• Poor
  • Clear ( 71°F )
  • Intermediate
  • 12 miles
  • Lollipop Loop, Bike Park
  • St. Louis Area

About Bluff View and Zombie

The Bluff View trail features some rocky outcroppings, sustained climbs and descents and beautiful terrain. The trail’s namesake will make you stop in your tracks to take in the expansive view of the Meramec river and Crescent Valley. If you know where to look you can pick out hints of the Chubb trail hillsides and a section of the Al Foster.

The Bluff View Trail is a lollipop that connects to the Al Foster Trail and Rock Hollow. The western half of Bluff View in Rock Hollow (also called Zombie Trail by trail users) can be accessed from the Rock Hollow paved trail. The trail switchbacks up, through, under and around spectacular rock formations. Bluff View (Rock Hollow/Zombie) weaves in and out of multiple hollows and eventually leads you back to the pavement. Crossing over the pavement leads to the eastern part of BV/RH, which features a 6-switchback climb that gets you up to a high point, and then brings you down through a rock chute and eventually back down to the pavement where you cross back to the eastern side to complete the loop. Continue on the trail to return back to the trailhead for a 12-mile total round trip.

Between Sherman Park, Al Foster, and now Bluff View, you can assemble a lengthy ride in multiple configurations.

Directions

From St. Louis – From I-44 take the Hwy 109 exit and then head north. Proceed 3.0 miles and go right on Old State Road and travel 1/2 mile up the hill before turning right into the Bluff View trailhead parking lot.

Alternate access to Glencoe trailhead:

From St. Louis – Get on I-44 towards Six Flags but exit before you get that far on Hwy 109 heading north, then proceed 3.0 miles and go right on Old State Road then right immediately on Washington Ave/Grand Ave. to the parking lot on your left.

Latest trail conditions

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Jul 2024

From Tommy Hawk8 on Friday:
Bluff View / Zombie - Southern 2/3rds of the trail is poor - Wet and clingy mud, slippery rocks and roots. The trail is just saturated. Give it time to dry out. if you think riding it is any fun, go get a 2X4 and beat your self with it for 5 minutes and that should give you some idea of how it is riding right now.

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Jul 2024

From 618Outdoors on Wednesday:
Bluff View / Zombie - Big rut on the step up, as well as washboardy trail conditions

23

Jul 2024

From STEPHEN HAHN on Tuesday:
Bluff View / Zombie - Road BV and Zombie West. Still a tree or two across the trail, but otherwise in great shape. Saw a white deer just off the gravel trail. That was a first!

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Jul 2024

From Rich Mottl on Friday:
Bluff View / Zombie - West has 5+ trees down and a few muddy spots. East is good to go. Should be good riding this weekend.. Enjoy!

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Jul 2024

From Rich Mottl on Sunday:
Bluff View / Zombie - Zombie West is still wet enough to put mud on your tires making the roots and rocks a bit slippery. East is GTG. A couple of small trees and branches down. On east and west.