1.1 miles
Distance
237 ft
Climb
-277 ft
Descent
00:12:40
Avg time

Sidewinder Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Racker Road Singletrack
    Stafford, Connecticut
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Roller Coaster
  • Global Ranking
    #22740 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #89845 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    65 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

The Sidewinder trail is the one fast, flowy trail at Racker named after the Kingdom Trails namesake. It is the prize after the relentless climbing on Stimulus. Sidewinder dives into a steep valley, building up speed as it rockets across and up the valley sides, smoothing out to a high speed cruise to the end of the valley and into a twisty singletrack section. The climb back out at the end efficiently snuffs out the euphoria. Sidewinder is considered a section of the Stimulus trail but was broken out to a separate trail to simplify map navigation when riding Stimulus from North to South.

This trail is unsanctioned.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Sidewinder mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -40 ft
  • Altitude min
    684 ft
  • Altitude max
    893 ft
  • Altitude start
    893 ft
  • Altitude end
    854 ft
  • Grade
    -0.711%
  • Grade max
    -27.953%
  • Grade min
    33.365%
  • Distance climb
    2,507 ft
  • Distance down
    2,682 ft
  • Distance flat
    385 ft
  • Avg time
    00:12:40
  • Avg reverse time
    00:16:52
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on May 1, 2022
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      Sidewinder Trail Reports

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      May 1, 2022 @ 6:14am
      May 1, 2022
      Dec 2, 2020 @ 6:17am
      Dec 2, 2020
      		Leaf covered and a some storm debris/branches. Rideable, but expect to do a little clearing as well
      Sep 30, 2020 @ 7:20pm
      Sep 30, 2020
      		leaf covered but still good visibility
      Apr 16, 2020 @ 6:24pm
      Apr 16, 2020
      Nov 16, 2019 @ 5:12am
      Nov 16, 2019
      		Sticks cleared and leafblown. Exc cond.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 13 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
      All
      • 86 rides
      • Last: Mar 11, 2023

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      2022 Racker Spectacular B10 miles
      2022 Racker Spectacular A12 miles
      2021 Racker Spectacular A13 miles

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