Mountain biking · Mount Shasta, California, USA · recorded with NomadTracks

Mount Shasta mountain-bike loop: 28.6 km of volcano singletrack

A 28.6 km loop on the flanks of a 4,300 m volcano: fast pumice singletrack, creek crossings, and Shasta's white cone appearing between the pines every time the trail swings north. Recorded gain: about 750 m, spread over climbs that are honest but never brutal.

Distance28.6 km
Elevation gain750 m
ActivityMountain biking
Duration5 h 58 min

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Route map of Mount Shasta mountain-bike loop: 28.6 km of volcano singletrack drawn from the recorded GPS points on an OpenStreetMap basemap
The actual recorded GPS track — start marked green, finish orange. Numbered pins mark where the photos below were taken.

Download GPX Coordinates, elevation and relative times — recording dates are normalized out, photos not included.

Elevation profile of the track
Elevation profile over the full distance. Switch the map above to interactive mode, then slide across the chart — a marker follows the route.

Reading the loop afterwards

The speed chart is the fun part on a bike: you can replay every section — the grinding fire-road climb, then the long supple descent where the average jumps. Trimming the parking-lot meters off both ends with the crop tool takes seconds and keeps the stats honest.

Planning the next lap

The loop was pieced together the evening before with route planning on OpenStreetMap basemaps, which know the singletrack that generic maps miss — then saved as a track and simply followed. Plan vs. ride comparison afterwards: nearly congruent, 100 m of bonus climbing.

About the place: Mount Shasta, California, USA

Mount Shasta (4,322 m) dominates far-northern California, and the volcanic soils around the towns of Mount Shasta and McCloud drain into fast, smooth singletrack. The Gateway trail network and surrounding forest roads ride best from June to October once the snow line retreats; pumice surfaces stay grippy even in midsummer dust.

Forest road through pines with snow-capped Mount Shasta on the horizon
1 · Forest road through pines with snow-capped Mount Shasta on the horizon
Clear mountain creek crossing the trail near Mount Shasta
2 · Clear mountain creek crossing the trail near Mount Shasta
Lush green undergrowth beside the Mount Shasta loop trail
3 · Lush green undergrowth beside the Mount Shasta loop trail
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