17.7 miles
Distance
1,825 ft
Climb
-2,383 ft
Descent
1 mile
High Point

Fun, flowing, twisty. fairly smooth, climbs are moderately easy

Detailed Description
Goldwater-Ranch trail is a 18 mile less popular intermediate route located near Prescott Arizona. This mountain bike only route. This route includes 47 trails. This route climbs 1,825 ft with a max elevation of 6,572 ft then descends -2,383 ft.
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  • Riding area
  • Primary Activity
    Mountain Bike
  • Difficulty rating
    Blue
  • Bike type
    AM, XC
  • Ridelogs
    4
More Stats for Goldwater-Ranch trail mountain bike route
  • Avg time
    11 hr 40 min
  • Altitude change
    -558 ft
  • Altitude min
    5,606 ft
  • Altitude start
    6,164 ft
  • Altitude end
    5,607 ft
  • Grade
    -0.6%
  • Grade max
    -41.7%
  • Grade min
    28.2%
  • Distance climb
    7 miles
  • Distance down
    9 miles
  • Distance flat
    2 miles
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Recent Trail Reports Along Route

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372 - Twist and Shout
Oct 5, 2024 @ 3:36pm
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Upper Feldmeir
Oct 5, 2024 @ 3:36pm
Oct 5, 2024
There's a pine tree across the trail near the lake
Goldwater Lakes
Sep 18, 2024 @ 3:21pm
Sep 18, 2024
This is one of two trees down. This is about 1.5 miles east from the White Spar trailhead. It's just past the creek. There's another tree down where the trail is close to the upper lake.
Ranch Trail
Sep 4, 2024 @ 8:32am
Sep 4, 2024
Dry. Quite a bit of small rocks on trail on west side from recent monsoon rains.
Banning Creek (81)
Apr 12, 2024 @ 9:05am
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