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Black Grade Trails

  • Black grade trails are suitable for: expert mountain bike users, used to physically demanding routes.
  • Bike required: a good quality off-road mountain bike is needed.
  • Skills needed: advanced level off-roading skills and technical ability.
  • Trail and surface types: as for ‘red’, but with an expectation of greater challenge and continuous difficulty.  Can include any useable trail and might include exposed open hill sections.
  • Gradients or technical trail features: expect large, committing and unavoidable technical trail features.  Sections will be challenging and variable.  Might also have ‘downhill’ style sections.
  • Suggested fitness level if in a Trail Hub: suitable for very active people used to prolonged effort.

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