4,593 ft
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290 ft
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El Burro Trail Details
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Activities
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Riding AreaColdstream Canyon
Truckee, California -
Difficulty Rating
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Hiking SAC ScaleT1 Hiking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM, XC
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DirectionBoth DirectionsPopular in reverse
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Climb DifficultyBlue
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Physical RatingModerate
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Trail VisibilityAlways easy to follow
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
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Local Popularity100 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 100 in E-Biking
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More Stats for El Burro Trail mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change290 ft
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Altitude min6,023 ft
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Altitude max6,313 ft
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Altitude start6,023 ft
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Altitude end6,312 ft
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Grade6.3%
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Grade max2.8%
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Grade min18.3%
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Distance climb4,593 ft
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Avg time00:07:46
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Avg reverse time00:04:12
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6 Months
- 126 rides
- 11 miles avg distance
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12 Reviews & Comments
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RickyG2x4gf
(Aug 21, 2022 at 12:04)

I know these trials need to be two ways to receive FS funding etc. but it would be really nice to share the stoke about climbing the fire road. Climbing this is dangerous and the fire road climb is rad.
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Just a matter of time until someone gets really hurt running into another person. They should really stop marking this as a climbing trail
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arnstein
(Apr 20, 2021 at 19:50)
should be a downhill only trail, don't recommend riding up it
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As others have said PLEASE DONT CLIMB! It’s a very loose rocky descent with few places to yield. Plus there’s a perfectly good fire road to climb.
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Its not quite as awesome as Jackass, but substantially faster as you don't have to go uphill at all.
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A1 is a lame name for this fun trail. not sure if that is what they are really trying to call it. I'll be calling this trail Ass Jack, as its a fun alternate to Jackass.
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This is totally awesome downhill. Clearly built with fast descents in mind. Its faster and more fun than jackass (in my opinion). I'd pedal up the fire road to descend either jackass or this new trail. Please don't pedal up this and expect me to yield ????
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mmarkey21
(Jul 18, 2019 at 10:46)

I'm guessing someone is calling it a "climbing trail" because TNF doesn't support downhill only trails. Hence, if they're trying to get this incorporated in the Jackass trail system it has to be labeled multi-use and multi-directional. Either way, the road climb isn't bad and I'd recommend it over going up this trail and risk getting taken out by someone.
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This makes a fun double loop around Jackass while climbing up the road twice. Not sure who planned this as a "climbing trail" since it caters heavy to the downhill direction with jumps and features. Going up it once was enough for me to see no benefit in doing it ever again as it connects to Jackass skipping a handful of features.
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