4 miles
Distance
256 ft
Climb
-1,916 ft
Descent
00:50:27
Avg time
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Grooms Ridge Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    National Forest Trails West of Harrisonburg
    Harrisonburg, Virginia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #86255 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    20 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

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Grooms Ridge is a 4 mile less popular black diamond singletrack trail located near Harrisonburg Virginia. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill primary. On average it takes 50 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Grooms Ridge mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -1,660 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,739 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,399 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,399 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,739 ft
  • Grade
    -8.084%
  • Grade max
    -22.832%
  • Grade min
    13.541%
  • Distance climb
    3,399 ft
  • Distance down
    3 miles
  • Avg time
    00:50:27
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Status:
on Dec 5, 2020
Variable
Avg: 2 (2 votes)

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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Double Black Diamond

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  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Boardwalk Boardwalk
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
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      Grooms Ridge Trail Reports

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      Dec 5, 2020 @ 11:31am
      Dec 5, 2020
      		 a few big trees and/or branches down, mostly ridable. only one that could present an issue as the tree is on a downhill section of the trail where...
      Sep 26, 2020 @ 4:50pm
      Sep 26, 2020
      		 reporter Downed trees, tons of spider webs, and overgrown made for a not so fun ride.
      Sep 15, 2020 @ 7:39am
      Sep 15, 2020
      		 Lots of downed trees and very overgrown for the first half mile or so; had to get off to get over trees every 200 yards or so. Tons of spider webs...
      Feb 2, 2020 @ 8:15pm
      Feb 2, 2020
      		 Tons of icy logs at the top. Beautiful view after steep climb about halfway down.
      Aug 9, 2019 @ 10:12pm
      Aug 9, 2019
      		 Unrideable uptop. Barley passable at all. Lots of down trees. Could see it being a lot of fun though it’s fast at the bottom.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 4 rides
      • 16 miles avg distance
      All
      • 17 rides
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      Feb 2, 2020 @ 8:15pm
      Feb 2, 2020

      1 Review & Comments

      • + 0
      Toekneed (Apr 13, 2019 at 14:33)
       Pretty fun, a ton of down trees at the beginning and over grown.
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