Shuttle - Via the paved Mount Ashland road
The Best of Mt Ashland - efficiently links two great downhill segments via a short climb. You are rewarded with a variety of flawless singletrack from this ride. With almost 7K’ of descending though fast, flowing trails punctuated by berms, roots, and rocks. One can skip the climb up Bull Gap Road 200 and continue straight down Catwalk Trail, however Upper Lynx and Lower Lynx are not to be missed
Time Warp starts with a short doubletrack climb offering a good warmup, before becoming singletrack with unbelievable alpine views. The downhill rewards you with rocky terrain peppered with small natural jumps and drops, you’ll descend from above the tree line into a green forest highlighted by granite slabs. The ripping descent eventually comes to an end, as you start down Ashland Watershed 2060 road. Utilize this section to recover before starting the routes final climb up Bull Gap Road 200. You will climb for two miles before catching the tail end of Lower Bull Gap, to use it as a connector to the wonderful Upper Lynx Trail. Its all downhill from here! Enjoy some of Ashland's best purpose built trails as you twist, turn and jump your way into town!
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Rogue Valley Mountain Bike Association (rvmba.org)12 Reviews & Comments


Seems like the trail conditions deteriorate more and more as you get closer to town.


I would NOT recommend going all the way up to Upper Lynx (Missing Link on the actual trail sign). That extra 700 feet of climbing isn't worth the payoff.


Not worth it at all! The upper section was so slow and awkward, especially just after riding Time Warp. Maybe a couple little parts that were cool, but that climb was wretched in the heat. We were hoping for a payoff that never came.
I'm actually a little perplexed that this trail has such high ratings, especially if people are riding Time Warp during the same ride.. Very possible the trail conditions made for the terrible experience, but Lower Lynx got back to being fun.
Skip it if you just did Time Warp.





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Primary ActivityMountain Bike
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Difficulty ratingBlack Diamond
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Route TypeShuttled
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Bike typeAM
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DirectionOne Direction
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Physical ratingHard
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Altitude change-4,622 ft
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Altitude min1,987 ft
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Altitude start6,609 ft
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Altitude end1,988 ft
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Grade-4.2%
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Grade max-88.6%
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Grade min48.7%
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Distance climb6 miles
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Distance down13 miles
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Distance flat2 miles
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- By cmcquade
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- #15309 - 6,967 views
It seems like this is the greatest thing ever when it's in good shape, so I will have to get back and ride it again to get the bad taste out of my mouth. I'm sure there's a great trail in there somewhere!