3.6 miles
Distance
987 ft
Climb
-364 ft
Descent
00:57:11
Avg time

A-Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Kennebec Highlands
    Waterville, Maine
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Extreme
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Rock Face, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #21839 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #52283 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    85 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance

It's the A-Trail, you better bring your A-game. Tough technical single track, flow rock sections, grown in double track and machine built bench cut. It's super Don't quit until you get the view point at the top.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for A-Trail mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    623 ft
  • Altitude min
    448 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,151 ft
  • Altitude start
    497 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,119 ft
  • Grade
    3.3%
  • Grade max
    -19.7%
  • Grade min
    26.6%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    2,231 ft
  • Avg time
    00:57:11
  • Avg reverse time
    00:53:17
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on Oct 28, 2022
Wet
Avg: 4.31 (10 votes)
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      A-Trail Trail Reports

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      Jul 8, 2023 @ 9:55am
      Jul 8, 2023
      Rejected
      Oct 28, 2022 @ 5:51am
      Oct 28, 2022
      		 One large tree down about halfway up. A few other smaller blowdowns throughout. Leaf covered and wet.
      Apr 25, 2021 @ 6:44am
      Apr 25, 2021
      		 two significant down trees and a few muddy spots, but pretty good overall!
      Jul 19, 2020 @ 11:19am
      Jul 19, 2020
      		 Holy crap is this trail a peice of work. I really only reccomend climbing this trail on your bike if you can handle some extremely technical rock...
      May 31, 2020 @ 8:04am
      May 31, 2020
      		 Wet in a few spots
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 4 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      All
      • 77 rides
      • Last: Jul 7, 2025

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      Oct 28, 2022 @ 7:16am
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      Aug 12, 2022 @ 7:27am
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      Aug 12, 2022 @ 7:26am
      Aug 12, 2022
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      Apr 25, 2021 @ 3:44pm
      Apr 25, 2021

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