4 miles
Distance
760 ft
Climb
-761 ft
Descent
00:47:43
Avg time

Blue Loop Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Fountainhead
    Springfield, Virginia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (2 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Only
  • Direction
    One Direction
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Jump, Skinny, Wallride
  • Global Ranking
    #3332 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking

Take a left under the bridge after the huge berm on Green.

This gets a little more rough than the Green trail with more roots and harder climbs. Still rides like an easy Blue though.
Super fun and would be great for most ability levels.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Blue Loop mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -1 ft
  • Altitude min
    123 ft
  • Altitude max
    247 ft
  • Altitude start
    137 ft
  • Altitude end
    136 ft
  • Grade
    -0.006%
  • Grade max
    -43.7%
  • Grade min
    25.08%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    2,712 ft
  • Avg time
    00:47:43
  • Avg reverse time
    01:00:35
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Status:
on Jan 29, 2021
Dry
Avg: 4.45 (20 votes)

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  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
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Trail Conditions
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  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
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  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
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  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
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  • Camping Camping
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  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
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  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
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      Blue Loop Trail Reports

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      Jan 29, 2021 @ 10:31am
      Jan 29, 2021
      Dec 26, 2020 @ 3:15pm
      Dec 26, 2020
      Dec 13, 2020 @ 7:23am
      Dec 13, 2020
      Dec 13, 2020 @ 7:23am
      Dec 13, 2020
      Dec 12, 2020 @ 10:49am
      Dec 12, 2020
      		 Two 80ft stags leaning on a tree creaking in the wind about to fall on the trail.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 338 rides
      • 8 miles avg distance
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      • 1,732 rides
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      Nov 22, 2020 @ 8:38am
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      Nov 3, 2020 @ 5:49pm
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      Nov 2, 2020 @ 10:14am
      Nov 2, 2020
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      Oct 25, 2020 @ 6:59am
      Oct 25, 2020

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