Is Mad Max 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.
0.16" rain Wed; N-facing mixed; rain Mon → softening
Mad Max is a mountain bike trail in the Waterbury & Stowe area of Vermont. 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 Mad Max today is 6 AM–11 AM, 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 Mad Max 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 Mad Max is the cooler 6 AM–11 AM 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 Mad Max today and across the next ten days. Open the live forecast →
This page carries the live weather that drives Mad Max's trail conditions, temperature, rain, and snow at trail elevation, today through the next ten days. Because Mad Max tops out around 696 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. Mad Max 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.
Mad Max is about 0.1 mi, sitting between 623–696 ft. It is a mountain bike trail in the Waterbury & Stowe area of Vermont. See the elevation profile →
Mad Max is a mountain bike trail in the Waterbury & Stowe area of Vermont, between about 623–696 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 Mad Max, 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 →
Mad Max is mostly mixed soil, which varies from trail to trail. 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.
Mad Max tops out around 696 ft. Higher Vermont 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 →