Yost Ridge Trail

Name: Yost Ridge Trail
Rating: 4.5

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Trail

2.2 mile 3.6 kilometer point to point
94% Runnable
Easy/Intermediate

Elevation

Ascent: 324' 99 m
Descent: -219' -67 m
High: 771' 235 m
Low: 582' 178 m

Grade

Avg Grade: 5% (3°)
Max Grade: 11% (6°)

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Yost Ridge Lollipop Loop

4.3 mi 6.9 km • Out and Back • 511 ft Ascent 155.75 m Ascent

Singletrack Fairdale, KY

( 1 )

Part of the second downhill section of the Red Trail.

Lousville's Lovin the Hills 15 mile

15.8 mi 25.4 km • Point to Point • 2,276 ft Ascent 693.66 m Ascent

Singletrack Fairdale, KY

( 2 )

Cherokee Park Loop

5.0 mi 8.1 km • Loop • 309 ft Ascent 94.08 m Ascent

Singletrack Saint Matthews, KY

( 11 )

A sturdy bridge aids your passage along the trail.

Harrods Creek Park

3.6 mi 5.8 km • Loop • 281 ft Ascent 85.57 m Ascent

Singletrack Prospect, KY

( 3 )

1800s homestead located at Freeman Lake park. About the 6 mile mark.

Freeman Lake Loop

7.3 mi 11.8 km • Loop • 136 ft Ascent 41.44 m Ascent

Singletrack Elizabethtown, KY

( 3 )

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“A short easy loop in the Jefferson Memorial Forest that doubles as equestrian trail.”

— Nathan Muleski

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You can start at the Holsclaw Road parking load and take the Mitchell Hill Lake Trail to the start or begin at the Visitor Center. If you start at the Visitor Welcome Center, you'll go behind the building and up the hill, along the path that the Go Ape ropes course follows.

You'll leave the ropes course behind and bend around the ridge, which you'll follow until you get there is a split in the trail. This route is a "lollipop", so it doesn't matter which direction you choose to go. This route suggests that you go left down the stone stairs to continue on the trail, which eventually loops around and you'll have to cross Jones Hollow Road to reconnect to the trail.

This trail is a great intermediate distance, and features some very gently rolling terrain, which keeps things exciting.