4,426 ft
Distance
-905 ft
Descent
00:05:14
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Portal do Vento Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Sete Cidades
    Ponta Delgada
  • AKA
    Portal
  • Difficulty Rating
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
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  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Other
  • Global Ranking
    #23829 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 95 in E-Biking

Portal do Vento is a trail located in São Miguel Azores Portugal, being a technical and muddy trail. Starting at the top of the mountains and ending on the Sete Cidades lagune, it has one of the most beautiful views of Sete Cidades. Made for Downhill and Enduro riders, this trail is really technical and awesome for photos, due to his views. Top to bottom, the trail has lots of jumps, steep drops and awesome corners

More Stats for Portal do Vento mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -905 ft
  • Altitude min
    934 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,840 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,840 ft
  • Altitude end
    935 ft
  • Grade
    -20.4%
  • Grade max
    -56.2%
  • Grade min
    -2%
  • Distance down
    4,341 ft
  • Distance flat
    85 ft
  • Avg time
    00:05:14
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on Mar 21, 2025
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      Portal do Vento Trail Reports

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      Mar 21, 2025 @ 1:32pm
      Mar 21, 2025
      Mi bajada favorita de toda la isla aunque no la eje encontrado en las mejores condiciones ya que los saltos estaban un poco regular y la...
      Sep 28, 2024 @ 6:49am
      Sep 28, 2024
      nice trail, a little bit overgrown but perfectly rideble
      May 1, 2024 @ 5:45am
      May 1, 2024
      Nice trail but there were 4-5 trees down across the trail
      Sep 3, 2019 @ 6:07am
      Sep 3, 2019
      reporter Overgrown plants and some water trenches.
      Jun 11, 2019 @ 10:55am
      Jun 11, 2019
      All clean and super grippy. Awesome trail!
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      • Last: Feb 2, 2025

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      The duality between MX and DH  w/ Pedro Câmara
      2:39 | 181 | Sep 5, 2019 , Ponta Delgada
      João Machado´s race weekend at Portal do Vento
      5:00 | 330 | Jun 14, 2019 , Ponta Delgada
      João Machado´s qualifying run at Portal do...
      3:03 | 544 | Jun 14, 2019 , Ponta Delgada
      Guided by the sounds of nature
      2:49 | 228 | Nov 16, 2018 , Ponta Delgada
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