Description for Hogan Trail
Hogan Trail (AKA Area 51) snakes along the banks of the New Hogan Lake into Oak Knoll Recreation Area. The trail offers up some strong intermediate to advanced singletrack riding. There is just over 10 miles of top notch trail that has some great terrain and nice elevation changes. The trail is not well marked but it is not too tough to find you way around, but if you can go with someone familiar with the area you will likely have a much better riding experience. There is not much in terms of shade so on hot days it is a fairly miserable ride.
Comments/Reviews for Hogan Trail
1. posted from iPhone
by rudy, Sunday, October 17, 2010 5:58 PM
| Overall Review: | 5 of 5 |
| Technical Difficulty: | 0 of 5 |
| Aerobic Difficulty: | 0 of 5 |
No review
2. Hoggin Lake
by wiskylo, Tuesday, April 05, 2011 9:48 PM
| Overall Review: | 2 of 5 |
| Technical Difficulty: | 3 of 5 |
| Aerobic Difficulty: | 2 of 5 |
Trail is okay, just lack of mantance. Many branch will scatch your legs and everywhere else after the ride.
3. posted from iPhone
by Twiddles, Monday, October 10, 2011 6:42 PM
| Overall Review: | 5 of 5 |
| Technical Difficulty: | 0 of 5 |
| Aerobic Difficulty: | 0 of 5 |
Trail was a blast in cool weather with a light rain. XC style no real steep descents (I rode mostly the intermediate trail) or ascents, less than 300' elevation change the whole ride. Riders in good shape can power through this whole trail at a very nice speed.
Trail is narrow but easily rideable at high speed. Some switchbacks, berms, smaller rollers on the trail. At several points the trail is only a couple of tire widths, tunnel effect in high brush makes it seem like your really flying. Excellent place to work on intermediate climbing and tech skills (understand the advanced area will push your skills hard).
Trail is extremely easy to find and stay on, Red Arrows for Advanced, Yellow for the rest, the right fork of any trail going OUT is the easier of the two. You can find advanced trail sign around campsite 22, continue down past White gate following yellow arrows for other trail.
I will be doing this trail a lot it was FUN!!
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