CANCELLED Bike the Black Diamond Rail Trail, Ithaca to Taughannock Falls

Cancelled because of air quality

Join Becky for a Bike Ride From from Ithaca to Taughannock Falls

This is a 16.8 mile ride with a slow gradual incline for 8.4 miles. Trail mostly feels level. Coming back...all downhill! This rail trail was used from 1896 to 1959 as a luxury passenger line called the Black Diamond Express which ran in New York through Ithaca to Buffalo. It is a beautiful, well maintained, and mostly shaded trail.

We will be riding for 2 or 3 hours, depending on whether we walk to the top of the falls at the halfway mark.

• Moderate difficulty

• Distance-16.8 miles

• Surface is packed gravel

• Average speed 10 mph

• Experience needed: Should have tried a shorter ride, know what you are capable of, or have an electric bike

Bring:

• Your own bike in working order
• Helmet
• Water
• Small Snack

No Costs. There is a bathroom near the parking lot and a Porta potty around 6 miles up.

Address and Meet location will be in your registration confirmation email. 

Please refrain from attending if you have recently been ill or have COVID-like symptoms.

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