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1.6 miles
Distance
200 ft
Climb
-195 ft
Descent
00:13:54
Avg time
6 ft
Altitude change
1,272 ft
Altitude min
1,330 ft
Altitude max
1,297 ft
Altitude start
1,302 ft
Altitude end
0.1%
Grade
-27.3%
Grade max
19.3%
Grade min
3,002 ft
Distance climb
2,995 ft
Distance down
2,247 ft
Distance flat
00:13:54
Avg time
Frankenstein Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaThe Hydrocut
Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (3 votes)
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Local Popularity95 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 85 in E-Biking
- 85 in Trail Running
- 90 in Hiking
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Provincial Ranking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeXC
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
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Land Owner
Nice flowy trail with several short, steep switch back climbs and descents. A nice big whoop-de-do, and a good sized rock feature with a B line.Some roots.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 12 rides
- 15 miles average
6 Months
- 355 rides
- 14 miles avg distance
All
- 2,459 rides
- Last: Oct 12, 2026
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- Prevalent Mud
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Directions to frankenstein trailhead
(43.436500, -80.576450)
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Technical Trail Features (TTF)
- Igor's Rock
Rock Face - Large Rock Rock Face
Trail Lists
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Hydrocut Glasgow/Dump Side
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Routes with this trail
★ 3.0 • 13 miles • 1,233 ft • 22 • Loop •
The most popular loop that hits all of the singletrack trails available at the Hydrocut. Frankenstein,...
★ 5.0 • 13 miles • 1,222 ft • 35 • Loop •
The Hydrocut is running an official Time Trial this year using Strava. The course has been set. It was...
★ 3.5 • 17 miles • 1,563 ft • 48 • Loop •
This is the full route for all the current trails as of 2021 without any backtracking, except Fluffy Bunny...
4 Reviews & Comments
DV188
Several trees down after storm. Would recommend trying other trails until cleared.
Greghunter1
Up down up down, bridge, up down up down! Lol! This ones gets the heart moving. Nice trail!
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