Mount Shasta Gateway Trail
Mount Shasta (Shasta-Trinity NF) · near Mount Shasta · Shasta Cascade
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Trail miles
- ~10-11 mi built; ~46 mi planned
- Elevation
- Town base ~3,500 ft; Gateway loop ~1,040 ft gain
- Best season
- May-October (snow closes upper trails in winter)
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Nickname
- The Mountain's Flow Trails
- Ride types
- xc · flow · all-mountain
- Signature trails
- Gateway Trail · Marley & Zap Trails · Pig Farm / Stump
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- Class 1 e-bikes allowed (multi-use USFS trail); confirm current signage.
- Intl tip
- Flowy, purpose-built singletrack on the flank of Mount Shasta with jaw-dropping views. Shuttle or e-bike option via Shasta Gravity Adventures; rent in town at The Fifth Season. May-Oct (upper trails snowbound in winter). Class 1 e-bikes OK.
The guide
The Gateway Trail is Mount Shasta's purpose-built pride - a flowy, sanctioned network on the lower flank of the great volcano, …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mount Shasta Gateway Trail — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 41.334, -122.308