A jam-packed descent that irresistibly blends flow and tech as riders play through a beautiful old growth forest at Larrabee State Park. Plus it can easily be shuttled!
Make your way to the Cyrus Gates Overlook by shuttling up
Cleator Road or climbing up the
Fragrance Lake Road. From the parking lot, take a moment to enjoy the view on a clear day and then push up the steep access trail opposite the lookout sign.
Drop into
Double Diamond to the right (south) for loamy turns peppered with roots, rock slabs, and the occasional abrupt corner. A revision in
201 removed a few of the more technical sections of this trail and replaced them with steep "g-outs." While you're racing down, make sure to enjoy the ferns and trees in this beautiful forest, but also keep an eye out for pedestrians too. Toward the bottom of
Double Diamond pay attention for an understated trail splitting to the left. This is the start of
Double Down. If you go too far and end up on the clearing at
Fragrance Lake Road you can easily retrace your steps.
Double Down is steeper and more aggressive (if anyone in your party struggled excessively with
Double Diamond consider finding an alternate route). Otherwise, follow the connection as it briefly intersects with the
Fragrance Lake Road before reaching the proper start of
Double Down. Going forwards, things just get bigger; the trees, the turns, and the optional drops (easier options are generally to the left).
There's nothing particularly unmanageable about the trail but it does require confident handling and precise navigating on the roots, steeps, and cliffside traverses - particularly compared to
Double Diamond. It's also a lot of fun, and you should be all smiles on your way back up for seconds.
The end of
Double Down feeds onto
Fragrance Lake Road, simply follow it down to the Lost Lake Parking Area.
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