5 miles
Distance
861 ft
Climb
-1,171 ft
Descent
01:27:02
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Spaulding Lake Trail
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Details
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Riding areaGrouse Ridge
Alta, California -
Difficulty rating
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Trail typeSingletrack
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Trail UsageMulti-use
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DirectionBoth DirectionsPopular direction shown
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Climb DifficultyBlue
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Physical ratingModerate
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Seasonunder snow in winter
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Global Ranking
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Land ManagerUSFS
Very fun section of trail for skilled technical riders of happy hike'a'bikers. Lots of granite to play on. Intensely beautiful with swimming options along the way.
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More Stats for Spaulding Lake Trail mountain bike trail
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Altitude change-310 ft
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Altitude min5,018 ft
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Altitude max5,440 ft
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Altitude start5,439 ft
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Altitude end5,129 ft
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Grade-1.284%
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Grade max-34.66%
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Grade min39.228%
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Distance climb2 miles
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Distance down3 miles
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Distance flat1,510 ft
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Avg time01:27:02
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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
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(39.360340, -120.585350)
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Joshbibbee
(Jun 22, 2018 at 10:52)
This is a serious hike-a-bike. This trail wasn’t enjoyable. At most, I only rode .25mi before stopping. Trail has some fallen trees. Not my type of riding. Agree with previous comment.
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because it needs one. I like a techy trail as much as the next guy, but even a tech jedi would have to ride this thing 5-6 time to ring any flow out of it, and no one is going to do that. This trail is what hike-a-bike nightmares are made of, each dismount thinking “maybe it gets better around this corner, or THIS corner.... THIS CORNER?!” With a lot of TLC this trail could be great, beautiful setting, nice geographic changes. In its current state, it’s a pretty lousy experience.