Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Goat Mountain Trail
USFSLand Manager
Yosemite South Gate Trail CooperativeMaintainer
Goat Mountain Details
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Riding AreaYosemite South Gate
Bass Lake, California -
Difficulty Rating
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM, XC
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Trail UsageMulti-use
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular direction shown
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SeasonMarch-Novermber
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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Global Ranking#18432 in Mountain Biking
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Local Popularity100 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
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Land Manager
Goat Mountain Trail is part of an 7 mile loop located at Bass Lake. The ride offers offers scenic views of Shuteye Peak at the top, and is a good challenge for all skill levels. The trail head is at the top/back of the Forks Campground, which is adjacent to the famous Forks Resort. The trail can be climbed (quite challenging) or ridden as the traditional loop which takes riders up to the Goat Mountain saddle. From the saddle, riders can go left and descend the trial, or continue right and venture all the way to the Goat Mountain Fire Lookout. There are 360 degree Sierra views from the top.
The upper section of the Goat Mountain Trail has a couple of fun, rocky, technical sections and eventually takes riders to a junction where you can go right down Spring Cove Trail or left down the "Ninja" section of Goat Mountain. Spring Cove is a fun, fast, descent with a few rocky switchbacks. The "Ninja" singletrack is a fast and flowy ribbon of singletrack that many compare to sections of Alpine Trail in Oakridge, OR.
Local Trail Association
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Yosemite South Gate Trail Cooperative
(www.southgatetrails.org) Please consider joining or donating to the local riding association to support trail development & maintenance.donate to earn trail karma!
More Stats for Goat Mountain bike trail
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Altitude change-1,034 ft
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Altitude min3,465 ft
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Altitude max4,538 ft
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Altitude start4,499 ft
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Altitude end3,465 ft
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Grade max-52.531%
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Grade min37.875%
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Distance climb4,079 ft
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Distance down2 miles
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Distance flat565 ft
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Avg time00:21:33
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- Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
- BLM (public)
- USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
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Goat Mountain Trail Reports
Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 0 rides
6 Months
- 20 rides
- 15 miles avg distance
All
- 359 rides
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Routes with this trail
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Cowboyup559
(Jan 13, 2019 at 19:05)
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