, 2024 @ 8:29am Jan 4, 2024 | Variable | Candyj | ||
| Merrill Memorial Forest Road | Jan 4, 2024 @ 8:29am Jan 4, 2024 | Variable | Candyj | ||
| Heinemania | Jan 4, 2024 @ 8:29am Jan 4, 2024 | Variable | Candyj |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mblock | add | photo | activity #106206416 | Oct 19, 2026 @ 8:41am Oct 19, 2026 |
| mblock | add | poi | activity #106205185 and 1 more | Oct 19, 2026 @ 8:19am Oct 19, 2026 |
| mblock | add | trail | activity #106204087 | Oct 19, 2026 @ 7:57am Oct 19, 2026 |
| msmcfate | update | trail | activity #86234478 | Dec 28, 2025 @ 1:17pm Dec 28, 2025 |
| chboulanger | wishlist | trail | activity #84267515 | Nov 16, 2025 @ 12:57pm Nov 16, 2025 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Someone with edit capability, please reverse... | Dec 28, 2025 @ 7:35am Dec 28, 2025 | ||
| trail | Trailforks riding direction osd wrong. Start... | Sep 20, 2023 @ 4:41am Sep 20, 2023 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underdown Recreation Area | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4.6 km | |
| Sylvan Hill Park | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19.3 km |
| Nose Lake Trails | 4 | 22.9 km | |||
| Jack Lake Mountain Bike Trail System | 1 | 7 | 1 | 23.2 km | |
| Enterprise Winter Silent Sports Trail | 1 | 3 | 23.6 km |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | activity logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 5 | 8 miles | 476 ft | 2 miles | 75 ft | #11,465 | #108 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 552 | |
| E-Bike | 5 | 8 miles | 476 ft | 2 miles | 75 ft | #8,836 | #55 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Gravel Bike | 1 | 1,493 ft | 10 ft | #5,324 | #2,312 | 1 | ||||||
| Winter Fat Bike | 3 | 8 miles | 476 ft | 2 miles | 75 ft | #5,324 | #2,312 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Hike | 5 | 8 miles | 476 ft | 2 miles | 75 ft | #16,430 | #138 | 11 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Trail Running | 5 | 8 miles | 476 ft | 2 miles | 75 ft | #15,244 | #119 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||
| ATV/ORV/OHV | 1 | 1,493 ft | 10 ft | 2 | ||||||||
| Snowshoe | 1 | #3,651 | #74 | 4 | 1 |
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