2 miles
Distance
103 ft
Climb
-169 ft
Descent
00:09:50
Avg time

Moonshine Run Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Pocahontas State Park
    Richmond, Virginia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (2 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Only
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Jump, Skinny
  • Global Ranking
    #35900 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 95 in E-Biking
  • Land Manager
    DCR

This Expert only one way trail is for advanced only riders with jumping skills.. Know your limits. Moonshine is trail has a lot to offer It starts of with a big table top jump or two, then a split to the gives a fast line to the next feature a drop with a step up. Or the line to the left has some sweet brems to the same drop. In both cases there is a merge and riders will need to give way to the faster ones. Further down the trail are some more rollers a skinny jump and then another split to either a berm jump combo or a rock ledge drop. This trail ends at Sunsetter to get you back to the trail hub Blueberry. Conditions change daily Pre-Ride this trail. Then Re-Ride it with first lap knowledge to learn the trail and features. Finally when you know the trail Free-Ride it have fun. Know your limits. This trail's working name was Lower #11

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Moonshine Run mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -66 ft
  • Altitude min
    149 ft
  • Altitude max
    220 ft
  • Altitude start
    215 ft
  • Altitude end
    149 ft
  • Grade
    -1.087%
  • Grade max
    -18.335%
  • Grade min
    14.589%
  • Distance climb
    2,450 ft
  • Distance down
    2,886 ft
  • Distance flat
    733 ft
  • Avg time
    00:09:50
  • Avg reverse time
    00:16:10
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Status:
on Jan 7, 2021
Wet
Avg: 4.55 (15 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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  • > 90%
  • > 80%
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  • > 50%
  • < 50%
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  • < 1 month
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  • Both Directions
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  • One Direction
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Trail Difficulties
  • Access Road/Trail
  • White
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Black
  • Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status
  • 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
  • Map Markers
  • trail Trail Head
  • photo Photo
  • place Directory Listing
  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
  • Warning Warning
  • Directions Directions
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • 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
  • Other Other
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      Moonshine Run Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Jan 7, 2021 @ 12:17pm
      Jan 7, 2021
      		 reporter C2
      Jan 3, 2021 @ 12:13pm
      Jan 3, 2021
      		 reporter Wet spot
      Dec 10, 2020 @ 11:57am
      Dec 10, 2020
      		 reporter Wet spot
      Nov 17, 2020 @ 2:29pm
      Nov 17, 2020
      		 Some muddy spots
      Oct 19, 2020 @ 7:44pm
      Oct 19, 2020
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 487 rides
      • 14 miles avg distance
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      • 2,210 rides
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      Routes with this trail

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      5 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      Benhambel (Jun 3, 2019 at 15:57)
       Blue trail at best. All the jumps are rollable and can be done by any intermediate rider.
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      mudhunter145 Trailforks Pro Subscriber (Mar 1, 2020 at 13:06)
       Fun flowy mostly mild downhill with some nice jumps. There was one drop that gave me an oh $#!& moment but the rest was easily rolled over if you didnt want to jump then.
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      PatMAE (Mar 22, 2020 at 21:58)
       Relatively easy for a black diamond. Great introduction to serious machine built DH trails, would highly recommend getting familiar with this trail if you’re planning on riding lift access parks. Lots of fun features. Rock roll drop to step-up is my personal favorite spot on the trail, gap the roll option and boost the step-up as hard as you can, you seriously can’t overshoot it, trust me, I tried.
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      DrewDavis1 Trailforks Pro Subscriber (Apr 22, 2020 at 17:42)
       Super fun trail. Did the step up many times. If you take the drop line to corkscrew I recommend to walk it first. Saw an experienced rider flip and fall into the creek.
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      WillKeene545 Trailforks Pro Subscriber (Nov 29, 2020 at 14:49)
       Watch out for the drop right before the downhill berm into the step-up. Scared the sh*t out of me since you can't really see the landing going into it.
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