ride the slags

 A flowy and feature laden trail following the hillside along the Mon river. This trail has many high speed blind corners. It is recommended that hikers and runners travel in the opposite direction of the cyclists so they have visibility of oncoming traffic (hike in the counter-clockwise direction). 

Redemption Center has many jumps, gaps, berms, tabletops and wooden drops. The current loop is 1 mile in length, so most people ride several loops. This trail has progressive Features - so look before you leap. Blastphemy is accessible where Redemption crosses the lower driveway. 

Blastphemy is the newest trail and features Pittsburgh's largest drops. The  trail is only 3/10 of a mile but plans are to continuously expand the trail to become around 2 miles. Blastphemy features a skinny, three wooden drops and a couple kickers. Scroll down for more details of future phases. 

 High Traverse is a 3,888 ft popular blue singletrack trail located near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. This multi-use trail can be used downhill primary and has a easy overall physical rating with a 24 ft green climb. On average it takes 5 minutes to complete this trail. 

 IHop is a one way flowy trail that is a continuation of High Traverse. The trail begins where High Traverse crosses the grassy climb and climbs to the high spot which is just below your favorite breakfast restaurant, IHop. IHop is one of the slags most fun downhill trails. 

Refractory is currently closed while the parkway bridge is rebuilt. It's a skinny bench cut into the slag debris and it's not unusual to be littered with bricks.