BLACK DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH - CHUNK and ROCK SLABS of Parts Vermilion Mountain Bike Trail -Duluth, MN

This surprisingly gnarly trail is tucked away behind Park Hill Cemetery just West of Hawk Ridge. It's just a blip on Trailforks, but definitely worth checking out if you like chunky, hand-cut singletrack with some rock rolls.
Shoutout to ‪@kendallwelch‬ for uploading photos of this trail on Trailforks. Without seeing those, I probably never would have checked this one out.
Bike: 2021 Santa Cruz 5010

[@robonbikes]

Looks like another fun Duluth trail! 🤘

[@kendallwelch]

Glad the photos on Trailforks were helpful! I'll have to go back and do the double black line sometime. I started from the bottom of Lester when I found that, and didn't want to risk eating it so far away from my car.

[@Kirk_Knoll]

They really were! I'd definitely put it on your list for next year... just be ready for that very quick right after the slab drop.

[@northofforty6190]

you're not kidding about a blip on trailforks! this looks sweet.

[@Kirk_Knoll]

I did my homework 😉

[@rileygoesoutside]

Graceful slaying of the chonk.
I need to ride more Duluth trails. Whenever we go up there we usually just end up at Spirit :P

[@Kirk_Knoll]

Thanks and I feel you there! Some of the best trails AND no pedaling?! Hard to turn down

[@ElTerrible2011]

Nice. Never heard of this. Liked the ladder jump to rocky landing, obviously the rock slabs and holy shit, a decent looking skinny in Duluth? 😂 An outsider must’ve built that.

[@Kirk_Knoll]

It's a sneaky one! Pretty short but jammed with rocks and features (including a rare Duluth skinny 😉)

[@MinnesotaMTB_]

Dang! When I did the DT with Jeremy we both could not figure out where this trail was even using TF...Looks sick!

[@Kirk_Knoll]

😅Dude.... I had the exact same problem! It took me at least 15 minutes of dinkin' around before I found it. Best way to find it is to follow the ridgeline along the creek

[@Dialed1]

Yea man, this looks rad with those launches and that Double black line looks rowdy! Nice riding. Like Evan said we couldn’t find the official goods in your video here. We should all hit this up next year!

[@Kirk_Knoll]

@@Dialed1 Thanks man! I'd definitely be down to give this one another romp

[@Dialed1]

@@Kirk_Knoll we should include it in a Hawk ridge/amity ride next year.

[@Kirk_Knoll]

@@Dialed1 That would be perfect!

[@wheeler71]

Take care 👍🚴🏽😉

[@nickpethan3083]

Really wanna hit this trail! I go by it a lot on my way to the Morningside trail. I’m on a hardtail, but still want to start hitting bigger drops, like the couple on this trail

[@Kirk_Knoll]

You should give it a try! Beyond that double black section, it's really not too difficult. Thanks for watching!