4,918 ft
Distance
56 ft
Climb
-322 ft
Descent
00:09:10
Avg time

Doctors Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Marquette NTN South Trails
    Marquette, Michigan
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #5202 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #5015 in Trail Running
    • #52664 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    75 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 70 in E-Biking
    • 80 in Trail Running
    • 80 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Noquemanon Trail Network

After climbing Gurley and crossing Mount Marquette Road, Doctors is your first option of descent. The trail starts relatively flat and slowly becomes steepens as you go. Once the trail gets going downhill the ability to blast through rocks and root at high speeds makes this trail very fun to ride. At the end of the trail a small rock slab and a steep roll down over some roots rounds out the trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Doctors mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -266 ft
  • Altitude min
    735 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,024 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,000 ft
  • Altitude end
    735 ft
  • Grade
    -5.4%
  • Grade max
    -32.1%
  • Grade min
    12.3%
  • Distance climb
    801 ft
  • Distance down
    3,133 ft
  • Distance flat
    984 ft
  • Avg time
    00:09:10
  • Avg reverse time
    00:12:15
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on Aug 11, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 4.35 (11 votes)
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      Doctors Trail Reports

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      Aug 11, 2024 @ 2:04am
      Aug 11, 2024
      Jun 30, 2024 @ 9:27am
      Jun 30, 2024
      Jun 27, 2024 @ 6:02am
      Jun 27, 2024
      		 Lots of washout, use your mountain bike and shocks for what they were intended for.
      Aug 30, 2023 @ 8:00am
      Aug 30, 2023
      		 Doctors drop ride around
      Jul 5, 2023 @ 9:12am
      Jul 5, 2023
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 8 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      All
      • 288 rides
      • Last: Mar 25, 2025

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      Oct 6, 2018 @ 7:43pm
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      477 |
      Apr 11, 2010 @ 10:34pm
      Apr 11, 2010
      948 |
      Apr 12, 2010 @ 7:59am
      Apr 12, 2010

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