7.3 miles
Distance
200 ft
Climb
-2,617 ft
Descent
00:57:08
Avg time
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Mills Peak Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Mills Peak
    Graeagle, California
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (5 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Season
    Summer, Fall
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #8260 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #52462 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 50 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback

This is a bidirectional trail, maintained by the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship.

For mountain-biking, and downhill orientation, it is a fast and fun high mountain singletrack that rips down the mountain between close trees and large embedded rocks. Great shuttle run

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Mills Peak Trail mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -2,416 ft
  • Altitude min
    4,890 ft
  • Altitude max
    7,309 ft
  • Altitude start
    7,309 ft
  • Altitude end
    4,892 ft
  • Grade
    -6.3%
  • Grade max
    -34.5%
  • Grade min
    21.3%
  • Distance climb
    3,655 ft
  • Distance down
    6 miles
  • Distance flat
    2,188 ft
  • Avg time
    00:57:08
  • Avg reverse time
    02:12:02
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on Oct 14, 2024
Very Dry
Avg: 4.2 (24 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Mills Peak Trail Trail Reports

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      Oct 14, 2024 @ 5:51pm
      Oct 14, 2024
      		 Last 1mile has downed trees and branches across the trail I multiple places, due to the ongoing logging/clearing effort. Can ride over most of it...
      Jul 1, 2024 @ 3:11am
      Jul 1, 2024
      		 All clear...wish I had a coil shock tho...
      Jun 13, 2024 @ 10:32am
      Jun 13, 2024
      		 All trees are cut out and all snow is gone!
      Jun 7, 2024 @ 1:10pm
      Jun 7, 2024
      		 Big tree across trail
      Jun 7, 2024 @ 12:13pm
      Jun 7, 2024
      		 Double tree down
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      6 Months
      • 246 rides
      • 15 miles avg distance
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      • 1,674 rides
      • Last: Oct 25, 2024

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      youtuber He Risked Riding Behind Me and Paid for It!
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      youtuber Over 30 MILES of Downhill in ONE DAY!!!
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