2,508 ft
Distance
22 ft
Climb
-169 ft
Descent
00:05:12
Avg time

El Capitan Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Surrey Hills
    Dorking
  • AKA
    Captain Clunk
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Red (6 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Jump
  • Global Ranking
    #1324 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking

Following some hefty revisions by the local Ranger this trail retains it's sloppy wet start, but opens up into a fun, fast and flowing descent off the hill; the gaps are gone, as are the drops but still keeps enough interest to make this worth pointing the bike down. Extremely smooth right until the end where it is a bit steeper and rough, but avoidable.

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More Stats for El Capitan mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -147 ft
  • Altitude min
    671 ft
  • Altitude max
    826 ft
  • Altitude start
    818 ft
  • Altitude end
    671 ft
  • Grade
    -5.854%
  • Grade max
    -15.9%
  • Grade min
    15.6%
  • Distance climb
    355 ft
  • Distance down
    1,906 ft
  • Distance flat
    247 ft
  • Avg time
    00:05:12
  • Avg reverse time
    00:10:28
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Status:
on Jan 12, 2025
Wet
Avg: 4.28 (33 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 2 rides
      • 17 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 53 rides
      • 14 miles avg distance
      All
      • 722 rides
      • Last: Mar 21, 2025

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      Jul 27, 2019 @ 3:11am
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