1.6 miles
Distance
59 ft
Climb
-80 ft
Descent
00:23:27
Avg time

Flash Gordon Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Echo West Vineyard
    Echo, Oregon
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #163209 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #80318 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    35 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

This is one of the shorter echo loops with some tight technical riding along the hillside. It is not extremely difficult but there are some narrow exposed sections making confident bike handling key

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Flash Gordon mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -21 ft
  • Altitude min
    762 ft
  • Altitude max
    828 ft
  • Altitude start
    823 ft
  • Altitude end
    802 ft
  • Grade
    -0.241%
  • Grade max
    -6.773%
  • Grade min
    10.811%
  • Distance climb
    3,340 ft
  • Distance down
    3,804 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,441 ft
  • Avg time
    00:23:27
  • Avg reverse time
    00:12:31
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on Aug 12, 2021
Very Dry
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      Flash Gordon Trail Reports

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      Aug 12, 2021 @ 12:28pm
      Aug 12, 2021
      		 Needs some riding or digging, its pretty difficult to find the track in many places
      Jan 1, 2021 @ 1:20pm
      Jan 1, 2021
      Aug 24, 2020 @ 10:45am
      Aug 24, 2020
      		 Needs to be ridden in some more and there are areas of overgrown brush and sand but overall still worth riding for the challenge
      Aug 10, 2019 @ 8:59am
      Aug 10, 2019
      		This "trail" is a joke, there is no trail. The has an unsigned merge with the A trail, so you don't realize you're no longer on Flash Gordon until...
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