3,376 ft
Distance
4 ft
Climb
-409 ft
Descent
00:03:32
Avg time

Porters Bay Descent Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Shag Bay
    Hobart
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Primitive
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #39608 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    25 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 65 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

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Porters Bay Descent is a 1,029 m less popular blue primitive trail located near Hobart. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions and has a hard overall physical rating with a 1 m blue climb. On average it takes 3 minutes to complete this trail.

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More Stats for Porters Bay Descent mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -405 ft
  • Altitude min
    27 ft
  • Altitude max
    431 ft
  • Altitude start
    431 ft
  • Altitude end
    27 ft
  • Grade
    -11.987%
  • Grade max
    -22.835%
  • Grade min
    6.585%
  • Distance climb
    60 ft
  • Distance down
    3,316 ft
  • Avg time
    00:03:32
  • Avg reverse time
    00:09:16
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Status:
on May 10, 2020
Ideal
Avg: 3 (1 votes)

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  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
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  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
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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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  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
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  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
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      Porters Bay Descent Trail Reports

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      May 10, 2020 @ 7:39pm
      May 10, 2020
      Jul 5, 2018 @ 3:00am
      Jul 5, 2018
      		 Rocky and eroded following recent rain
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 3 rides
      • 14 miles avg distance
      All
      • 44 rides
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      1 Review & Comments

      • + 1
      flag Raymannn (Jul 4, 2018 at 18:34)
       Quite rough and eroded following recent floods
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