4,452 ft
Distance
21 ft
Climb
-1,073 ft
Descent
00:10:19
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Braking Bad Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Pajarito Bike Park
    Los Alamos, New Mexico
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #79601 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    75 in Mountain Biking

Also known as the Old Downhill Racecourse, this trail has a bit of everything downhillers love.

Start at the summit, a short hike a bike from the lift up to the tower at the very top, and veer off what to hit the jump onto the jeep road. Continue down the jeep trail for a few feet and take a left into the woods.

A steep tight top section with several technical sections will lead you down to a rock garden half way down.
Cross a road and look for the trail just downhill on the right.

Continue through more tree sections. Then you come back onto the trail and there is a large step down jump.
It can also be hit slowly, or as a very small double.

More single track and you'll pop out at the bottom.

Despite the fact that it's really fun, this trail doesn't get a ton of traffic, so the trail can be a bit rusty.

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More Stats for Braking Bad mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -1,052 ft
  • Altitude min
    9,298 ft
  • Altitude max
    10,367 ft
  • Altitude start
    10,350 ft
  • Altitude end
    9,298 ft
  • Grade
    -23.628%
  • Grade max
    -64.723%
  • Grade min
    15.916%
  • Distance climb
    184 ft
  • Distance down
    4,267 ft
  • Avg time
    00:10:19
  • Avg reverse time
    00:42:02
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on Jun 9, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 3.79 (4 votes)
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      Braking Bad Trail Reports

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      Jun 9, 2024 @ 3:00pm
      Jun 9, 2024
      		 Rain the day before, dirt was hero.
      Sep 5, 2021 @ 9:41am
      Sep 5, 2021
      Dec 17, 2019 @ 8:26pm
      Dec 17, 2019
      		 Bike Park closed for the season, see you in 2020 :)
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