2 miles
Distance
508 ft
Climb
-157 ft
Descent
00:20:55
Avg time
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Details

  • Riding Area
    Victoria Lake
    Rapid City, South Dakota
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Season
    Year Round
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #23053 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    50 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Manager
    US Forest Service

Upper Cow Pie Alley is a fun single track trail with just a couple of short difficult sections. This trail is used as part of Loop 15 and comprises the stick (out and back) on the Victoria Lollipop Loop. The weeds can be deep at times on this trail as can be the cow pies...

This trail is Unsanctioned, Ride at your own Risk!

More Stats for Upper Cow Pie, Loop 15 bike trail
  • Altitude change
    351 ft
  • Altitude min
    4,090 ft
  • Altitude max
    4,443 ft
  • Altitude start
    4,092 ft
  • Altitude end
    4,443 ft
  • Grade
    2.776%
  • Grade max
    -15.476%
  • Grade min
    19.405%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    2,955 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,447 ft
  • Avg time
    00:20:55
  • Avg reverse time
    00:13:20
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Status:
Avg: 4 (2 votes)

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  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • 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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      6 Months
      • 11 rides
      • 16 miles avg distance
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      • 79 rides
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