1.5 miles
Distance
248 ft
Climb
-1,385 ft
Descent
00:45:18
Avg time

The Horn Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Blanchard Mountain
    Bellingham, Washington
  • Difficulty Rating
  • Voted Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond (11 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Rock Face, Rock Garden
  • Local Popularity
    60 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 45 in E-Biking

The Horn is officially open to the public as a sanctioned double black diamond trail. Opened in year 2023

Very greasy in the wet, it rides much harder with rain. The Horn has many steep chutes and rock faces. This is a very “Canadian” double black! This trail is for very advanced riders only!

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More Stats for The Horn mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -1,139 ft
  • Altitude min
    901 ft
  • Altitude max
    2,290 ft
  • Altitude start
    2,040 ft
  • Altitude end
    902 ft
  • Grade
    -14.5%
  • Grade max
    -89.7%
  • Grade min
    53.9%
  • Distance climb
    1,358 ft
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    128 ft
  • Avg time
    00:45:18
  • Avg reverse time
    01:08:37
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on Jan 25, 2025
Ideal
Avg: 4.76 (23 votes)
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      The Horn Trail Reports

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      Jan 25, 2025 @ 5:10pm
      Jan 25, 2025
      Frosty but perfect
      Aug 5, 2024 @ 2:15pm
      Aug 5, 2024
      reporter The Horn is running fabulous, and the new rock work rolls great! One tree down near the bottom (pictured)
      Jun 29, 2024 @ 11:15pm
      Jun 29, 2024
      Ground wasp nest a little ways after the big rock drop.
      Feb 3, 2024 @ 6:47pm
      Feb 3, 2024
      new route to avoid the steep rutted out chute that is now closed for good. Don’t be opening up the old route kiddos ;)
      Jan 1, 2024 @ 3:39am
      Jan 1, 2024
      Some new trail work by Robbie reinforced the steep chute and is riding well!
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      6 Months
      • 17 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
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      • 92 rides
      • Last: Jan 25, 2025

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