3,930 ft
Distance
253 ft
Climb
-51 ft
Descent
00:14:07
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El Pollo Elastico Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaGalbraith
Bellingham, Washington -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (2 votes)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM, XC
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DirectionBoth DirectionsPopular in reverse
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Climb DifficultyBlue
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Physical RatingModerate
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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TTFs on TrailDrop, Jump
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Ride in RainYes
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Global Ranking
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Local Popularity85 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 85 in Trail Running
- 40 in Hiking
El Pollo Elastico - The Rubber Chicken in Espanol - was built in the late 90's as a natural extension of Fire Circle trail and continues on with Ewok Village, which was originally called Lower Chicken. Combined with Cedar Dust and Bob's Trail, this route down from mid Galbraith was a multi-year effort of poking around in the woods after work with machetes and maddocks by Bob Torset, Tom Aeschliman and others. Pretty tame by today's standards, it is still a pretty flowy romp through the woods and clear cuts with obligatory roots and rocks and a few berms and jump thrown in. Also a pretty good alternate climb up verses Intestine or The Wall.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for El Pollo Elastico mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change202 ft
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Altitude min1,048 ft
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Altitude max1,256 ft
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Altitude start1,048 ft
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Altitude end1,250 ft
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Grade5.134%
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Grade max-10.074%
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Grade min21.746%
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Distance climb2,343 ft
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Distance down1,007 ft
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Distance flat579 ft
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Avg time00:14:07
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Avg reverse time00:09:08
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- Prevalent Mud
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- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 13 rides
- 11 miles avg distance
6 Months
- 279 rides
- 11 miles avg distance
All
- 4,274 rides
- Last: Mar 22, 2023
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GalbraithShredder75
(Jan 10, 2022 at 14:55)
Actually one of my favorites on the mountain. A nice technical XC trail with tons of roots and rocks with some good descending. Good rock roll too!
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savagefilms
(Mar 31, 2021 at 6:55)
Rode down this trail yesterday for the first time. It’s really fun! Great corners plus a bonus rock roll. Would recommend
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