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1,650 ft
Distance
5 ft
Climb
-146 ft
Descent
00:06:39
Avg time
-141 ft
Altitude change
5,179 ft
Altitude min
5,325 ft
Altitude max
5,320 ft
Altitude start
5,180 ft
Altitude end
-8.5%
Grade
-19.1%
Grade max
5.1%
Grade min
138 ft
Distance climb
1,388 ft
Distance down
121 ft
Distance flat
00:06:39
Avg time
Ruby Slippers Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaEmerald Outback
Beech Mountain, North Carolina -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyDouble Black Diamond (1 vote)
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Local Popularity70 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 75 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
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Global Ranking
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State Ranking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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DirectionDownhill OnlyPopular Direction Shown
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Trail VisibilityAlways easy to follow
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TTFs on TrailDrop
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Land OwnerBeech Mountain
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Ruby Slippers is a 1,650 ft popular black diamond difficulty singletrack trail located near Beech Mountain North Carolina. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill only. It features drop. Trail visibility is always easy to follow. On average it takes 6 minutes to complete this trail.
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 0 rides
6 Months
- 7 rides
- 59 miles avg distance
All
- 25 rides
- Last: Oct 1, 2026
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- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
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Directions to ruby-slippers-634737 trailhead
(36.190170, -81.892090)
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Videos
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0:47 |
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Dec 23, 2024 , Beech Mountain
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3:49 |
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Oct 17, 2024 , Beech Mountain
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0:59 |
126 |
Apr 28, 2023 , Beech Mountain
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