MTB Project Logo

A nice woodsy ride with a lot of tight turns.


Your Rating: Rating Rating Rating Rating Rating      Clear Rating
Your Difficulty:
Your Favorites: Add To-Do · Your List
Zoom in to see details
Map Key

6.8

Miles

10.9

KM

100%

Singletrack

846' 258 m

High

802' 245 m

Low

246' 75 m

Up

245' 75 m

Down

1%

Avg Grade (1°)

16%

Max Grade (9°)

Dogs Leashed

E-Bikes Allowed

Features Drops/Jumps

Overview

This is a tour of the whole Soldier's Memorial Park trail system. It's got some of everything: thick woods, lots of turns, a few tech features - berms, bridges, and a drop off. You can pretty much open it up the whole way. It's the go-to ride in the area.

Need to Know

Parking free across street. Restrooms would be across lake at Soldier's Memorial park

Description

The trail surface is mostly dirt but it can be full of leaves in fall. Lots of volunteers help keep the trail clean. Even then, it is a fairly rugged trail for the midwest.

The trail is marked with green, blue, black colored symbols with black being the hard trail. Both loops follow the same trail for a lot of it. The black loop is like an extension of the blue loop but with harder, more technical trail geared towards intermediate/advanced riders. Challenge yourself to get up all the climbs on the NW area on the blue and black loops.

The Green Loop is pretty flat and smooth with enough up and down to keep you flying and pedaling. The trail twists and turns pretty close to and between trees. The loop has very minimal roots in the path and just enough to challenge beginner riders. There are jumps and a drop along the way—all of them are optional paths for more experienced riders and all of the mandatory mounds (set up to jump) can be easily rolled.

The Black Loop gets into some raw, tight trees, sharp corners, and off-camber/sloped trail with a big steep climb. Then play on some wood bridges and more crazy climbs with more tight squeezes between trees. There are also some really good berms here too.

History & Background

This trail was pretty unconnected until IU volunteered to clean it up and they had a mt bike race about 6yrs ago.

Contacts

Shared By:

Eric Harrill with improvements by David Heinold

Trail Ratings

  4.4 from 7 votes

#2054

Overall
  4.4 from 7 votes
5 Star
43%
4 Star
57%
3 Star
0%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Recommended Route Rankings

#25

in Indiana

#2,054

Overall
9 Views Last Month
1,309 Since Apr 1, 2020
Intermediate Intermediate

0%
20%
60%
20%
0%
0%

Photos

Nice lookout point on a tree stand behind ball field.
Apr 1, 2020 near LaPorte, IN

0 Comments

Weather


Current Trail Conditions

Unknown
Add Your Check-In

Check-Ins

Sep 26, 2021
Sam Hamstra
4.7mi — 0h 51m
Jul 23, 2020
Jimmy Pulaski
5.7mi — 1h 14m
Jul 23, 2020
cliff kroening
Don't pass this little race track! Very fun with a lot of Trail in a small place. No real climbing but a few surprise kickers. I had a smile on my fa 11mi — 1h 00m
Welcome

Join the Community! It's FREE

Already have an account? Login to close this notice.