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2.5 miles

Distance

1,249 ft

Climb

-109 ft

Descent

00:36:02

Avg time

1,141 ft

Altitude change

2,047 ft

Altitude min

3,227 ft

Altitude max

2,047 ft

Altitude start

3,189 ft

Altitude end

8.6%

Grade

-27.8%

Grade max

59.5%

Grade min

2 miles

Distance climb

1,535 ft

Distance down

551 ft

Distance flat

00:36:02

Avg time

Windy Gap Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
- Dirtbike/Moto
Riding Area

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
Ellijay, Georgia
Difficulty Rating

Black Diamond Rate
Local Popularity
55 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 75 in E-Biking
- 90 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
- 5 in Dirtbiking
Global Ranking

#46133 in Mountain Biking
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

DH
Direction

Both Directions
Popular In Reverse
Climb Difficulty

Black Diamond
Physical Rating

Hard
Dogs Allowed

Yes
eBike Allowed

Yes up to Class 3
TTFs on Trail

Drop, Jump
Land Owner

Conasauga Ranger District

This is a multi use trail, but it's far enough out that you don't see a lot of traffic from bicycles, but it does get motorized traffic..
Windy Gap is considered both the top black trail and the lower Blue trail, but since Milma bisects it you get two trail descriptions.
It is a rugged trail that will require some downhilling skill to enjoy. It has chunky rocks at the top and big jumps lower down, and is difficult to access shall EMS be required.
If you start at the top there is about a mile of uphill and flat before you hit the good stuff. After that there is a 1 mile section of steep loose granite rock single track abused by ATVs and motos, very technical. This becomes a double track-wide trail that is groomed and super fast or rutted and destroyed depending on the last time it was worked on, and is all downhill. There are so many jumps here you will lose count. Also some very nice berms. The lower area is definitely designed around dirt bikes, but is still just as much fun on a long-travel mtb. The groomed section is about 2 miles long and runs directly into the parking lot, below that is gravel road downhill to the pavement of CCC Camp Rd.
Getting to the trail top requires quite a bit of gravel FS road riding, and riding up is not recommended. Bear Creek/Potato Patch Rd/Windy Gap trail/ CCC Camp road/Shaker Rag (or Pinhoti 2-1) is a common loop that will take advance riders 3-4 hours. It is a great downhill and many think one of Georgia's best.

Trail Supporters

USFS
Land Manager

Traditionally Indigenous Territory

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6 Months

1 rides
26 miles avg distance

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13 rides
Last: Jun 7, 2026

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Windy Gap Trail Reports

status	date	description
	May 1, 2024 @ 1:44pm May 1, 2024	Starts out technical and end Fun fast, flowy with lots of jumps. Step technical sections were slick from rain the previous night. Lower DH...
	Apr 7, 2024 @ 6:54am Apr 7, 2024	all clear!
	Feb 21, 2024 @ 6:24pm Feb 21, 2024	Many large trees down across trail, blocking trail
	Jan 28, 2023 @ 2:36am Jan 28, 2023	Multiple trees down
	Mar 24, 2022 @ 8:15am Mar 24, 2022	First part of the trail is a bit of hike a bike with recent blowdowns and the trail is blown out with runoff damage in the upper section. when I...

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