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Hightower Mountain Bike Trail
Dahlonega, Georgia
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:    |
2 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 1/29/12 by mtbgreg1 |
Difficulty:  Expert |
| Length: 11 miles | Global Rank: #1208 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Loop |
| Ridden: 1 | Wishlist: 5 |
| Avg. Speed: 6.64 mph | Avg. Time: 1hr 20min |
Mountain Bike Trails in the Hightower Trail System
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Description: Out of the church parking lot, turn right and head up hill on Cooper Gap Road. Climb all the way up to Cooper Gap, and take a hard left along the forest service road along the ridge toward Hightower Gap. You eventually come screaming down a hill towards Hightower Gap, and if you kept going straight/left uphill, you'd continue on to Winding Stair. Don't do that. First time through here I missed the trail. The unmarked Hightower trail drops off the left side of the road, right inside of the turn. This is a sweet trail that drops away quickly and contains many rocks, loose rocks, just a few downed trees, roots, several stream crossings, and a sweet, fast, steep (technical) descent! Bring your Big Hit bike and hit the 10' (ft) ladder bridge drop towards the bottom end of the singletrack, which shoots off to the last side. (Easily bypassed if you have less travel.) At the bottom, continue onto the forest road, head left at the junction, and ride out through Frank D. Merril, and out the front gate to the church and your car. This is a sweet ride!
added on January 23, 2010 by 
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TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by mtbgreg1 on January 29, 2012
A better route to the church: Head north out of Dahlonega on old Highway 60 (not the bypass), out past the middle school and the high school. Turn left onto Camp Wahsega Rd. and drive all the way up until it dead ends into Camp Frank D. Merril. Turn hard left and park in the church parking lot. ---------------------------------------- This trail is as rocky and as gnarly as ever, and perhaps even more so. Unfortunately, it is in need of maintenance as there are several large trees down across the trails. Next time I ride it I'm definitely bringing my handsaw to clear some of the medium size stuff, but there are one or two massive oaks that have fallen and need some serious chainsaws to get moved.* Review edited 1/29/2012
* Review edited 1/29/2012
reviewed by mtbgreg1 on January 23, 2010
Wet/sketchy rating for the exit road after the singletrack. There is currently some logging going on on that road, so I would recommend possibly only riding this trail on the weekends at the moment (or just whenever there is no logging). They've seriously torn the exit road up: it's a muddy mess right now. But the singletrack is in good condition.
