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4.0 miles
Distance
697 ft
Climb
-797 ft
Descent
01:01:47
Avg time
-101 ft
Altitude change
2,669 ft
Altitude min
3,429 ft
Altitude max
2,770 ft
Altitude start
2,671 ft
Altitude end
-0.5%
Grade
-36.9%
Grade max
34.9%
Grade min
2 miles
Distance climb
2 miles
Distance down
932 ft
Distance flat
01:01:47
Avg time
Daniel Ridge Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaPisgah Brevard Area Trails
Brevard, North Carolina -
Ref Number#105
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Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultySecondary Access Road/Trail (3 votes)
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Local Popularity50 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 70 in Trail Running
- 85 in Hiking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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DirectionDownhill Primary
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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Year Opened2015
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Land OwnerUSFS
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Daniel Ridge is a 4 mile moderately popular black diamond difficulty singletrack trail located near Brevard North Carolina. Highlights include a ridgeline. This multi-use trail can be used downhill primary. On average it takes 1 hour1 minutes to complete this trail.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
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- 0 rides
6 Months
- 16 rides
- 12 miles avg distance
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- 173 rides
- Last: Oct 1, 2026
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Directions to daniel-ridge trailhead
(35.287890, -82.826760)
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Apr 10, 2025 , Brevard
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14 Reviews & Comments
kNcYrL
I want to like this trail more, but the uphill is too techy (for me, but many Id presume) and so you have to push up a lot. Downhill is solid though, but wasn’t sure it feel as worth it to me vs. climbing up to Black, etc. Rode it counterclockwise.
jbfiets
Rode it counterclockwise from the top (west side downhill). Good if you are willing to ride multiple times, but probably won't be much fun the first time unless you really like the chunky stuff, are very experienced or have a long travel bike. If things go sideways, it is a short hike the road.
chrismoore2020
Hiked this trail yesterday. There is some extreme exposure on the north end of the West side of this loop. By extreme I mean if you fall you die.
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