29.5 miles
Distance
3,126 ft
Climb
-3,094 ft
Descent
1,010 ft
High Point
Starts at Big River parking lot and makes a big loop with about half single track and half dirt road with a short section of paved road.
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Details
More Stats for Big River Big Loop mountain bike route
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Altitude min23 ft
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Altitude start25 ft
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Altitude end56 ft
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Grade max-57.4%
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Grade min61.3%
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Distance climb13 miles
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Distance down12 miles
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Distance flat5 miles
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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
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- < 50%
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Photos
Videos
Purple Skirt Trail Guide
trail: Linquist Trail/Purple Skirt
3:44 | 119 | comments: 0 | favs:
Sep 19, 2020
Ames Jumps
trail: Ames Lodge
2:49 | 687 | comments: 13 | favs: 6
Jan 12, 2009
Colin and I went back to Ames Lodge and played for a while on Saturday. We brought along a ladder for some new angles and it turned out pretty...
Recent Trail Reports Along Route
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The section EZ Out is the most technical singletrack on the route.
Not many views except near the top of Observatory Hill