Is Bottoms Up dry and rideable today? Here is the current mud, dust, and snow read, the 10-day forecast, and the best time to ride, refreshed every morning.
0.38" rain Sun; SW-facing loam; rain Tue → softening
Bottoms Up is a mountain bike trail in the Madison area of Wisconsin. This page tracks its current riding conditions, whether it's hero dirt, dusty, soft, or too muddy to ride, alongside the ten-day outlook and the best time of day to ride. We build the read from real weather, soil, terrain, and snowpack data and refresh it every morning, so you can decide what to ride before you load up the bike.
The best window to ride Bottoms Up today is 6 AM–4 PM, when it is coolest and the dirt is at its best. We read this from real hourly weather at trail elevation, heat, tree shade, and wind, and refresh it every morning.
Conditions change daily. The live reading at the top of this page shows whether Bottoms Up is hero dirt, tacky, soft, or too muddy to ride today, refreshed every morning from local weather, soil, and terrain data.
Today, the best window to ride Bottoms Up is the cooler 6 AM–4 PM stretch. It shifts with heat, shade, and how wet the dirt is. Open the live forecast to see the recommended time of day to ride Bottoms Up today and across the next ten days. Open the live forecast →
This page carries the live weather that drives Bottoms Up's trail conditions, temperature, rain, and snow at trail elevation, today through the next ten days. Because Bottoms Up tops out around 1,086 ft, its weather runs cooler and wetter than the nearby town, which is why we read conditions at the trail rather than the valley. See the 10-day weather →
It comes down to recent moisture. Bottoms Up rides as hero dirt when the soil holds a little moisture and turns dusty and loose once it dries out or sees heavy traffic. The live reading at the top of this page shows today's dirt quality, hero dirt, tacky, dusty, or soft, refreshed every morning.
Bottoms Up is about 0.5 mi, sitting between 974–1,086 ft. It is a mountain bike trail in the Madison area of Wisconsin. See the elevation profile →
Bottoms Up is a mountain bike trail in the Madison area of Wisconsin, between about 974–1,086 ft. Open the live map for the trailhead location, a GPX download, and today's conditions. Open the live map →
Yes. Use the Download GPX button on this page to save a GPX track of Bottoms Up, built from real OpenStreetMap trail geometry and ready for your GPS unit, bike computer, or phone. The live map also has the trailhead and today's conditions. Download GPX →
Bottoms Up is mostly loam soil, which drains at a moderate pace. That is a big part of why the live mud reading reacts the way it does after rain, and why some nearby trails dry out faster than others.
Bottoms Up tops out around 1,086 ft. Higher Wisconsin trails hold snow later into spring, so this page tracks snow coverage and the estimated melt-out alongside the dry-dirt read. Check the current reading and the 10-day outlook before you head up. See the 10-day outlook →