Map of Buzzards Roost trails, showing various trail routes and their difficulty levels: severe (red), difficult (black), moderate (green), and easy (blue). The map includes distances for each trail segment and a reference to nearby features, along with a north indicator and scale. Buzzard
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Level: Advanced
Length: 6 mi (9.7 km)
Surface: Singletrack
Configuration: Loop
Elevation: +177/ -161 ft
Total: 24 riders
 

Mountain Biking Buzzard's Roost

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#3 of 44 mountain bike trails in South Dakota
#652 in the world

Various loops can be ridden, with varying difficulty. More details can be found at:
www.pahasapatrails.com/buzzards.html
A map can be found at:
http://www.bhmba.org/assets/docs/uploads/maps/BuzzardsRoost.pdf
This will include a more comprehensive gpx file and trail map. I've included the gpx we took and the map as an image here.
We road up the east side of Buzzard's loop trail, which was quite rocky at the bottom, but smoothed somewhat as we went up. This trail system is quite rocky. Then we took the "green" trail, along the top. Then back down North Buzzard, with a loop out Therapist and then down the bottom of Jack's. Then finished on the bottom of North Buzzard. While North Buzzard is technically mild, sections to climb pretty steep. The trails are rated from green to "red", which is defined as "severe". Didn't ride any of those.
We cut the ride a bit short, due to the rocky nature. We felt pretty beat up doing the 4 miles or so we road.
As the other website says, this is typical of trails in this area; quite rocky.
Likely wouldn't go out of our way to ride it again.

First added by gregval on Sep 21, 2013. Last updated Apr 28, 2020. → add an update
Before you go
  • Drinking water: unknown
  • Lift service: unknown
  • Night riding: unknown
  • Pump track: unknown
  • Restrooms: unknown
  • Fat bike grooming: unknown
  • E-bikes allowed: unknown
  • Fee required: unknown
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Getting there
From Rapid City, take Hwy 44 west for about 5 miles. Trailhead is on the left (south side of road)
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Q: Are there certain days where the foot traffic is less than normal? Also are there any jumps or decent drops on this trail system? Me and a few friends are coming to ride and like a good climb but narley downs W/jumps and gaps etc..so any recommendations would be greatly appreicated as we are stoked to come ride this part of the US! Cheers

Q: Looks like a nice trail but are there any features like jumps/gaps/drops etc..? Also are there trails in the area that contain these and more mtb features? Me and some friends are coming to ride this area in the next few weeks and are stoked! Any info would be greatly appreciated, cheers!