I’m not sure if the name suggests this is a goat track or the G.O.A.T (Greatest of all time)? It’s really neither, as your average Oreamnos would motor up it and in trail running terms it isn’t the Alps, but unless your last name is Jornet it will likely reduce to a huffing plod with-in 200m.
1.8km @ 18% Gradient are the stats, but the surface, twistiness and micro-climate make this one play longer than the numbers suggest.
https://www.strava.com/segments/3741525
This climb always reminds me of the Mike Tyson quote ‘Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face’. Every time I have a plan for this one, I end up abandoning it somewhere in the first third and start repeating to myself ‘just survive’.
If you are visiting the Macedon Ranges and like a trail run or hike, this should be your starting point. On weekends this thing is Bourke St. which actually doesn’t matter too much because you won’t be moving that fast anyway. If you look really determined, most people will get out of your way and just stare at you in awe. Once I was running up the Goat and came upon a large family coming down. The smallest boy had a full size chicken sitting on his arm.
Notes from a small Life 