Montour Trail

44 mi Out-and-back 689 ft gain

The Montour Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was formerly the Montour Railroad. It was named a national recreation trail in 2017.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 66°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
    66°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    12 mph
    W
  • Rain
    0%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    83%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    5:49 AM
  • Sunset
    8:51 PM
    764 min remaining

9 AM looks best — 70°F · 1 mph W wind · sunny.

9 AM Best
70°

Sunny

1 mph W
74
10 AM
74°

Sunny

2 mph NW
61
11 AM
77°

Sunny

3 mph NW
61
12 PM
80°

Sunny

5 mph W
61
1 PM
81°

Sunny

5 mph W
56
2 PM
83°

Sunny

6 mph W
56
3 PM
84°

Sunny

6 mph W
56
4 PM
85°

Sunny

6 mph W
56
5 PM
85°

Sunny

6 mph SW
56
6 PM
85°

Mostly Clear

6 mph SW
56
7 PM
84°

Mostly Clear

5 mph SW
56
8 PM
82°

Partly Cloudy

5 mph SW
56

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

Currently 12 mph from the W (270°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 194° · crosswind 2.2 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 236° · quartering headwind 2.1 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 267° · headwind 2.2 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 245° · headwind 2.4 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 206° · quartering headwind 1.9 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 155° · quartering tailwind 2.3 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 163° · crosswind 2.0 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 176° · crosswind 2.1 mi
700'850'1000'1150'1300' 0 mi5 mi10 mi15 mi20 mi25 mi30 mi35 mi36 mi
2641 ft gain 2578 ft loss Max 1280' Min 715' 35.7 mi sampled
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66°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
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12 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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Quartering tailwind 12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
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Distance
44 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
689 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
RCN · route MT
Start
40.5052, -80.1453
City hub
Pittsburgh, PA
OSM
relation 2273484

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.

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