4,121 ft
Distance
151 ft
Climb
-165 ft
Descent
00:05:14
Avg time

Twister Details

  • Riding Area
    Upper Hixon Forest
    La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    XC, Fat
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    One Direction
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Skinny
  • Global Ranking
    #4471 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Year Opened
    2001
  • Land Manager
    City of La Crosse Parks Dept

One of the original trails at Upper Hixon Park, this trail serves as a great introduction to riding hand cut single track. There are some log and skinny options that can be found on this trail.

Access Info

Access from Prairie Loop, Golnick Trail, OB1, and Darkside.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Twister bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -14 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,172 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,257 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,257 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,243 ft
  • Grade
    -0.334%
  • Grade max
    -21.374%
  • Grade min
    25.52%
  • Distance climb
    1,744 ft
  • Distance down
    1,916 ft
  • Distance flat
    461 ft
  • Avg time
    00:05:14
  • Avg reverse time
    00:02:03
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Status:
on Sep 25, 2017
Dry
Avg: 5 (2 votes)

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  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
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  • Very Dry
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  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed or Major Issue / Red

  • 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 Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Camping Camping
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
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      Twister Trail Reports

      datedescription
      Sep 25, 2017 @ 11:05am
      Sep 25, 2017
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 1 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 83 rides
      • 9 miles avg distance
      All
      • 298 rides
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