463 ft
Distance
-10 ft
Descent
00:02:43
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Skills Area Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Gateway Green
    Portland, Oregon
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Machine Groomed
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, DJ, RD, Fat
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Season
    all season
  • Family Friendly
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Bridge, Drop, Ladder Bridge
  • Global Ranking
    #5097 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking
  • Year Opened
    2017
  • Land Owner
    Portland Parks and Recreation

Skills area includes rollers, berms, ladder bridges drops, jumps.

Access Info

Start of the skills area is just past the pump track as you enter the center gates

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Skills Area mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -12 ft
  • Altitude min
    150 ft
  • Altitude max
    162 ft
  • Altitude start
    162 ft
  • Altitude end
    151 ft
  • Grade
    -2.6%
  • Grade max
    -5.3%
  • Distance down
    312 ft
  • Distance flat
    39 ft
  • Avg time
    00:02:43
  • Avg reverse time
    00:04:37
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on Oct 10, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 4.12 (10 votes)
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      Skills Area Trail Reports

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      Oct 10, 2024 @ 2:58pm
      Oct 10, 2024
      		 New jump line is really nice
      Oct 6, 2024 @ 4:26pm
      Oct 6, 2024
      Jun 9, 2024 @ 8:33am
      Jun 9, 2024
      		 Awesome jump lines
      Apr 21, 2024 @ 12:38am
      Apr 21, 2024
      Feb 25, 2024 @ 9:54am
      Feb 25, 2024
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 2 rides
      • 5 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 107 rides
      • 6 miles avg distance
      All
      • 702 rides
      • Last: Mar 19, 2025

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      Apr 22, 2019 @ 8:33am
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      Apr 1, 2019 @ 7:44am
      Apr 1, 2019
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      Mar 5, 2019 @ 10:40am
      Mar 5, 2019
      234 |
      Jul 21, 2017 @ 8:23pm
      Jul 21, 2017

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