1.1 miles
Distance
110 ft
Climb
-152 ft
Descent
00:09:47
Avg time
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Silkworm Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Tapeworm
    Renton, Washington
  • Difficulty Rating
  • Voted Difficulty
    Green (4 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    One Direction
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Family Friendly
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    A-Frame, Bridge, Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Ladder Bridge, Roller Coaster, Skinny, Teeter Totter, Wallride
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #3577 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #23953 in E-Biking
    • #41841 in Trail Running
    • #17855 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 90 in E-Biking
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

Super fun flowy trail with lots of undulating ups and down. Built within a tight space and engineered quite remarkably. Lots of fun wooden features to play on, a couple raised bridges, a medium size drop and a really cool teeter totter to finish things off.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Silkworm mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -44 ft
  • Altitude min
    390 ft
  • Altitude max
    440 ft
  • Altitude start
    440 ft
  • Altitude end
    397 ft
  • Grade
    -0.7%
  • Grade max
    -25%
  • Grade min
    19.5%
  • Distance climb
    1,342 ft
  • Distance down
    1,814 ft
  • Distance flat
    2,680 ft
  • Avg time
    00:09:47
  • Avg reverse time
    00:19:26
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Status:
on Oct 21, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 4.35 (22 votes)
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  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
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  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
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      Silkworm Trail Reports

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      Oct 21, 2024 @ 12:06am
      Oct 21, 2024
      Aug 13, 2024 @ 12:53pm
      Aug 13, 2024
      Mar 24, 2024 @ 2:21pm
      Mar 24, 2024
      Running great
      Sep 16, 2023 @ 10:20am
      Sep 16, 2023
      Jul 8, 2023 @ 8:59pm
      Jul 8, 2023
      Perfect conditions and smooth riding. Didn't hit any features though.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 3 rides
      • 5 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 74 rides
      • 5 miles avg distance
      All
      • 907 rides
      • Last: May 16, 2025

      Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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      Apr 24, 2022 @ 12:31pm
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      Apr 24, 2022 @ 12:30pm
      Apr 24, 2022
      121 |
      Oct 3, 2021 @ 2:28pm
      Oct 3, 2021
      192 |
      Aug 26, 2020 @ 11:01am
      Aug 26, 2020

      Routes with this trail

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      Tapeworm Time Trail Course (2023) race7 miles

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