11 miles
Distance
4,243 ft
Climb
-4,527 ft
Descent
02:17:38
Avg time

South Lake Details

  • Riding Area
    Lake Sonoma
    California
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Extreme
  • Season
    Fall or Spring
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #44035 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 95 in Trail Running
    • 95 in Hiking

This is a great, flowey singletrack ride. Usual flow is clockwise. Individual climbs are not that tough, but by the end of the ride it wears you down. Also, at about mile 26 is by far the longest and toughest climb of the ride. Best to go in fall or spring before it gets too hot.

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More Stats for South Lake bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -285 ft
  • Altitude min
    464 ft
  • Altitude max
    892 ft
  • Altitude start
    840 ft
  • Altitude end
    555 ft
  • Grade
    -0.471%
  • Grade max
    -59.054%
  • Grade min
    60.189%
  • Distance climb
    5 miles
  • Distance down
    6 miles
  • Distance flat
    2,972 ft
  • Avg time
    02:17:38
  • Avg reverse time
    00:00:05
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Status:
on Dec 31, 2018
Prevalent Mud
Avg: 2.75 (4 votes)

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  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • 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
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Parking Parking
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  • Sight Sight
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  • Gate Gate
  • Camping Camping
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
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      South Lake Trail Reports

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      Dec 31, 2018 @ 8:08pm
      Dec 31, 2018
      		 Couldn’t get past the first mile it was so muddy. Horses feces everyone. No biker should ride this.
      Dec 31, 2018 @ 8:07pm
      Dec 31, 2018
      		 Couldn’t make it past the first mile due to mud. Horse manure mixed in all of it. Not recommended for bikes.
      Nov 25, 2018 @ 7:40am
      Nov 25, 2018
      		 Super muddy. Couldn’t go more than a mile. Horse manure everywhere. Not well maintained.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 24 miles avg distance
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      1 Review & Comments

      • + 0
      flag taospinner (Sep 27, 2018 at 21:36)
       I started off on the trail and didn't make it far before turning around. It's just a wide completely rutted out horse manure filled trail. I should have seen this coming because the horse ranch is at the trailhead.
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