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Kessel Run

Mountain Biking Trail

Moderate
4.73 mi
495 ft
Quite possibly the chillest and most enjoyable beginner trail in the state.

Kessel Run may just be the perfect mountain bike trail for taking a friend who has literally never ridden a singletrack trail before, a kid on a strider bike, or basically anyone that you want to convince to love the sport of mountain biking!

This two-mile descent swoops and flows down a banked gulley on an almost perfectly-smooth singletrack trail with essentially zero obstacles to deal with. This smooth, fast, flowy descent perfectly exhibits the kinesthetic magic of the mountain biking experience—even to the uninitiated! After swooping and flowing down the hillside, cutting back and forth on the slightly-banked turns and maybe even catching air on a roller or two, your newbie friend is guaranteed to be hooked!

The route mapped here climbs the popular singletrack ascent of Prime Cut. While Prime Cut is an excellent climbing route in the 18 Road trail system, it’s possible to make Kessel Run even easier by pedaling up the smooth gravel road to the top of the trail. Or, if you have friends or kids that you want to truly roll out the red carpet for, *drive* them to the top for what may just be the chillest shuttle run in the world!

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Written by Greg Heil
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Route and Elevation

Segments

NameDistanceElev. Diff.Avg. Grade
Prim up, Kessel down4.55 mi-436 ft-0.0%
Prime Cut (ascent)1.97 mi423 ft4.1%
Prime Cut Ascent - Point to Point1.81 mi397 ft4.1%
Prime Cut Up - Bottom Half0.82 mi171 ft3.9%
Prime Cut climb from PBR end1.59 mi394 ft4.7%
Prime Climb (from PBR exit)1.52 mi351 ft4.4%
Prime Cut Up - Top Half0.83 mi177 ft4.0%
The In Between0.35 mi-20 ft-0.5%
Kessel Run (Full Descent)2.03 mi-446 ft-4.2%
Top half of K run1.06 mi-223 ft-4.0%
Kessle Run pt 2 pt2.00 mi-404 ft-3.8%
Kessel Run - Connector to Road0.98 mi-217 ft-4.1%
Lower Kessel (Descent)1.03 mi-177 ft-3.2%
Lower Kessel from Cut-off to finish 0.80 mi-151 ft-3.6%
Lower Kessel Mid descent 0.43 mi-69 ft-3.0%
Georgia on My Mind0.19 mi30 ft1.0%