1.1 miles
Distance
134 ft
Climb
-209 ft
Descent
00:10:18
Avg time

Monk's Hood Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Government Peak Recreation Area Mountain Bike Trails
    Palmer, Alaska
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Season
    MAY - OCT
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Jump, Gap Jump, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #39259 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #24639 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in E-Biking
  • Year Opened
    2016

Super fun and fast berm section. Excellent grade choice and berm radius, ensuring that once you hit top speed you will not need to use your brakes. The trail has some fun uphill technical rock sections that are easy to strike a pedal on if you are not paying attention. The trail signage has updated this trail to a black diamond so the rating here will reflect the trail managers signage.

Access Info

This trail is in the North West area of the Government Peak trail system.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Monk's Hood mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -75 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,212 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,371 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,288 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,213 ft
  • Grade
    -1.317%
  • Grade max
    -18.442%
  • Grade min
    16.263%
  • Distance climb
    2,260 ft
  • Distance down
    2,759 ft
  • Distance flat
    662 ft
  • Avg time
    00:10:18
  • Avg reverse time
    00:19:20
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Status:
on Sep 13, 2021
Variable
Avg: 4.35 (3 votes)

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      Monk's Hood Trail Reports

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      Sep 13, 2021 @ 6:06pm
      Sep 13, 2021
      Jul 18, 2021 @ 1:14pm
      Jul 18, 2021
      		 Just past the end of Monk's Hood on the Fireweed down section, the first bridge has loose board(s) at the end that could potentially be dangerous.
      Aug 16, 2020 @ 7:12pm
      Aug 16, 2020
      Jul 21, 2020 @ 7:31pm
      Jul 21, 2020
      Jun 23, 2020 @ 6:10pm
      Jun 23, 2020
      		 A little wet, muddy in some areas, but still rideable for people that know how to ride downhill. I’ve taken a few newer rides up, and they did...
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      6 Months
      • 24 rides
      • 7 miles avg distance
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      • 519 rides
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      Sep 13, 2019 @ 8:12am
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      Routes with this trail

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      Fireweed Loop and Monks Hood Counterclockwise3 miles

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      Monks Hood descent! GPRA. Alaska is amazing!
      2:35 | 452 | Jun 15, 2019 , Palmer

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