Details

Riding area

Grouse Ridge
Alta, California
Difficulty rating

Double Black Diamond rate
Voted Difficulty

Double Black Diamond (1 vote)
Trail type

Singletrack
Bike type

AM
Trail Usage

Multi-use
Direction

Both Directions
Popular direction shown
Climb Difficulty

Double Black Diamond
Physical rating

Hard
Season

under snow in winter
Global Ranking

#15126
Land Manager

USFS

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

Local Trail Association

Bicyclists of Nevada County (www.bonc.org)
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More Stats for Grouse Ridge Trail: Spaulding Lake Trail to Blue Lake Trail mountain bike trail

Altitude change

-752 ft
Altitude min

5,439 ft
Altitude max

6,314 ft
Altitude start

6,191 ft
Altitude end

5,439 ft
Grade

-5.802%
Grade max

-44.278%
Grade min

26.81%
Distance climb

3,919 ft
Distance down

2 miles
Distance flat

912 ft
Avg time

00:52:15
Avg reverse time

01:11:50
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Photos

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Aug 29, 2018 @ 11:38am

Aug 29, 2018

Grouse Ridge Trail: Spaulding...

Routes with this trail

title	rating	distance
Blue Lake Loop		17 miles

2 Reviews & Comments

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mtbingadventures (Aug 13, 2018 at 15:46)

One of the most challenging lines I have ever done. I can ride a good portion of it but have not been able to clean it all the way. Serious pay to play trail here.

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whoisadam (Sep 6, 2018 at 12:55)

I agree with the above comment. This is a hard trail, at first you don't think its going to be hard but then it picks up in difficulty. It is like your riding down a dry river bed of rocks through the forest. I ended up cleaning it for the most part 1st time down with one dab/bike drop. You can see the downhill for this section in the video titled "grouse ridge" starting at the 1:36 mark. I yell lots and cuss because it was intense. Its hard to see the lines, its full commitment, letting off the brakes and trusting your bike and its physically demanding because it doesn't let up for a bit.

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