5,092 ft
Distance
25 ft
Climb
-155 ft
Descent
00:07:28
Avg time

Northern XC Section Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Tollymore
    Newcastle
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat, CX
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Sometimes hard to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #84943 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #19733 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    80 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in E-Biking
    • 55 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

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Northern XC Section is a 2 km popular blue singletrack trail located near Newcastle. This multi-use trail can be used both directions and has a moderate overall physical rating with a 8 m blue climb. On average it takes 7 minutes to complete this trail.

This trail is unsanctioned.

More Stats for Northern XC Section multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -131 ft
  • Altitude min
    346 ft
  • Altitude max
    477 ft
  • Altitude start
    477 ft
  • Altitude end
    348 ft
  • Grade
    -2.6%
  • Grade max
    -10.8%
  • Grade min
    3.7%
  • Distance climb
    1,388 ft
  • Distance down
    3,593 ft
  • Distance flat
    112 ft
  • Avg time
    00:07:28
  • Avg reverse time
    00:18:02
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      Northern XC Section Trail Reports

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      Mar 9, 2025 @ 7:18am
      Mar 9, 2025
      		 lots and lots of trees blocking trail, making it impassible
      Mar 2, 2025 @ 1:21pm
      Mar 2, 2025
      		 Quite a lot of fallen trees, big chunky ones too that you can't throw bikes over.
      Dec 15, 2024 @ 2:05am
      Dec 15, 2024
      		 reporter Some trees down blocking trail
      Nov 15, 2023 @ 10:51am
      Nov 15, 2023
      		 Large tree down across trail, blocking trail
      May 29, 2023 @ 11:25am
      May 29, 2023
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 1 rides
      • 4,777 ft avg distance
      All
      • 24 rides
      • Last: Jan 4, 2025

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      Mar 9, 2025 @ 8:15am
      Mar 9, 2025

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