90% of riders climb on Zag. It is a reasonably easy way to gain 200 feet and access the Ziggy Trail (see separate review) where some real fun can be had.

Trail Description

Zag is a twisting uphill that gains 200 feet over about 1 mile. Its not that the trail just steadily plugs away uphill, and is an easy climb. Instead, Zag climbs a ways, and then gives back a little of the hard earned elevation gain before turning upward again.

The climb still isn't hard (middle ring for almost everyone) but it is a little more challenging that it sounds when you say it gains 200 feet in one mile.

Getting There

Zag is accessed on both ends by the Ziggy Trail. Ziggy is shaped like a giant backwards "C" and so Zag weaves back and forth inside the "C" and intersects it in two places. If you are on Ziggy, you'll eventually hit one end or the other of Zag.

When to Bike

Zag is almost always rideable all winter long. The hillside it climbs faces SW, and so gets enough sun to both melt and dry quickly after a storm.