How to Rate Your Skill Level
Skill Level 1
Want to learn to ride mountain bike trails
Are looking to make riding friends
Comfortable riding urban, packed gravel/dirt double track trails
Want to learn fundamental skills
Want to gain confidence
Want to learn in a safe and encouraging environment
Skill Level 2
Comfortable on all green and some blue trails
Have started riding single track trails
Comfortable on smooth singletrack trails
Gaining confidence on your bike
Riding in control
Want to improve climbing, descending, shifting, braking and cornering
Want to learn to navigate more challenging terrain and small obstacles safely and confidently
Skill Level 3
Are able to ride all green and most blue trails confidently
You can climb and descend on moderate steep sections with control
Confident rolling small obstacles and perhaps experimented on black trails
Know when to walk sections/ride around features
Would like to tackle these sections/features
Looking to increase confidence on blue trails and ride with more flow on rooty, rocky terrain
Skill Level 4
Able to ride any green and blue trails with confidence and have tried some black diamond trails
Can climb and descend with control on moderately steep terrain
Comfortable rolling over small and medium obstacles
Know when to walk a section that might be too difficult
Looking to tackle those sections of trail
Want to learn jumps and drops
Looking to increase confidence on all blue and easy black diamond trails and improve skills on rooty, rocky sections
Skill Level 5
Are able to ride any blue trails with confidence, are comfortable and black trails and have experimented with double black trails
Can climb and descend under control on technical terrain
Are confident rolling over medium obstacles
You have experience with doing jumps and drops and are looking to improve technique to tackle bigger features
Know when to walk a section that might be too difficult
Want to increase confidence on technical terrain and air maneuvers