3,764 ft
Distance
6 ft
Climb
-458 ft
Descent
00:12:27
Avg time
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Gosinn (The Jester) Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Hlíðarfjall Bike Park
    Akureyri
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, DJ, Fat
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Only
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Bridge, Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Ladder Bridge, Skinny
  • Global Ranking
    #16024 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking
  • Year Opened
    2015

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Gosinn (The Jester) is a 1,147 m popular blue singletrack trail located near Akureyri. This mountain bike only trail can be used downhill only and has a moderate overall physical rating with a 2 m blue climb. On average it takes 12 minutes to complete this trail.

Access Info

Drive up to Hlíðarfjall Ski Area and continue and drive past the main building and then you drive few hundred meters further to the cross country ski lodge. There is parking and the trail head is just of the parking lot to the east.

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More Stats for Gosinn (The Jester) mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -453 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,269 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,721 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,721 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,269 ft
  • Grade
    -12.029%
  • Grade max
    -22.601%
  • Grade min
    4.873%
  • Distance climb
    291 ft
  • Distance down
    3,251 ft
  • Distance flat
    222 ft
  • Avg time
    00:12:27
  • Avg reverse time
    01:37:58
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Status:
on Dec 12, 2020
Snow Covered
Avg: 4.5 (2 votes)

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  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Boardwalk Boardwalk
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
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      Gosinn (The Jester) Trail Reports

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      Dec 12, 2020 @ 10:11am
      Dec 12, 2020
      		 reporter
      Aug 23, 2020 @ 2:10pm
      Aug 23, 2020
      		 reporter The trail is in the best state it has been for years. We have put few days of work on it this summer, loose stones removed, burms, ruts and jumps...
      Jul 12, 2020 @ 8:11am
      Jul 12, 2020
      		 reporter
      Jun 5, 2020 @ 4:52am
      Jun 5, 2020
      		 reporter
      Trail use not recommended. The trail is not ready for use. Prevalent mud, standing water patches on trail surface and still a couple of large...
      Oct 23, 2019 @ 4:15pm
      Oct 23, 2019
      		 reporter
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      6 Months
      • 4 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
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      • 138 rides
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