Mountain Bike

2 miles

Distance

1,166 ft

Climb

-396 ft

Descent

00:53:57

Avg time

Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Moonshine Gulch #438 Trail

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Land Manager

Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
Riding Area

Northern Gallatin Range
Bozeman, Montana
Difficulty Rating

Black Diamond rate
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

AM, XC, Fat
Trail Usage

Multi-use
Direction

Both Directions
Climb Difficulty

Black Diamond
Physical Rating

Hard
Dogs Allowed

Yes
eBike Allowed

No
Global Ranking

#46883 in Mountain Biking
Local Popularity
40 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 45 in Trail Running
- 85 in Hiking

Leaving the parking lot, keep your eyes down, the horses make the first part of this trail a mine field.

There's a few stream crossings, and when you get to the first fork, you're gonna want to take a right and go into Moonshine Gulch. New World Gulch is a rowdy trail, and would really only be good to ride down.

Keep heading up the drainage, and ride up the stream at one point (not as bad as it sounds). The trail leaves the drainage and gains a saddle at the base of Mt Ellis. From there, you have some fun downhill to meet back up with the New World Gulch trail.

Local Trail Association

Southwest Montana Mountain Bike Association
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More Stats for Moonshine Gulch Trail #438 mountain bike trail trail

Altitude change

770 ft
Altitude min

5,645 ft
Altitude max

6,754 ft
Altitude start

5,645 ft
Altitude end

6,415 ft
Grade

6.095%
Grade max

-22.785%
Grade min

39.162%
Distance climb

2 miles
Distance down

3,454 ft
Distance flat

186 ft
Avg time

00:53:57
Avg reverse time

00:44:48
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Status:

on Jan 2, 2021

Snow Covered

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Trail Difficulties

Access Road/Trail
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Black
Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status

Clear / Green
Minor Issue / Yellow
Significant Issue / Amber
Closed

Land Owner Overlay
Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
BLM (public)
USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
State land
Indigenous
Military

Trail Conditions

Unknown
Snow Groomed
Snow Packed
Snow Covered
Freeze/thaw Cycle
Icy
Prevalent Mud
Wet
Variable
Ideal
Dry
Very Dry

6 Months

7 rides
9 miles avg distance

Photos

46 |

Jul 2, 2017 @ 6:37pm

Jul 2, 2017

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status	date	description
	Jan 2, 2021 @ 10:19am Jan 2, 2021	reporter This is a ski trail through April 15th, no bikes
	Sep 14, 2020 @ 5:50pm Sep 14, 2020	Yeah, not a good option for bikers. Stay on New World Gluch!!!!
	Jun 2, 2020 @ 10:01pm Jun 2, 2020	Some parts are pretty much impossible to pedal. Crazy amount of horse tracks very rough would not recommend. Coming down wouldn’t seem to be...
	Apr 23, 2019 @ 4:39am Apr 23, 2019	Impassible. Deep snow
	Sep 18, 2018 @ 8:11am Sep 18, 2018	Major erosion (major ruts or slumping, large boulders and roots exposed due to erosion) This trail has been completely hammered by horses. I have...

Moonshine Gulch Trail #438