1.5 miles
Distance
53 ft
Climb
-726 ft
Descent
00:15:13
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Bear Pen Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Big Ivy (Coleman Boundary)
    Asheville, North Carolina
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #40137 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #37635 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    50 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 55 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback

Rough trail makes a fun, rocky and muddy downhill connection between the Laurel Gap trail (grassy road) and FR 74. Not that great uphill - there's no real good downhill to connect to unless you come back down this trail. Huge jumps near bottom. A little overgrown with weeds, seldom used. Watch for stinging nettle as it hangs over the trail - if it brushes up against your legs, you'll be itchin' by the time you get to the bottom. Creek crossings. Part of the Douglas Falls and Coleman Boundary Grand Tour best rides.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Bear Pen multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -673 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,931 ft
  • Altitude max
    4,604 ft
  • Altitude start
    4,604 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,931 ft
  • Grade max
    -35.493%
  • Grade min
    21.542%
  • Distance climb
    786 ft
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    791 ft
  • Avg time
    00:15:13
  • Avg reverse time
    00:46:05
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on May 26, 2023
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Avg: 3.99 (3 votes)
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      Bear Pen Trail Reports

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      May 26, 2023 @ 1:27pm
      May 26, 2023
      		 Overgrown near top, double deadfall trees down in top 1/4.
      Aug 6, 2019 @ 1:13pm
      Aug 6, 2019
      		 pretty overgrown at the top, but the bottom rides great
      May 31, 2019 @ 1:00pm
      May 31, 2019
      		 I would let the bears have the Laurel Gap trail until hibernation time. There are a lot of berry bushes that are flowering and there is plenty...
      Jul 22, 2018 @ 8:04pm
      Jul 22, 2018
      		 Trail was pretty good condition, so was a stinging nettle.
      Nov 25, 2017 @ 7:53pm
      Nov 25, 2017
      		 Major downed trees and limbs. Not rideable especially at the top.
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