Goshorn

Total Miles
4.1

Elevation

2,515.72 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

3

Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Trail Overview

Goshorn is the furthest south loop in the Thunder Trails. Going counterclockwise, it starts on a grassy hillside, but then quickly enters the gambel oaks and aspen trees. It goes along the rim of the mesa, overlooking the valley below. It has embedded small rocks and tight turns similar to the other three loops in the trail system. The majority of the trail is pretty smooth though, with small loose rocks and small roots at times, but no major obstacles. It goes next to a couple of cool rock walls though. The trail rounds the mesa through tall ponderosa pine trees and one rockier section then heads back north. After it crosses the road and heads back north, it's a lot faster and smoother with hardly any rocks. It goes through wide open meadows with sparse trees, and fewer bushes lining the trail.

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Goshorn
Goshorn

Difficulty

This is an easy single track with a few rockier sections but is mostly gradual, fast, and flowy.

Technical Rating

3

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Access Description

Follow the signs from the west end of the town of Norwood to the Thunder Trails Trailhead. There is a small dirt parking lot with a turnaround that is okay for small trailers. There are 4 smaller loops that can be ridden as one big loop, for a total of about 20 miles. It is easy to intermediate difficulty and would take an average rider a couple of hours to complete the entire loop.

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