1.2 miles
Distance
7 ft
Climb
-565 ft
Descent
00:06:35
Avg time
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XCO Black Descent Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    SAFCOL Forestry MTB Trails
    Sabie
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Jump, Rock Garden, Roller Coaster
  • Global Ranking
    #208793 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    80 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    SAFCOL

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XCO Black Descent is a 2 km popular black diamond singletrack trail located near Sabie. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill only and has a hard overall physical rating with a 2 m black diamond climb. On average it takes 6 minutes to complete this trail.

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Permits can be bought at Merry Pebbles Holiday Resort Reception.Open 7 days a week | Times 8h00 to 18h30 Contact Tel No: +2713 764 2266 |764 1502

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More Stats for XCO Black Descent mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -559 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,419 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,985 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,984 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,425 ft
  • Grade
    -9.2%
  • Grade max
    -55.3%
  • Grade min
    2.5%
  • Distance climb
    525 ft
  • Distance down
    4,977 ft
  • Distance flat
    577 ft
  • Avg time
    00:06:35
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      XCO Black Descent Trail Reports

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      Oct 27, 2022 @ 12:57pm
      Oct 27, 2022
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      Sep 1, 2022 @ 9:05pm
      Sep 1, 2022
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      Under Construction
      Aug 24, 2020 @ 12:37pm
      Aug 24, 2020
      		 reporter Busy with Harvesting
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      MPU Enduro #5 Day2 SAFCOL race8 miles
      Mpumalanga Enduro Sabie day 2 SAFCOL race8 miles

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