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What Is the Most Technical Trail You Know Of?

We want to know about the most technical, gnarliest trail you’ve found! Fill out the quick survey below to help us identify the most technically-difficult trails and we’ll share the results in a future article.

By Jeff Barber
May 20, 2016 Last Updated: August 5, 2024

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Jeff Barber

Jeff Barber has been mountain biking since 1992 and has tested hundreds of mountain bikes and components. He is the co-founder of Singletracks and serves as Editor in Chief. Contact him at [email protected].

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kmac720 2014
May 20, 2016

Bear Creek, PA for the XC Nationals a couple years ago. Being from Michigan that was as techinical as I've seen.

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Michael Paul 2010
May 20, 2016

Many come to mind but I think Blackjack in Buffalo Creek: it's consistently technical with rocks, rolls, and drops. Only expert riders can clean it and there are no go-arounds. White line--yes--but that is more death-defying than techy--I think many people could ride it as long as the fear of death escapes them. Flying Monkey in Virgin. Several "un-metionables" in Moab: Dave's Trails is the one that's out of the bag. Several trails at Keystone and Angel Fire. Thank God for so many!!

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Greg Heil Colorado // 2008
May 20, 2016

Psycho Rocks at Crested Butte's Evolution Bike Park for me. I've ridden all the other trails in the CB bike park, but I've only looked at Psycho Rocks from the lift and watched videos, and decided that it's a whole lot of "nope" for me!!

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Michael Paul 2010
May 21, 2016

Everytime I cross over it on the lift I look at from the bottom and think "I can do that", but by the time the life goes over and above it I'm too skeered...maybe this year

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Jeff Barber Georgia // 1998
May 20, 2016

With a name like Psycho Rocks...

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Tagged: difficult, double black diamond, survey, technical, trails

First published May 20, 2016 @ 6:07:56