Blackwater Canyon Trail

12 mi Out-and-back 1385 ft gain

12-mile mixed route with 1385 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “BCT”, mostly separated from motor traffic.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 64°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
75 /100
great
75 Road
75 E-bike

Best for road cycling today

Orange marker is the start. Click the map to enable scroll-zoom — the polyline is approximate; use Ride with GPS or Komoot for turn-by-turn.

  • Air temp
    64°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    12 mph
    NW
  • Rain
    0%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    94%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    5:52 AM
  • Sunset
    8:45 PM
    757 min remaining

9 AM looks best — 64°F · 0 mph wind · mostly sunny. 10 AM is a close second (74/100).

9 AM Best
64°

Mostly Sunny

0 mph
74
10 AM
67°

Sunny

0 mph
74
11 AM
73°

Sunny

2 mph NW
61
12 PM
75°

Sunny

2 mph NW
61
1 PM
77°

Sunny

3 mph NW
61
2 PM
79°

Sunny

3 mph NW
61
3 PM
80°

Sunny

2 mph NW
61
4 PM
81°

Sunny

3 mph NW
56
5 PM
81°

Sunny

3 mph NW
56
6 PM
80°

Mostly Clear

2 mph NW
61
7 PM
80°

Mostly Clear

1 mph NW
61
8 PM
76°

Partly Cloudy

0 mph
61

12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.

Currently 12 mph from the S (190°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 54° · quartering tailwind 1.0 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 78° · quartering tailwind 1.0 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 82° · crosswind 1.0 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 75° · quartering tailwind 0.9 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 67° · quartering tailwind 1.0 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 46° · quartering tailwind 1.0 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 27° · tailwind 1.0 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 23° · tailwind 0.9 mi
1700'2050'2400'2750'3100' 0 mi2 mi4 mi6 mi8 mi10 mi11 mi
2182 ft gain 916 ft loss Max 3133' Min 1706' 10.9 mi sampled
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64°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
12 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-2
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Quartering tailwind 12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
+3
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
12 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
1385 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
mostly separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
LCN · route BCT
Start
39.0748, -79.6309
OSM
relation 5601058

Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.

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