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This is the split about 50 feet down from the entrance near Blue Slide Playground. Horse Trough begins on the left. Photo taken standing on lower Bench, which proceeds out to the right where the sign stands.
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Steep and rooty entrance at the top serves as a filter feature, letting trail users know this is a technical trail. Expert level familiarity with equipment and bike handling is required to proceed.
The entrance near Blue Slide is off the paved trail between the bench and picnic table. Trailhead is marked "Bench" but splits shortly below...
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Eryn Hughes
Aug 6, 2019 near Edgewood, PA
“This is the split about 50 feet down from the entrance near Blue Slide Playground. Horse Trough begins on the left. Photo taken standing on lower Bench, which proceeds out to the right where the sign stands.”  

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This is the split about 50 feet down from the entrance near Blue Slide Playground. Horse Trough begins on the left. Photo taken standing on lower Bench, which proceeds out to the right where the sign stands.
The entrance near Blue Slide is off the paved trail between the bench and picnic table. Trailhead is marked "Bench" but splits shortly below...
This is the newly routed section above the former (until 1963) golf fairway, frequently damp during rainy seasons, because it was originally made to be flat.
Clear shot of the old golf course fairway green (left) with the new growth of woods reclaiming its space and preventing invasive undergrowth (right).
Top trailhead is at the top of the dirt path above the gravel trail behind the baseball fields, near Blue Slide Park and the Park staff parking lot.
The start of Iron Gate
Singletrack zig zags between the trees on an off-camber, rooty section next to the fairway. Can be slick at times.
Steep and rooty entrance at the top serves as a filter feature, letting trail users know this is a technical trail. Expert level familiarity with equipment and bike handling is required to proceed.
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Frick Park Singletrack

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