Black Loop Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
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Riding AreaFountainhead Regional Park
Fairfax Station, Virginia -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyDouble Black Diamond (3 votes)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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DirectionOne DirectionPopular direction shown
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Climb DifficultyBlue
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Physical RatingModerate
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
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TTFs on TrailA-Frame, Berm, Bridge, Drop, Jump, Log Ride, Rock Garden, Skinny
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Global Ranking#4739 in Mountain Biking
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Local Popularity90 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 95 in E-Biking
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Land OwnerNOVA Parks
This is the hardest of the loops at Fountainhead. The trail is mostly more of a harder blue with several obstacles that really earn the black diamond rating. The start doesn't hold back with a hard rock climb from the blue trail. From there it eases off for a while. You'll have real fun flowy sections with short climbs and man-made rock gardens thrown in for good measure.
Later in the trail is when it starts to get real. I think it was around mile marker 6, that the drops start. While some of them are small and could be done by most intermediate riders, they get bigger as they go. I think the biggest is about a 6 foot vertical drop. So if you don't feel confident on medium/large drops, you'll want to scope them first. If you are comfortable, then most are pretty mellow, however one has a short landing that took me by surprise. So don't just bomb off them.
After the drop section there's a few more gnar parts, including one pretty rowdy rock garden. When you hit the little A-frame wooden features, you're coming up to it. Just know, it's going to get rocky and chunky.
The end of the trail has an easy and harder route, with the harder ending in a fun and wild decent with rocks and drops everywhere.
If you're an intermediate looking for some harder terrain, give this a go. You can easily go around the hard sections and the rest of the trail is pretty much a blue. Just keep in mind the full loop is around 12 miles.
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More Stats for Black Loop mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-1 ft
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Altitude min127 ft
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Altitude max263 ft
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Altitude start128 ft
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Altitude end128 ft
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Grade-0%
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Grade max-20.8%
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Grade min25.6%
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Distance climb3 miles
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Distance down3 miles
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Distance flat5,138 ft
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Avg time01:16:22
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Avg reverse time01:20:35
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- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
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- Snow Cover Inadequate
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
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- Very Dry
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- bi-directional trail
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- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
- 6 rides
- 12 miles avg distance
- 197 rides
- 13 miles avg distance
- 2,146 rides
- Last: Jun 18, 2023
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