2,115 ft
Distance
29 ft
Climb
-428 ft
Descent
00:13:30
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Black Forest Trail
- Terra Tek Trails, LLCBuilder
Black Forest Details
-
Activities
- Mountain Bike
-
Riding AreaRocky Knob Park
Boone, North Carolina -
Difficulty Rating
-
Voted DifficultyDouble Black Diamond (1 vote)
-
Trail TypePrimitive
-
Bike TypeDH, AM
-
DirectionDownhill OnlyPopular direction shown
-
Physical RatingHard
-
Dogs AllowedYes
-
eBike Allowed
-
TTFs on TrailDrop, Jump, Ladder Bridge, Rock Face, Rock Garden
-
Global Ranking#8091 in Mountain Biking
-
Local Popularity35 in Mountain Biking
-
Year Opened2018
-
Land Manager
The trail has two distinct halves: The Upper Black Forest begins at the summit and is rated Double Black Diamond. It is significantly more difficult than any other trail in the park. Expect steep fall lines, rugged, unpredictable sections with drops, rock faces, and jumps. Take your time the first time down to scout lines. Numerous line choices exist and are not marked.
The lower section called "Stone Soup" is a Black Diamond rated trail and is a good introduction to the upper section. Access Stone Soup from the last leg of Don't Rock the Boat Trail.
Local Trail Association
-
Please consider joining or donating to the local trail association to supportdonate to earn trail karma!
trail development & maintenance.
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Black Forest mountain bike trail trail
-
Altitude change-399 ft
-
Altitude min3,590 ft
-
Altitude max4,016 ft
-
Altitude start3,999 ft
-
Altitude end3,600 ft
-
Grade-18.867%
-
Grade max-45.661%
-
Grade min13.809%
-
Distance climb212 ft
-
Distance down1,870 ft
-
Distance flat33 ft
-
Avg time00:13:30
-
Avg reverse time00:35:29
- view trail stats
close
Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Snow Cover Inadequate
- 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.
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
x
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.
Only show trails with NO bikes.
Save the current map location and zoom level as your default home location whenever this page is loaded.
Save
Directions to black-forest-140620 trailhead
(36.216130, -81.621470)
update trails status or condition
Black Forest Trail Reports
view all reports »
Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 0 rides
6 Months
- 69 rides
- 7 miles avg distance
All
- 577 rides
Photos
more »
Trail Lists
-
NC trail checkoff list150 trails
-
+ 1


Surprised to see a legitimately gnarly trail in a fairly trail/XC oriented park. Several 3 foot+ drops, rock rolls, steep switchbacks, etc. Good fun and good enduro practice
[Reply]


In my opinion, this is probably the only legit double black diamond trail in the state of North Carolina. Amazing job by all of those invoked at rocky knob!
[Reply]
Nearby Trails
- New Boss 0 ft
- Rtp #2 118 ft
- Dauphin Disco 778 ft
- (don't) Rock The Boat 778 ft
- Boat Rock Bailout 1,555 ft
- embed Black Forest trail on your website
- By KristianJackson
BAC & contributors
- #140620 - 2,699 views
- subscribe
- login to download gpx or kml files.