Solstice Loop (from Glass Hill Road)

by Brian Sather, created 08/23/2011 - 3:12pm, updated 08/28/2011 - 6:47pm

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Distance: 7.7 mi. / 12.4 km
Altitude (max): 5067 ft. / 1544.5 m
Altitude (min): 4137 ft. / 1260.91 m
Elevation Gain: 1695 ft. / 516.709 m
Elevation Loss: -1659 ft. / -505.654 m

Season:

June-October

This is the main section of the mountain bike leg of the Solstice Triathlon. It is a technically challenging loop that requires good fitness. About 25% is singletrack. Ride up (or park) near the gate on the left of Glass Hill Road (where the trail comes down) and then ride up the road doing the loop in a counterclockwise manner.

Trail Notes

Where the road turns hard to the right, take the road to the left and go around the gate
Make sure to go up the road on the right shortly after the gate. You will find singletrack on this road
After more climbing, you will come to the infamous Suicide Hill, where the trail dives to the left, straight down the mountain.
After crossing the meadow, climbing over the stairs at a fence, and ripping some good singletrack, you will arrive at an intersection of roads. Make sure to go left at the next road.
Eventually you will be back on singletrack through a rocky section and then down through a long meadow to the gate at Glass Hill Road