3,054 ft
Distance
58 ft
Climb
-79 ft
Descent
00:07:17
Avg time

Heart of Darkness Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Pitmedden
    Auchtermuchty
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat
  • Direction
    One Direction
    Popular direction shown
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Rock Face, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #79397 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #4978 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in E-Biking
    • 95 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Forestry And Land Scotland

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Heart of Darkness is a 931 m popular black singletrack trail located near Auchtermuchty. This mountain bike primary trail can be used one direction. On average it takes 7 minutes to complete this trail.

This trail is unsanctioned.

More Stats for Heart of Darkness mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -21 ft
  • Altitude min
    866 ft
  • Altitude max
    926 ft
  • Altitude start
    897 ft
  • Altitude end
    876 ft
  • Grade
    -0.7%
  • Grade max
    -20%
  • Grade min
    15.2%
  • Distance climb
    656 ft
  • Distance down
    883 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,476 ft
  • Avg time
    00:07:17
  • Avg reverse time
    00:15:41
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on Nov 28, 2024
Dry
Avg: 3.49 (6 votes)
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      Heart of Darkness Trail Reports

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      Nov 28, 2024 @ 2:55am
      Nov 28, 2024
      		 Tree blocking the start of the trail.
      Oct 22, 2024 @ 10:29am
      Oct 22, 2024
      		 tree blocking chicken route by main rock feature
      Oct 22, 2024 @ 10:27am
      Oct 22, 2024
      		 small tree blocking chicken route beside main rock feature
      Oct 22, 2024 @ 10:25am
      Oct 22, 2024
      		 small tree down on first decent
      Feb 20, 2024 @ 2:27am
      Feb 20, 2024
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 2 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 80 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      All
      • 1,274 rides
      • Last: Dec 2, 2024

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      Nov 29, 2024 @ 11:24am
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      Oct 22, 2024 @ 10:36am
      Oct 22, 2024
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      Oct 22, 2024 @ 10:33am
      Oct 22, 2024
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      Oct 22, 2024 @ 10:29am
      Oct 22, 2024

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