2,861 ft
Distance
-385 ft
Descent
00:02:36
Avg time

Black Hill Descent Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Pentland Hills
    Edinburgh
  • Difficulty Rating
    Red rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Local Popularity
    50 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 40 in Trail Running
    • 55 in Hiking

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Black Hill Descent is a 872 m moderately popular red singletrack trail located near Edinburgh. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill primary. On average it takes 2 minutes to complete this trail.

This trail is unsanctioned.

More Stats for Black Hill Descent mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -385 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,248 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,633 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,633 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,247 ft
  • Grade
    -13.5%
  • Grade max
    -53.9%
  • Grade min
    -2.7%
  • Distance down
    2,861 ft
  • Avg time
    00:02:36
  • Avg reverse time
    00:21:57
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on Dec 31, 2023
Prevalent Mud
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      Black Hill Descent Trail Reports

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      Dec 31, 2023 @ 1:49am
      Dec 31, 2023
      		 Wet and muddy, very slippy
      Apr 12, 2023 @ 7:54pm
      Apr 12, 2023
      		 Stones pretty loose in the gully
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      6 Months
      • 19 rides
      • 16 miles avg distance
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      • 86 rides
      • Last: Sep 9, 2024

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      Apr 12, 2023 @ 12:52pm
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