1.1 miles
Distance
50 ft
Climb
-463 ft
Descent
00:10:20
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Ursus Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Jakes Rocks
    Warren, Pennsylvania
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Bridge, Drop, Jump, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #5768 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #34948 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in E-Biking
    • 85 in Trail Running
    • 65 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    USFS

Ursus (Latin for bear) is one of the more technical and difficult trails at Jake's Rocks. This trail contains jumps, drops (nearly all rollable), doubles, rock rollers, and wooden bridges.

From the top down, first there is a rock garden into a switchback, then a few jumps, into a rock roller, another switchback, and optional drops on the right hand side. It continues like this the whole way down This trail is more of a technical flow trail, with higher trail speeds than a trail like deerfoot or Bent run.

About halfway down you will see a sign that says "Drops Left", this means that in general the larger drops are to the left side of the main trail, however, they are nearly all rollable. As always do a run to scope out the trail before fully committing to trail features!

The end of the descent is marked by a longer wooden bridge, after this is a mild climb out to the junction with Dew Drop.

This is arguably the best or one of the best trails at Jake's Rocks, enjoy!

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Ursus multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -413 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,456 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,921 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,921 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,506 ft
  • Grade
    -7.2%
  • Grade max
    -50.6%
  • Grade min
    12.4%
  • Distance climb
    860 ft
  • Distance down
    4,790 ft
  • Distance flat
    75 ft
  • Avg time
    00:10:20
  • Avg reverse time
    00:23:38
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on Nov 1, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 4.69 (17 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Ursus Trail Reports

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      Nov 1, 2024 @ 10:23am
      Nov 1, 2024
      		 What a great trails.. nice descent with enough flow and enough chunk.
      Nov 1, 2024 @ 10:23am
      Nov 1, 2024
      		 What a great trails.. nice descent with enough flow and enough chunk.
      Jul 26, 2024 @ 10:54am
      Jul 26, 2024
      		 reporter
      Jul 2, 2024 @ 5:03am
      Jul 2, 2024
      		 reporter All clear, great conditions
      Jun 28, 2024 @ 6:58am
      Jun 28, 2024
      		 tree down after 2nd or 3rd switch back
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      • 49 rides
      • 18 miles avg distance
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      • 281 rides
      • Last: Nov 21, 2024

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