318 ft
Distance
-3 ft
Descent
00:01:00
Avg time

Skills Area Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Fountainhead Regional Park
    Fairfax Station, Virginia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    One Direction
    Popular direction shown
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • TTFs on Trail
    Log Ride, Skinny
  • Global Ranking
    #37820 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    65 in Mountain Biking
  • Land Owner
    NOVA Parks

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Skills Area is a 318 ft moderately popular blue singletrack trail located near Fairfax Station Virginia. This mountain bike only trail can be used one direction. On average it takes 1 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Skills Area mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -3 ft
  • Altitude min
    209 ft
  • Altitude max
    213 ft
  • Altitude start
    211 ft
  • Altitude end
    210 ft
  • Grade
    -0.8%
  • Grade max
    -7.6%
  • Grade min
    1.8%
  • Distance climb
    69 ft
  • Distance down
    89 ft
  • Distance flat
    161 ft
  • Avg time
    00:01:00
  • Avg reverse time
    00:01:23
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on Mar 18, 2023
Dry
Avg: 4.5 (2 votes)
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3D
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  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
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  • Variable
  • Ideal
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      Skills Area Trail Reports

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      Mar 18, 2023 @ 12:29pm
      Mar 18, 2023
      		 Large tree down across trail, blocking trail
      Feb 11, 2023 @ 7:01am
      Feb 11, 2023
      Feb 11, 2023 @ 7:00am
      Feb 11, 2023
      Jan 25, 2023 @ 3:37pm
      Jan 25, 2023
      		 Please do not ride wet trails
      Oct 9, 2022 @ 11:14pm
      Oct 9, 2022
      		 Wood is damaged on the 2nd feature
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 1 rides
      • 7 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 65 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      All
      • 1,421 rides
      • Last: Mar 28, 2023

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      Mar 18, 2023 @ 12:29pm
      Mar 18, 2023
      25 |
      Mar 22, 2022 @ 6:18am
      Mar 22, 2022
      35 |
      Dec 21, 2020 @ 11:26am
      Dec 21, 2020
      24 |
      Dec 21, 2020 @ 11:24am
      Dec 21, 2020

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