Fruit Loop

Agree with the others- this isn’t really a black, but the blues aren’t really blues either, at least not skill-wise, maybe cardio fitness I guess as there are a lot of steepish burners. But compared to them it requires more skills. The g-outs are fun and kinda unique for the DMV. Good warmup for the jump lines. Can just take the old carriage road back if wanna get to the bike park quickly.

Idk man its a little more grey than black

I don't know about this trial being black, but then again I don't know about most of the trials around it being blue. I'm relatively new to MTB ( 1year, 250lbs), and while I could not complete all of the bigger g-outs, I got through most of them without issue. There is really only one that is truly bad (the first big one, heading south) that after multiple attempts I just couldnt finish the climb due to the grade and my inability to maintain my momentum through the bottom. Overall, I think this is one of the more fun parts of this phase of Bacon Ridge. All of the "blue" trails around it are very smooth with almost no tech features (not that that is a bad thing, can just a be a little boring). This trail is genuinely different is fun if you want a challenge thrown at you. I would say its not high risk either, there are climbs you might not make and thats about it. One logover on a downhill that you take it as a jump it might throw you into a tree, but its visible with plenty of warning. This is a great trail for working on pumping, which I suck at (that section will the heavy duty rollers at the beginning if you are riding it South) and for shifting your body weight to absorb rougher g-outs to maintain speed to make the climbs doable.

Absolute beginners should probably avoid this trail, but if you are looking for a non-dangerous challenge this is a very fun trail. I'll be working this one into all of my future phase 3 runs.