3,673 ft
Distance
217 ft
Climb
-195 ft
Descent
00:07:52
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Back Bowl Trail
  • Dirt Artisans
    Builder

Back Bowl Details

  • Riding Area
    Devou Park
    Covington, Kentucky
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Global Ranking
    #3215 in Mountain Biking
  • Year Opened
    2013
  • Land Manager
    City of Covington, KY

Traveling either direction on Back Bowl is an exhilarating experience. 1/2 of trail is flowy-bermy-pumpy-with a little jumpy and the other 1/2 is rack laden tech goodness.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Back Bowl bike trail
  • Altitude change
    22 ft
  • Altitude min
    644 ft
  • Altitude max
    809 ft
  • Altitude start
    787 ft
  • Altitude end
    809 ft
  • Grade
    0.598%
  • Grade max
    -37.018%
  • Grade min
    31.734%
  • Distance climb
    2,032 ft
  • Distance down
    1,434 ft
  • Distance flat
    207 ft
  • Avg time
    00:07:52
  • Avg reverse time
    00:04:50
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Status:
on Jul 9, 2018
Dry
Avg: 5 (1 votes)

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  • Trail Style 
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  • Activity Type 
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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Trail Difficulties
  • Access Road/Trail
  • White
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Black
  • Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status
  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed or Major Issue / Red

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
  • Map Markers
  • trail Trail Head
  • photo Photo
  • place Directory Listing
  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
  • Warning Warning
  • Directions Directions
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • Gate Gate
  • Camping Camping
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Other Other
Directions to back-bowl-21989 trailhead (39.075030, -84.550180)
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Back Bowl Trail Reports

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Jul 9, 2018 @ 4:12pm
Jul 9, 2018
Mar 11, 2018 @ 10:09am
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Jan 2, 2018 @ 3:28pm
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Nov 28, 2017 @ 3:11pm
Nov 28, 2017
Sep 28, 2017 @ 5:33am
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