2,375 ft
Distance
11 ft
Climb
-261 ft
Descent
00:14:29
Avg time

Rat Trap Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Mullaghmeen Forest
    Ballymanus
  • Difficulty Rating
    Red rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Jump, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #201437 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    70 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 75 in E-Biking

Rat trap. Climb up to the the top of the trail Hairy Mary off the hiking climb to the summit. The trail starts to the left of Hairy Mary working down through a couple of berms to begin with then descending down to jump after jump after jump each getting bigger in size. All jumps can be taken at own pace. The last jump has a small hip to the right. Across the fire road the trail gets more rooty and rocky. It has a big kick jump near the end which can be avoided if needed finishing with a steep chute through some catch berm turns. Follow a natural path to the left to climb the fire road.

Access Info

Enter via star of Hairy Mary

This trail is unsanctioned.

Disclaimer

Unsanctioned trail ride at own risk

More Stats for Rat Trap mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -250 ft
  • Altitude min
    544 ft
  • Altitude max
    807 ft
  • Altitude start
    794 ft
  • Altitude end
    545 ft
  • Grade
    -10.5%
  • Grade max
    -46.6%
  • Grade min
    7.8%
  • Distance climb
    400 ft
  • Distance down
    1,975 ft
  • Avg time
    00:14:29
  • Avg reverse time
    00:28:33
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      Rat Trap Trail Reports

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      Jan 22, 2025 @ 9:33am
      Jan 22, 2025
      		 Trees down after storm Darragh
      Feb 24, 2024 @ 12:31am
      Feb 24, 2024
      Feb 10, 2023 @ 10:02pm
      Feb 10, 2023
      Aug 17, 2022 @ 9:09am
      Aug 17, 2022
      May 1, 2022 @ 7:40am
      May 1, 2022
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