Black Diamond Trail, Ithaca

We enjoyed this sculpture at the trailhead, but couldn't find any information it either there or online

Tricia and I continue to explore biking around our new home. This time we tried the Black Diamond Trail in Ithaca. We were slightly amused as we had Black Diamond Mines near our California home, so it seemed serendipitous that we have  Black Diamond variant here as well.

The trail starts in Ithaca and heads toward Taughannock Falls near Trumansburg. It's slightly uphill the entire eight-ish miles, which makes the return easier and more fun than the ride out. The surface is a friendly but dusty crushed stone.

The trail ends at a road that may have taken us down to the falls, but we were short on time and didn't know how big the climb out would be. Maybe next time.