1,916 ft
Distance
-311 ft
Descent
00:02:51
Avg time

Chaparral Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Joaquin Miller Park (JMP)
    Oakland, California
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (21 votes)
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC, DJ, Fat
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Sometimes hard to follow
  • Season
    Summer and Winter
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Jump, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #3001 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #15717 in Trail Running
    • #4931 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    85 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 50 in Trail Running
    • 50 in Hiking
  • Year Opened
    2014
  • Land Owner
    City of Oakland

This trail is not a trail for beginners. It is rated Black due to relative difficulty to other JMP blue trails, and the fact that this trail is JMP's bone breaker, especially with clipped XC riders.

If you are a beginner, do not attempt this trail.

Please do not avoid the trail obstacles. The erosion on the trail is largely due to users creating new ways for water to flow down the trail.

Fast, steep and natural trail; usually ridden downhill. Central rocky stretch requires good line choice and is black diamond when not rutted; lots of railroad ties cut in and eroded; short travel bikes can get quickly overwhelmed. Fun and short and the roughest trail in the park.

Disclaimer

April 2022 Note: Updated to Double Black due to several recent broken leg injuries.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Chaparral mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -311 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,031 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,343 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,343 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,030 ft
  • Grade
    -16.2%
  • Grade max
    -53.7%
  • Grade min
    -2%
  • Distance down
    1,916 ft
  • Avg time
    00:02:51
  • Avg reverse time
    00:12:52
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on Dec 7, 2024
Very Dry
Avg: 4.02 (34 votes)
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      Chaparral Trail Reports

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      Dec 7, 2024 @ 8:23pm
      Dec 7, 2024
      		 extremly loose and rocky. not safe for bikes unless what your doing. most up the upper section of the slow tech section needs a bunch of rocks...
      Oct 15, 2024 @ 4:45pm
      Oct 15, 2024
      		 Sooo f’d up these days. More fun. But more sketchy too.
      Jul 12, 2024 @ 4:32am
      Jul 12, 2024
      		 Trail is very beat up. Very loose and there’s a felled tree that is very close to head level. Careful out there
      Jun 6, 2024 @ 3:57am
      Jun 6, 2024
      		 This trail is just one big storm away from completely crashing to the side.
      May 28, 2024 @ 10:32pm
      May 28, 2024
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 1 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 54 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
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      • 704 rides
      • Last: Mar 6, 2025

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