1.1 miles
Distance
155 ft
Climb
-198 ft
Descent
00:12:50
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Horseshoe Canyon Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Potter's Pasture
    Brady, Nebraska
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #167837 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    55 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 95 in Hiking

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Horseshoe Canyon is a 1 mile moderately popular black diamond singletrack trail located near Brady Nebraska. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions. On average it takes 12 minutes to complete this trail.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Horseshoe Canyon mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -45 ft
  • Altitude min
    2,816 ft
  • Altitude max
    2,972 ft
  • Altitude start
    2,861 ft
  • Altitude end
    2,816 ft
  • Grade
    -0.804%
  • Grade max
    -18.52%
  • Grade min
    19.23%
  • Distance climb
    1,988 ft
  • Distance down
    2,996 ft
  • Distance flat
    562 ft
  • Avg time
    00:12:50
  • Avg reverse time
    00:23:31
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      Horseshoe Canyon Trail Reports

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      Aug 3, 2022 @ 12:52pm
      Aug 3, 2022
      		 Some tight spots that could be widened.
      Jul 21, 2020 @ 3:25pm
      Jul 21, 2020
      		 Horseshoe is in ideal shape. Due to the make-up of the Loess Canyons in Nebraska, our trails cannot be compared to those in the mountains or in...
      Apr 4, 2020 @ 2:36pm
      Apr 4, 2020
      		 Some erosion has got the better of a few sections and alternative paths forming around these. This will cause single track to get wider &...
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      6 Months
      • 11 rides
      • 17 miles avg distance
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      • 17 rides
      • Last: May 11, 2025

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