1 miles
Distance
67 ft
Climb
-1,088 ft
Descent
1,427 ft
High Point

Scoby Details

  • Riding Area
    North Slope Trails
    Olympia, Washington
  • AKA
    Capital Forest Downhill
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond (4 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Mixed
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Bridge, Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #12650 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

Scoby is a purpose-built, one-way mountain bike trail and the crown jewel of the North Slope Trails system on the north side of Capitol Forest. This trail has it all. Steeps, tabletop jumps, huge berms, rocks, roots, trees. Scoby is a true DH run. Either shuttle or ride A-Line to the top of this trail.​

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More Stats for Scoby bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -1,022 ft
  • Altitude min
    405 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,427 ft
  • Altitude end
    405 ft
  • Grade
    -14.884%
  • Grade max
    -60.781%
  • Grade min
    16.144%
  • Distance climb
    565 ft
  • Distance down
    1 miles
  • Distance flat
    139 ft
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Status:
on Sep 24, 2018
Variable
Avg: 4.65 (6 votes)

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  • Snow Packed
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  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Double Black Diamond

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  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed or Major Issue / Red

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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      Directions to scoby trailhead (47.041730, -123.191010)
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      Scoby Trail Reports

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      Sep 24, 2018 @ 2:22pm
      Sep 24, 2018
      		 Recent rains have knocked down the dust and allowed for some reshaping and dirt work in the Kombucha harvest section (clearcut after road...
      Aug 10, 2018 @ 8:09pm
      Aug 10, 2018
      		 Dusty madness but still lots of fun if you know how to ride moon dust.
      Jul 29, 2018 @ 11:39pm
      Jul 29, 2018
      		 Getting pretty dusty and loose. Mostly good still.
      Jul 9, 2018 @ 4:15pm
      Jul 9, 2018
      		 Trail seemed to be in great condition. Braking bumps settling in but nothing unexpected. The clearcut area is pretty dry and loose. I'd rank this...
      Jun 30, 2018 @ 5:18pm
      Jun 30, 2018
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 46 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
      All
      • 211 rides
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      Jul 24, 2018 @ 10:16am
      Jul 24, 2018
      Scoby, Olympia

      Routes with this trail

      titleratingdistance
      2018 CDC: Capitol Forest Enduro
      		11 miles
      North Slope Loop x2
      		9 miles

      1 Review & Comments

      • + 0
      flag Rockydildoa (Jun 10, 2018 at 10:10)
       Raced this blind for the first time yesterday for the cdc enduro. Hats off to the builders. So good.
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