1.8 miles
Distance
240 ft
Climb
-246 ft
Descent
00:15:01
Avg time

Black Loop Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Sunfish Lake Park
    Lake Elmo, Minnesota
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC, Fat, Gravel
  • Direction
    One Direction
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Log Ride, Skinny
  • Global Ranking
    #11870 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking
  • Year Opened
    2020

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Black Loop is a highly rated 2 mile popular black diamond singletrack trail located near Lake Elmo Minnesota. This mountain bike only trail can be used one direction and has a hard overall physical rating with a 240 ft black diamond climb. On average it takes 15 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Black Loop mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    0 ft
  • Altitude min
    919 ft
  • Altitude max
    984 ft
  • Altitude start
    930 ft
  • Altitude end
    932 ft
  • Grade max
    -24.8%
  • Grade min
    21.8%
  • Distance climb
    2,720 ft
  • Distance down
    2,648 ft
  • Distance flat
    4,364 ft
  • Avg time
    00:15:01
  • Avg reverse time
    00:16:20
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on Oct 13, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 4.49 (8 votes)
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      Black Loop Trail Reports

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      Oct 13, 2024 @ 3:44pm
      Oct 13, 2024
      		 Fallen tree
      Sep 27, 2024 @ 9:06am
      Sep 27, 2024
      Jan 18, 2024 @ 4:15pm
      Jan 18, 2024
      		 Wed, Jan 17, 02:47 PM - Trails are in as good of condition as they could be!
      Nov 19, 2023 @ 6:38am
      Nov 19, 2023
      		 More primo tackiness
      Nov 15, 2023 @ 4:42am
      Nov 15, 2023
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 55 rides
      • 7 miles avg distance
      All
      • 697 rides
      • Last: Mar 2, 2025

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      Sep 27, 2024 @ 12:59pm
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      Sep 27, 2024 @ 12:30pm
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      Oct 28, 2022 @ 2:56pm
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      Oct 28, 2022 @ 2:56pm
      Oct 28, 2022

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