6 miles
Distance
3,638 ft
Climb
-592 ft
Descent
02:25:10
Avg time
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Wire Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Swan Lake
    , Montana
  • AKA
    #78
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Season
    Late July to September
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #14708 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

A long, flowing descent accessed from Alpine trail #7. Can be quite overgrown mid-summer; and the intermediate-level descent seems to go forever. Make sure to let the wildlife know you're coming, as the trail does not see much traffic.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Wire Trail mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    3,046 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,555 ft
  • Altitude max
    6,618 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,555 ft
  • Altitude end
    6,600 ft
  • Grade
    8.902%
  • Grade max
    -34.728%
  • Grade min
    66.629%
  • Distance climb
    5 miles
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    1,346 ft
  • Avg time
    02:25:10
  • Avg reverse time
    00:57:35
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Status:
on Aug 10, 2020
Dry
Avg: 4.7 (7 votes)

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  • Clear / Green
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  • 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
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
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  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Boardwalk Boardwalk
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
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      Wire Trail Trail Reports

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      Aug 10, 2020 @ 8:55pm
      Aug 10, 2020
      		 This descent is so good. The brushiness is like a 4 on a scale of 10 for us who ride in the Cascades ;)
      Aug 3, 2020 @ 5:22pm
      Aug 3, 2020
      		 Just one tree down about a quarter of the way down Wire. A little brushy in spots but otherwise riding great!
      Aug 3, 2020 @ 5:21pm
      Aug 3, 2020
      		 Just one tree down about a quarter of the way down Wire. A little brushy in spots but otherwise riding great!
      Jul 20, 2020 @ 8:02pm
      Jul 20, 2020
      		 2 trees down. One at the bottom and 1 up top.
      Aug 16, 2019 @ 8:42am
      Aug 16, 2019
      		 Riding great, maybe one tree down, not overgrown at all.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 3 rides
      • 28 miles avg distance
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      • 46 rides
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      Aug 23, 2020

      Routes with this trail

      titleratingdistance
      Napa to Wire
      		42 miles
      Napa to Wire - Alpine #7 Route
      		25 miles

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