Home    Search    The Lounge    Trail Guide/Conditions!   Calendar  Album   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Trails Menu Show trails for: All countiesErieCattaraugusNiagaraLivingstonChautauquaPennsylvaniaErieCattaraugusNiagaraLivingstonChautauquaPennsylvania    Allegany State Park  Allegheny National Forest  Earl Cardot Eastside Overland Trail  Fred Cusimano Westside Overland Trail  Golden Hill  Harriett Hollister Spencer Park  Hunters Creek  Letchworth  McCarty Hill/Rock City SF  Sprague Brook Share the Trail WNYMBA Trail Guide Golden Hill (Great Valley, NY - Cattaraugus County) Park Golden Hill NYSDEC Address Golden Hill Rd Great Valley, NY | Trailhead directions Hours Current weather Trail Conditions for Biking Conditions 04/04/10 Open. "Weds Night Rides (4/7/10) start this week at 5:30PM....Join us !!!!" -- jackattack Features Intermediate level All trails shared with hikers Open year round Description Maps Topo Map 3D Map Trail Conditions Forum Add post Posted 07/06/2010 by kingstumps70 Great trail,longer than I thought,but the unbearable heat,overgrowth and biting flies everywhere demoralized us.A couple of huge downed tree sections had us confused for a minute and wishing we had chainsaws.Plan on coming again but not until it cools off a bit. Posted 07/06/2010 by kingstumps70 Great trail,longer than I thought,but the unbearable heat,overgrowth and biting flies everywhere demoralized us.A couple of huge downed tree sections had us confused for a minute and wishing we had chainsaws.Plan on coming again but not until it cools off a bit. Posted 06/15/2010 by Kevin Preston Rode the new SS this morning. The trail east of the road is in pretty good shape. West of the road is a different story; a lot of wet muddy spots. We definitely need to get back to having trail days at Golden Hill. Mountain Bike Trail Description Description: Golden Hill is fun!  It's not as extensive as Rock City/McCarty Hill/Holiday Valley, but there's plenty of riding there.  It is easier than the trails closer to Ellicottville, and harder to get lost.  There are two loops.  The red loop is the main loop, with half on one side of the road, the other on the other side.  The red trail is a nice rolling singletrack with a a fair amount of up and down, but is mainly characterized by its excellent flow.  Kudos to Bert Schweigart for a good eye for flow.  Most people ride the trail counterclockwise, but it flows well either way. Most riders take the blue loop which leaves from (and returns to) the northwest side of the red trail.  This section is more technical and hilly.  It also has great flow as it surfs the edge of a spur before dropping into a hole of a valley.  A short miniloop circles around the bottom of the blue loop to add some more distance.  The climb back up is a bear but a small price for the drop down into the hole.  If you are so inclined, checkout the technical "whammy" halfway back up.  You lose some of your hard earned elevation gain, but get to test your technical ability, if you don't mind scraping yourself up on the hard rocks.  Just don't hurt yourself and expect someone to drag you out, because it's pretty inaccessible. The top part of the climb on an old road is scheduled for an upgrade sometime in 2004 to add some climbing turns and remove the fall line road section. Directions: From Ellicottville, head out of town on Mill (next to the convenience store, making sure you go under hte train tracks. Go until it ends and then take a left on Rt. 98. Then look for Golden Hill Road on your right. Park at the top of the hill. Trailhead is just up the ridgetop (Fireline) road (either side)

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