3.9 miles
Distance
477 ft
Climb
-694 ft
Descent
01:08:51
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Abigail Trail

Abigail Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Michaux State Forest
    Carlisle, Pennsylvania
  • AKA
    Abby
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Season
    Year Round
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Rock Garden
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #60830 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    30 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Manager
    DCNR

In the beginning, there are a few punchy, technical climbs before getting to some rocky ridge top riding. There is a small clearing about a mile in. Go left at the clearing On top, there are several challenging rock gardens and baby-head rocks scattered all over. Right before the downhill, the rocks get pretty big and take expert bike handling skills-- classic Michaux riding. The DH to the reservoir is technical and fast. Plenty of rocks to huck and smash. Right before the end, there is a final rock garden that will give the pros hard time. It is off camber, and you've gotta whack down a bunch of gears pretty quickly.

Access Info

From EUB haul road, go right onto the Abigail trail (it's marked). From Ant Hill Trail, continue right/straight right onto the trail. To get back to EUB haul road, go left.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Abigail Trail mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -217 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,356 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,819 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,590 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,372 ft
  • Grade
    -1.054%
  • Grade max
    -22.93%
  • Grade min
    28.74%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    3,647 ft
  • Avg time
    01:08:51
  • Avg reverse time
    01:14:27
  • view trail stats
Status:
on Jan 24, 2021
Ideal
Avg: 3.9 (8 votes)

view (42)
close
  • Basemap 
  • Trail Style 
    • ?
  • Activity Type  
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
  • > 96%
  • > 90%
  • > 80%
  • > 70%
  • > 50%
  • < 50%
  • bi-directional trail
  • no data
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
  • < 2 days
  • < 1 week
  • < 2 weeks
  • < 1 month
  • < 6 months
  • > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
  • Downhill Only
  • Downhill Primary
  • Both Directions
  • Uphill Primary
  • Uphill Only
  • One Direction
Contribute Details
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
  • Description
  • Photos
  • Description & Photos
  • Videos
Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months. Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades. Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
  • most popular
  • popular
  • less popular
  • not popular
ATV/ORV/OHV Filter
Max Vehicle Width
inches

Radar Time
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
  • mountain biking recent
  • mountain biking (>6 month)
  • hiking (1 year)
  • moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
  • Downhill Ski
  • Backcountry Ski
  • Nordic Ski
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
Trails Deemphasized
Trails are shown in grey.
disable
      Directions to abigail-trail trailhead (39.960850, -77.415370)
      update trails status or condition

      Abigail Trail Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Jan 24, 2021 @ 6:06pm
      Jan 24, 2021
      		 Large tree down towards the middle of the DH section, requires dismount, chainsaw required to clear
      Jan 18, 2021 @ 7:45am
      Jan 18, 2021
      		 Running good. Sticks down here and there but no major logs or mud puddles.
      Jul 12, 2020 @ 4:57pm
      Jul 12, 2020
      		 There are a few small trees down before the main downhill. They look like they've been there a while and they are rideable. The downhill to the...
      Jan 5, 2020 @ 6:02pm
      Jan 5, 2020
      Nov 17, 2019 @ 7:34am
      Nov 17, 2019
      		 Leafy
      view all reports »

      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 0 rides
      •  
      6 Months
      • 5 rides
      • 16 miles avg distance
      All
      • 33 rides
      •  

      Photos

      more »
      63 |
      Jan 31, 2021 @ 9:55am
      Jan 31, 2021
      | 2 comments
      51 |
      Sep 26, 2020 @ 2:57pm
      Sep 26, 2020
      129 |
      Mar 7, 2020 @ 12:16pm
      Mar 7, 2020
      71 |
      Mar 7, 2020 @ 12:08pm
      Mar 7, 2020

      1 Review & Comments

      • + 0
      AJay50 (Sep 9, 2019 at 12:49)
       This trail is one big rock garden and not clearly marked at the intersections. It appears that more trails have been added to the park, but the maps haven't been updated
      [Reply]

      Post a Comment



      Videos

      no videos have been added for Abigail Trail yet, add a video.

      Nearby Trails

      Michaux State Forest

      • subscribe
      • flag
      • login to download gpx or kml files.