1.8 miles
Distance
418 ft
Climb
-128 ft
Descent
00:17:23
Avg time

Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Llangollen
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Doubletrack
  • Bike Type
    XC, Gravel, Adaptive MTB
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #140323 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    75 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

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Slates and Gates Traverse is a 3 km popular blue doubletrack trail located near Llangollen. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions. On average it takes 17 minutes to complete this trail.

More Stats for Slates and Gates Traverse mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    290 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,253 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,574 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,253 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,543 ft
  • Grade
    2.977%
  • Grade max
    -8.177%
  • Grade min
    12.689%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    2,644 ft
  • Distance flat
    962 ft
  • Avg time
    00:17:23
  • Avg reverse time
    00:16:44
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      Slates and Gates... Trail Reports

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      Jun 6, 2021 @ 1:12am
      Jun 6, 2021
      		 A near by landowner has used a digger to pile up rocks and debris to stop Mx riders and even dig out some of the bedrock in places , still...
      Nov 16, 2019 @ 1:15am
      Nov 16, 2019
      		 A lot of water , but only shallow
      Nov 21, 2018 @ 10:54am
      Nov 21, 2018
      		 reporter
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      • Last: Jun 15, 2025

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