2.5 miles
Distance
615 ft
Climb
-120 ft
Descent
00:25:40
Avg time
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    BLM
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The Escalator Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Mule Ridge and Swasey Recreation Area
    Redding, California
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (2 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Family Friendly
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #6053 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #15698 in Trail Running
    • #80452 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 95 in Trail Running
    • 85 in Hiking

Great 15-20 minute climb. Never overly steep or technical but relentless and fun. It's a perfect fitness benchmark. It also takes you to all the best trails in Swasey (Terminator, Snail Trail, Mule Ridge) and the connector trails to Whiskeytown (Salt Creek) and Oak Knoll (Mule Mountain) trail systems.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for The Escalator mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    494 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,176 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,749 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,176 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,670 ft
  • Grade
    3.8%
  • Grade max
    -24.2%
  • Grade min
    30.7%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    2,448 ft
  • Distance flat
    2,238 ft
  • Avg time
    00:25:40
  • Avg reverse time
    00:26:00
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Status:
on Jan 12, 2023
Wet
Avg: 4.3 (10 votes)
Your vote: 0

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  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
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      The Escalator Trail Reports

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      Jan 12, 2023 @ 1:03pm
      Jan 12, 2023
      		 tree down
      Jan 12, 2023 @ 12:58pm
      Jan 12, 2023
      		 tree down right at the base
      Jan 1, 2023 @ 3:09am
      Jan 1, 2023
      		 Perfection
      Dec 31, 2022 @ 3:02am
      Dec 31, 2022
      Dec 11, 2022 @ 11:32am
      Dec 11, 2022
      		 Trees down at about 1.5 and 2.0 miles in from the trailhead
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 34 rides
      • 15 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 652 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
      All
      • 7,015 rides
      • Last: Mar 27, 2023

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      Mar 21, 2022 @ 6:44pm
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      Feb 18, 2022 @ 9:11pm
      Feb 18, 2022
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      Feb 18, 2022 @ 9:11pm
      Feb 18, 2022
      49 |
      Sep 19, 2021 @ 11:21pm
      Sep 19, 2021

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