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640 ft
Distance
00:03:28
Avg time
-68 ft
Altitude change
3,720 ft
Altitude min
3,794 ft
Altitude max
3,794 ft
Altitude start
3,727 ft
Altitude end
-10.6%
Grade
-29.5%
Grade max
8%
Grade min
92 ft
Distance climb
331 ft
Distance down
207 ft
Distance flat
00:03:28
Avg time
Upper Dirks Draw Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
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Riding AreaHanson-Larsen Memorial Park
Rapid City, South Dakota -
Difficulty Rating
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Local Popularity65 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 85 in E-Biking
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State Ranking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeDH, AM, XC
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DirectionDownhill Primary
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Physical RatingHard
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Trail VisibilityAlways easy to follow
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
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Upper Dirks Draw is a 640 ft moderately popular double black diamond difficulty singletrack trail located near Rapid City South Dakota. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill primary and has a hard overall physical rating. Trail visibility is always easy to follow. On average it takes 3 minutes to complete this trail.
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since 2010Builder- past supporters
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2010 - 2018Maintainer
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 0 rides
6 Months
- 40 rides
- 9 miles avg distance
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- 219 rides
- Last: Oct 8, 2026
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Directions to upper-dirks-draw trailhead
(44.092640, -103.249160)
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superacingurl
Compared to the rest of the ratings and upper rim trail, this is definitely just a black - other than the first intimidating "squirrel catcher" the irony is the rest isn't a double black feature like that
MattLane1
Out on the trails, this is marked as an upper section of Dirks Draw. Chunky awesomeness.
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