Asheville Mountain Bike Trail Conditions
Asheville rides Bent Creek most of all — a dense, rolling network in the Pisgah foothills right at the edge of town — plus Kanuga's bike park terrain and the town trails at Richmond Hill. It is lower and gentler than the Pisgah high country up the road, so it dries sooner and rides year-round. Loamy soil over clay: fast when dry, greasy for a day or two after the storms that roll through most summer afternoons.
106 featured mountain bike trailselevation 1,476–5,253 ft
Is it muddy in Asheville right now?
Right now about 4 of 100 featured Asheville trails are riding well. Conditions change daily with rain and snowmelt, so the list below shows the live read for each trail, and the chart shows which day ahead is your best bet.
Asheville conditions at a glancesnapshot · Oct 15
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4 of 100 trails riding well
3 1 34 62
Air quality
AQI 50 · Good
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Next 10 days
Trails riding well each day · blue dot = rain
3 Today 9 Fri 12 Sat 15 Sun 26 Mon 37 Tue 51 Wed 56 Thu 66 Fri 70 Sat Most trails are wet right now. They bounce back Friday, with about 66 of 106 riding well.
Temperature this week
Lower trails 1,673–3,002 ft
34° typical 44°–67°F 84°
High country 3,343–4,472 ft
30° typical 42°–62°F 79°
20° 40° 60° 80°
5-day forecast
Today ⛅ 84°
Fri 🌦️ 81°
Sat 🌦️ 57°
Sun ☀️ 63°
Mon ☀️ 66°
Daytime high across Asheville, rain marked. Real forecast, refreshed every morning (elevation detail above).
Trail soil & drainage
14% 10% 4% 72%
Mostly sandy, which drains fast and firms up quickly after rain.
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Best Asheville mountain bike trails to ride right now
Every featured singletrack trail, sorted by today's real conditions, best first. Refreshed every morning.
Kitsuma Peak Trail · 0.1 mi · 3,143–3,186 ft Hero dirt brown knob trail · 1 mi · 2,434–3,412 ft Hero dirt trail (cont. unmapped) · 0.1 mi Hero dirt Right Loop · 3.3 mi · 1,814–2,077 ft Dry Four Seasons Trail · 0.6 mi · 1,476–1,877 ft Soft — ride gently Hominy Creek Road Bridge Soft — ride gently Ingles Field Connector · 0.3 mi · 2,559–2,720 ft Soft — ride gently Ingles Field Gap · 1.8 mi · 2,411–2,920 ft Soft — ride gently Kitsuma Trail · 0.9 mi · 2,700–3,146 ft Soft — ride gently M3 Loop · 2.6 mi · 1,877–2,037 ft Soft — ride gently Old 151 Buck Springs Entrance Drive · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Sheep Rock · 2.5 mi · 2,379–3,547 ft Soft — ride gently Sidehill Trail · 0.9 mi · 2,543–2,828 ft Soft — ride gently Spencer Gap · 3.7 mi · 2,457–3,330 ft Soft — ride gently Adventure Trail · 1.6 mi · 3,163–3,747 ft Soft — ride gently Rainbow Road · 1.6 mi · 2,900–3,241 ft Soft — ride gently Slate Rock Creek Trail · 4.5 mi · 2,802–3,822 ft Soft — ride gently Kitsuma/Youngs Ridge Trail · 3.6 mi · 1,621–3,104 ft Soft — ride gently Alt Explorer · 0.1 mi · 2,339–2,395 ft Soft — ride gently Ledford Trail · 0.7 mi · 2,218–2,346 ft Soft — ride gently Lower Sidehill Connector · 0.4 mi · 2,267–2,333 ft Soft — ride gently parkway crescent connector · 0.4 mi · 2,510–2,700 ft Soft — ride gently Pine Tree Connector · 0.1 mi Soft — ride gently Big Berea Trail · 0.3 mi Soft — ride gently Dodge Lake Trail · 0.5 mi · 2,175–2,241 ft Soft — ride gently Hemlock Springs Tr. · 0.4 mi · 2,133–2,251 ft Soft — ride gently Sanders Connector · 0.2 mi · 2,162–2,205 ft Soft — ride gently Sunset Trail · 0.6 mi · 2,320–2,418 ft Soft — ride gently Bear Branch · 1.6 mi · 2,428–2,805 ft Soft — ride gently Brushy Ridge Trail · 1.4 mi · 2,782–3,704 ft Soft — ride gently coffee pot · 1.4 mi · 2,746–3,356 ft Soft — ride gently Greens Lick Trail · 2 mi · 2,543–3,323 ft Soft — ride gently microchip ii · 0.3 mi · 2,648–2,726 ft Soft — ride gently Pilot Cove Loop · 2.1 mi · 3,153–3,957 ft Soft — ride gently Slate Rock Connector · 0.5 mi · 3,589–4,078 ft Soft — ride gently Spencer Branch Upper · 1.1 mi · 2,762–3,330 ft Soft — ride gently Big Berea Road · 0.3 mi Soft — ride gently Hardtimes Connector · 0.8 mi · 2,133–2,241 ft Soft — ride gently Deer Lake Lodge Trail · 1.3 mi · 2,136–2,264 ft Muddy — stay off Boyd Branch Trail · 0.6 mi · 2,260–2,365 ft Muddy — stay off Bradley Creek Trail · 4.7 mi · 2,339–2,743 ft Muddy — stay off Corvair Trail · 0.9 mi · 2,247–2,398 ft Muddy — stay off Dam Pasture Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,129–2,228 ft Muddy — stay off Double Head Trail (county line) · 0.9 mi · 3,087–3,694 ft Muddy — stay off Explorer Loop Connector · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Little Hickory Top · 2.4 mi · 2,349–2,959 ft Muddy — stay off microchip i · 0.6 mi · 2,451–2,930 ft Muddy — stay off Mounts to the Sea Trail Access · 0.1 mi · 2,126–2,185 ft Muddy — stay off North Mills River Trail · 2.2 mi · 2,238–2,395 ft Muddy — stay off Pilot Rock Trail · 3.2 mi · 3,317–5,233 ft Muddy — stay off Rattlesnake Trail · 1.1 mi · 2,822–3,583 ft Muddy — stay off Trace Ridge · 4.4 mi · 2,257–3,596 ft Muddy — stay off Wolf Branch Trail · 1.2 mi · 2,152–2,408 ft Muddy — stay off French Broad River Greenway West · 0.2 mi Muddy — stay off Dam Pasture Road · 0.4 mi · 2,169–2,254 ft Muddy — stay off Deerfield Connector · 0.2 mi · 2,234–2,365 ft Muddy — stay off Heartbreak Ridge · 4 mi · 2,730–4,754 ft Muddy — stay off Papertown Express · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Stickman · 1.7 mi · 2,411–2,854 ft Muddy — stay off Big Creek · 4.6 mi · 2,464–4,780 ft Muddy — stay off Fletcher Creek Trail · 2.2 mi · 2,428–2,831 ft Muddy — stay off Middle Fork · 1.2 mi · 2,602–2,828 ft Muddy — stay off pine mountain trail · 1 mi · 3,261–3,704 ft Muddy — stay off Wash Creek · 0.7 mi · 2,398–2,451 ft Muddy — stay off Laurel Mountain · 6.2 mi · 3,156–4,692 ft Muddy — stay off Little Bald Mountain Trail · 0.6 mi · 4,715–5,253 ft Muddy — stay off Chestnut Cove · 0.6 mi · 2,589–2,982 ft Muddy — stay off Dead end trail · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Bear Country · 0.6 mi · 2,365–2,667 ft Muddy — stay off Bull Creek Tr · 0.5 mi · 2,126–2,208 ft Muddy — stay off Papertown Expresss (Middle) · 0.7 mi · 2,667–2,779 ft Muddy — stay off Wildcat · 1 mi · 2,779–3,081 ft Muddy — stay off Skills Park · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Upper Pump Track · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Champion · 1.2 mi · 2,940–3,369 ft Muddy — stay off Deerfield Loop · 0.8 mi · 2,156–2,359 ft Muddy — stay off Explorer Loop · 2.8 mi · 2,215–2,572 ft Muddy — stay off ferngully · 0.4 mi · 2,129–2,372 ft Muddy — stay off Homestead Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,123–2,175 ft Muddy — stay off Lady Bird · 1.6 mi · 2,677–3,274 ft Muddy — stay off long branch · 0.5 mi · 2,280–2,657 ft Muddy — stay off Lower Sidehill Trail · 2.4 mi · 2,198–2,684 ft Muddy — stay off Neighborhood Trail · 0.6 mi · 2,106–2,234 ft Muddy — stay off Paper Town Express (Upper) · 1.2 mi · 2,766–3,274 ft Muddy — stay off Pine Tree Loop · 1.7 mi · 2,156–2,408 ft Muddy — stay off Sleepy Gap Trail · 0.2 mi · 2,365–2,543 ft Muddy — stay off Small Creek Trail · 0.2 mi · 2,169–2,260 ft Muddy — stay off Sunburst · 0.6 mi · 2,779–3,051 ft Muddy — stay off Dam Pasture Connector · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Three Humps · 1.9 mi · 3,494–3,786 ft Muddy — stay off 151 dh · 1.2 mi · 3,445–4,501 ft Muddy — stay off Laurel Mountain Connecter · 0.2 mi · 4,692–4,849 ft Muddy — stay off Laurel Gap Trail · 7 mi · 4,081–4,774 ft Muddy — stay off Wildcat Rock Trail · 4 mi · 2,369–4,173 ft Muddy — stay off Anthony's Road · 0.2 mi · 2,188–2,247 ft Muddy — stay off Biltmore Estate Path · 0.9 mi · 1,988–2,178 ft Muddy — stay off Papertown Express (Lower) · 0.7 mi · 2,395–2,667 ft Muddy — stay off Richmond Hill Trails · 2.9 mi · 1,949–2,119 ft Muddy — stay off Turnpike · 0.5 mi · 2,707–2,766 ft Muddy — stay off White Pine Loop · 0.6 mi · 2,241–2,274 ft Muddy — stay off Asheville mountain biking FAQ What are the best mountain bike trails to ride near Asheville right now? Today the trails riding best near Asheville are Kitsuma Peak Trail, brown knob trail and trail (cont. unmapped). The full list below is sorted by today's real conditions, best first, and refreshes every morning, so the top of the list is always your best bet right now. See live conditions →
When will the mountain bike trails in Asheville dry out? It depends on recent rain and each trail's soil. The 10-day outlook on this page shows how many Asheville trails are expected to be riding well each day, with rain markers, so you can pick the right day instead of guessing. See the 10-day outlook →
Is it too muddy to ride in Asheville after rain? Right now 96 of 100 featured Asheville trails are reading soft or too muddy to ride. Asheville is mostly loam soil, which drains at a moderate pace, so after a storm some trails firm up within a day while others stay greasy. Riding wet, soft dirt damages trails and leaves ruts, so check the live mud reading on each trail before you head out. Check the live mud reading →
How many mountain bike trails are in Asheville? Asheville has 106 featured mountain bike trails tracked here for conditions, with more searchable on the live map.
How high are the Asheville trails? Asheville trails run from about 1,476–5,253 ft. Higher trails hold snow later into spring and dry out later than the lower ones, so conditions can vary a lot across the same area on the same day.
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