BLACK HILLS TRAILS NEWS

Lookout Mountain

Many individuals participate in many forms of recreation on Lookout Mountain in Spearfish, with almost any venture onto the trail system there you will almost without a doubt have a friendly encounter with other hikers, cyclists or runners. A recent Spearfish City...

New website

The new Black Hills Trails site is now live, although a bit sparse at the moment. Significant changes and additions are expecting in the coming weeks and months. The maps and mapping functionality of PahaSapaTrails.com has been given to the Black Hills Trails...

Generating aerial tiles from NAIP imagery

So you need to create your own aerial imagery tiles for a web slippy map project do you?

Distances added to maps and descriptions

Distances (in miles) have been added to all of the maps and descriptions on the website. For trail networks without a specific route, such as …

Some bits from the archives

The sketch below was a concept done in late 2010 prior to the network/trail pages actually being implemented. While this website may be a modern version of a printed guide book, many facets of the site still have origins on paper.

Trail 40 Now Live

It most certainly needs a few edits, but Trail #40 is now live. More soon.

Victoria Lake Trail Network Update, Site Updates

The site got a new index page a number of days ago which may or may not be more aesthetically pleasing or easy to navigate than the previous iteration. We will continue to iterate on …

Tires for XC, Race or Enduro in the Black Hills

This write-up could probably also be titled, “What are the best all-around tires for riding Black Hills trails?” Tires are one of the most important equipment choices you have to make …