4,203 ft
Distance
-639 ft
Descent
00:08:19
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Albatross Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Frederick Watershed
    Frederick, Maryland
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond (2 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC, Fat
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
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  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Rock Face, Rock Garden, Skinny, Teeter Totter, Other
  • Global Ranking
    #37067 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking
  • Land Owner
    MD DNR

Albatross may be the tamest of the steep side downhill trails but is still plenty rowdy. Multiple jumps, rock gardens, and steep chutes. Most definitely look before you leap. Super fun on both DH and AM bikes.

Access Info

From the bottom right of the field follow the closest trail to the left of the fire road, stay right at first split and left at the second split.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Albatross mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -639 ft
  • Altitude min
    835 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,474 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,474 ft
  • Altitude end
    833 ft
  • Grade
    -15.2%
  • Grade max
    -56.8%
  • Grade min
    -0.7%
  • Distance down
    4,173 ft
  • Distance flat
    30 ft
  • Avg time
    00:08:19
  • Avg reverse time
    00:09:25
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      Albatross Trail Reports

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      Feb 25, 2025 @ 9:29am
      Feb 25, 2025
      Nov 18, 2024 @ 10:38am
      Nov 18, 2024
      Aug 23, 2024 @ 12:26pm
      Aug 23, 2024
      		 Loose on the lower (newly rebuilt) berms
      Dec 8, 2023 @ 11:05am
      Dec 8, 2023
      		 Leaves have been blown off. Trail is pretty blown out with some big holes in the rock gardens
      Jan 16, 2023 @ 1:40am
      Jan 16, 2023
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 2 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 19 rides
      • 15 miles avg distance
      All
      • 277 rides
      • Last: Mar 14, 2025

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      Feb 26, 2020 @ 7:59am
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      Aug 18, 2021 @ 12:43pm
      Aug 18, 2021
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      Apr 6, 2021 @ 11:31am
      Apr 6, 2021

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