Mountain Bike

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6 miles

Distance

897 ft

Climb

-897 ft

Descent

1,625 ft

High Point

Start across the street from the guard shack on North Plateau going clockwise left down Cold Springs, drop down right to closed road on the connector and cross to Mountain Mist. Stay left then right through Sinks up to three benches, take a left on Goat up Goat Connector to the right on Mountain Mist and then left to climb up Sinks to bikers parking lot finish.

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Huntsville Area Mountainbike Riders (sorbahuntsville.org)

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Trails in Route

	North Plateau Loop				1,312 ft
	Cold Springs Trail				1,850 ft
	Cold Springs Connector				138 ft
	Mountain Mist				4,268 ft
	Sinks				476 ft
	Goat Trail				2 miles
	Mountain Mist				1 miles
	Sinks				1,637 ft

Details

Race Course
Riding area

Monte Sano State Park and Land Trust
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Black Diamond
Route Type

Point to Point
Direction

One Direction
Physical rating

Hard

More Stats for 2018 SORBA-Hsv TTT#3&7 - Long Course mountain bike route

Altitude change

-1 ft
Altitude min

1,272 ft
Altitude start

1,619 ft
Altitude end

1,618 ft
Grade

-0.003%
Grade max

-27.723%
Grade min

30.133%
Distance climb

3 miles
Distance down

3 miles
Distance flat

2,269 ft

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Trail Difficulties

Access Road/Trail
White
Green
Blue
Black
Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status

Clear / Green
Minor Issue / Yellow
Significant Issue / Amber
Closed

Land Owner Overlay
Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
BLM (public)
USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
State land
Indigenous
Military

Trail Conditions

Unknown
Snow Groomed
Snow Packed
Snow Covered
Freeze/thaw Cycle
Icy
Prevalent Mud
Wet
Variable
Ideal
Dry
Very Dry

in: Trail Photos

trail	date	description
Goat Trail	Jul 28, 2020 @ 4:45pm Jul 28, 2020	Down tree that you can’t ride around
Sinks	Jul 16, 2020 @ 7:55am Jul 16, 2020	drying out fast, open, some wet spots in lower areas reporter
North Plateau Loop	Jul 16, 2020 @ 7:55am Jul 16, 2020	drying out fast, open, some wet spots in lower areas reporter
Mountain Mist	Jul 16, 2020 @ 7:55am Jul 16, 2020	drying out fast, open, some wet spots in lower areas reporter
Cold Springs Trail	Jul 16, 2020 @ 7:55am Jul 16, 2020	drying out fast, open, some wet spots in lower areas reporter

2018 SORBA-Hsv TTT#3&7 - Long Course route

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Trails in Route

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