Mountain Bike

17.0 miles

Distance

1,467 ft

Climb

-1,470 ft

Descent

518 ft

High Point

A loop taking in the best of Bristol singletrack taking in the first half of Leigh Woods, down to Picnic Bench, can spend some time sessioning the trails here, before heading on to blue bell and garlic run, take the road route off to Abbots Poole for a short section of trail into the natural and challenging 50 acre wood, take the left fork at the end to sample the very short but steep downhill options, before heading off towards Belmont via wraxhall singletrack. Take the XC route or enjoy some of Bristols more gravity focused trails, head back along the road towards Ashton court for the quarry trail and the red graded supernova if you fancy before finishing off with the Beggars Bush singletrack.

Detailed Description

Best of Bristol Singletrack is a 17 mile popular intermediate route located near Bristol. This mountain bike only route can be used one direction and has a moderate overall physical rating. This route includes 13 trails. This route climbs 1,467 ft with a max elevation of 518 ft then descends -1,470 ft.

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Trails in Route

	Blue Access Route				830 ft
	Keener Skills loop				971 ft
	Link to Picnic Bench				771 ft
	Picnic Bench Left (Chamonix)				515 ft
	Greasy Traverse				571 ft
	Bluebell Woods				1,860 ft
	Garlic Run				1,207 ft
	Return from Garlic Run				2,274 ft
	Abbots Swoop & Drop				3,031 ft
	50 Acre Woods				2 miles
	Climb to mini downhills				1,752 ft
	Super Nova				2,543 ft

Details

Riding area

Leigh Woods
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Blue
Route Type

Loop
Bike type

AM, XC
Direction

One Direction
Physical rating

Moderate
Ridelogs

9

More Stats for Best of Bristol Singletrack mountain bike route

Avg time

1 hr 34 min
Altitude min

51 ft
Altitude start

357 ft
Altitude end

354 ft
Grade max

-45.6%
Grade min

69.4%
Distance climb

8 miles
Distance down

6 miles
Distance flat

2 miles

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ATV - 50 inches
OHV, SxS - 60 inches
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x Missing Trails

trail	date	description
Super Nova	Jul 23, 2023 @ 10:21pm Jul 23, 2023	dusty wear glasses or goggles
Keener Skills loop	Jun 5, 2022 @ 5:33am Jun 5, 2022
Picnic Bench Left (Chamonix)	Apr 28, 2022 @ 11:16am Apr 28, 2022
50 Acre Woods	Mar 26, 2022 @ 6:55am Mar 26, 2022
Climb to mini downhills	Mar 26, 2022 @ 6:55am Mar 26, 2022