2,783 ft
Distance
128 ft
Climb
-385 ft
Descent
00:03:40
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Tower Link Trail
  • past supporters

  • Chris Rockemer
    2016
    Maintainer
  • Bevan Hooper
    2016
    Maintainer

  • McLean Projects
    2015
    Builder

Tower Link Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Douglas Mountain Bike Reserve
    Townsville
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Season
    Apr-Dec
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #17007 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    75 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 90 in Hiking
  • Year Opened
    2015

Two- way trail, 5% average grade link trail.

Access Info

Toward bottom of Taipan, just up from the powerline tower or from bottom third of Ring Bark Frog.

More Stats for Tower Link bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -258 ft
  • Altitude min
    283 ft
  • Altitude max
    541 ft
  • Altitude start
    541 ft
  • Altitude end
    283 ft
  • Grade
    -9.266%
  • Grade max
    -30.393%
  • Grade min
    28.632%
  • Distance climb
    749 ft
  • Distance down
    1,910 ft
  • Distance flat
    124 ft
  • Avg time
    00:03:40
  • Avg reverse time
    00:05:37
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Status:
on Sep 23, 2019
Very Dry
Avg: 3.8 (5 votes)

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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • > 90%
  • > 80%
  • > 70%
  • > 50%
  • < 50%
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  • < 2 weeks
  • < 1 month
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  • Downhill Primary
  • Both Directions
  • Uphill Primary
  • Uphill Only
  • One Direction
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Trail Popularity ?
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Trail Difficulties
  • Access Road/Trail
  • White
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Black
  • Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status
  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
  • Map Markers
  • trail Trail Head
  • photo Photo
  • place Directory Listing
  • region Riding Area
  • TTF TTF
  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
  • Information Information
  • Warning Warning
  • Directions Directions
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
  • Other Other
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      Tower Link Trail Reports

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      Sep 23, 2019 @ 12:16am
      Sep 23, 2019
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      Aug 24, 2019 @ 9:43pm
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      Aug 21, 2019 @ 2:29am
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      Aug 14, 2019 @ 2:37am
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      Apr 2, 2019 @ 10:43pm
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 41 rides
      • 10 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 541 rides
      • 10 miles avg distance
      All
      • 6,869 rides
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      Routes with this trail

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      Targa 2016 - Douglas Stage race
      		8 miles

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