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2 miles

Distance

51 ft

Climb

-480 ft

Descent

00:07:56

Avg time

Ridgeline Details

Riding Area

Dupont State Forest
Cedar Mountain, North Carolina
Difficulty Rating

Blue rate
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

XC
Trail Usage

Biking Primary
Direction

Both Directions
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Climb Difficulty

Blue
Physical Rating

Moderate
TTFs on Trail

Berm
Global Ranking

#165 in Mountain Biking

Ridgeline is a crown jewel of Dupont State Recreational Forest. For many mountain bikers and equestrians, this is their favorite trail or at least in their top three. This trail is known for its flow. While it has no real technical features to speak of since being redesigned, it is a lot of fun to ride this glassy smooth and generally well-bermed trail. From Lake Imaging Road it is a steady but not steep climb to the high point just before the intersection with Hooker Creek Trail. Then it is a gradual descent or flat on to the end of the trail at Hickory Mountain Road and Hickory Mountain Loop.
Sight lines are fantastic and the flow is amazing.

For the ultimate downhill blast, ride to the top of Hickory Mountain Loop, take a minute to catch your breath and prepare to smile all the way to the parking lot, barely needing to pedal. (Read the Trail Notes on Hickory Mountain Loop.)

Beginning mountain bikers need to have good speed control and braking skills before tackling this and many of the other trails at Dupont. Learn how to use that front brake correctly (it is 80% of your stopping power) and PLEASE don't skid that rear tire on our precious trails.

Local Trail Association

Pisgah Area SORBA (www.pisgahareasorba.org)
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More Stats for Ridgeline bike trail

Altitude change

-429 ft
Altitude min

2,317 ft
Altitude max

2,753 ft
Altitude start

2,746 ft
Altitude end

2,317 ft
Grade max

-21.652%
Grade min

13.397%
Distance climb

905 ft
Distance down

1 miles
Distance flat

385 ft
Avg time

00:07:56
Avg reverse time

00:05:27
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Status:

on Sep 25, 2018

Variable

Avg: 4.8 (34 votes)

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Directions to ridgeline-7343 trailhead (35.219140, -82.601390)

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Ridgeline Trail Reports

	date	description
	Sep 25, 2018 @ 9:42am Sep 25, 2018
	Sep 22, 2018 @ 11:30am Sep 22, 2018
	Sep 11, 2018 @ 10:49am Sep 11, 2018
	Aug 12, 2018 @ 9:30am Aug 12, 2018
	Jul 4, 2018 @ 6:00pm Jul 4, 2018

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Photos

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May 15, 2018 @ 8:32pm

May 15, 2018

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Apr 17, 2018 @ 6:06pm

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Apr 19, 2017 @ 5:41pm

Apr 19, 2017

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title	rating	distance
#5- Big Allstar Loop - Roam Fest East Crankjoy Route featured		13 miles
Quick Dupont Loop		13 miles
Bike Transylvania: Jim Branch to Ridgeline		5 miles
Taste of DuPont		18 miles

5 Reviews & Comments

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h-beck83 (Nov 11, 2015 at 18:53)

This trail was recently overhauled from a bit on the technical side to very fast with berms and nice banks. Sad to see the old trail go but the new one is hella-fun.

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noravelp (Dec 4, 2017 at 18:31)

during the recent trail maintenance performed by the forest service they removed the one and only TTF from Ridgeline. I'll miss my favorite part of the trail, the ridable log near the bottom.

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LegitBiker9000 (Aug 11, 2018 at 12:40)

Honestly a pretty lame trail, nothing difficult or necessarily fun. The peddle up is super easy, and the decent can be done by just about anyone. However, it is well maintained, and i do recommend it to anyone trying to learn how to ride their first downhill single track.

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LegitBiker9000 (Aug 11, 2018 at 13:10)

Defiantly an over hyped trail, with no challenges whatsoever, obviously what do you expect, it's the east coast

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cleaverwrh (Nov 2, 2018 at 20:23)

Not really that great. On a long weekend trip, rode in Pisgah first and all the trails there were way better than this one. I guess this might be an exciting trail for someone who doesn’t really ride trails.

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