2.5 miles
Distance
235 ft
Climb
-985 ft
Descent
00:42:16
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Grouse Ridge : Blue Lake To Spaulding Lake Trail

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  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Grouse Ridge
    Nevada City, California
  • Difficulty Rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Season
    under snow in winter
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #44459 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #68159 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    40 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 60 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    USFS

Incredibly rugged, basically a rocky watercourse of a "trail" in some awesome country

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Grouse Ridge Trail: Blue Lake Trail To Spaulding Lake Trail mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -750 ft
  • Altitude min
    5,437 ft
  • Altitude max
    6,310 ft
  • Altitude start
    6,188 ft
  • Altitude end
    5,436 ft
  • Grade
    -5.8%
  • Grade max
    -41.4%
  • Grade min
    41.6%
  • Distance climb
    3,100 ft
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    525 ft
  • Avg time
    00:42:16
  • Avg reverse time
    03:15:50
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on Nov 1, 2023
Dry
Avg: 4.16 (6 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Grouse Ridge... Trail Reports

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      Nov 1, 2023 @ 7:34am
      Nov 1, 2023
      		 It's definitely a red trail with badly eroded trail bed full of loose rocks and hardly any soil to be seen.
      Jul 30, 2023 @ 11:26am
      Jul 30, 2023
      		 Dry
      Jul 27, 2023 @ 11:43pm
      Jul 27, 2023
      		 A 2 mile rock waterfall.
      Jun 28, 2020 @ 11:03am
      Jun 28, 2020
      		 Trail rules, bring A game
      Sep 8, 2019 @ 10:34am
      Sep 8, 2019
      		 Still not easy ????????‍♂️
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 3 rides
      • 18 miles avg distance
      All
      • 27 rides
      • Last: Oct 7, 2024

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      Jul 31, 2023 @ 12:14pm
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      Aug 29, 2018 @ 11:38am
      Aug 29, 2018

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