Courtesy of our friends at “Fun and Thrills’ (thanks Marcus) who have already hiked this trail we decided to give it the explorer treatment.
It is very narrow most of the time, with steep sections and some of the trail “walls” are rock so we can’t hack them out to pass (sorry Kyle)!
There are plenty of little rock drops and tree roots. Boogie rode virtually everything, but I was bouncing too near the edge on my hard tail. This is definitely one for a full “susser”.
There are some nice tight hairpin berms and the best ones near the river are unrideable until we can widen them.
The rest of the trail is high grass, which hides the drop off on one side and at one point both sides.
Of course Boogie was waiting for me at the river, a tranquil spot amid the greenery, to see if I fell in-sorry, not this time!
Then comes the bad news, you have to climb up a twisty trail towards Maryland ( about 15 min). When you come to a little settlement ( Mind Peace) you turn right and go down a stony single track with a little river crossing at the end. Boogie was waiting again, but this time I got my pedal caught in a rock and remounting could line myself up correctly.
There was more easy downhill and a concrete bridge over the river again with a rail. “Why is Boogie waiting with his camera?” I mused. Almost across the bridge and I saw that it has collapsed, there was a big hole to fall in and an impossible jump unless you had turbo assistance. Sorry Boogie, no paparazzi prize this time!
Finally we climbed up to the road. Verdict, with some cleaning up this is a good technical trail with a full suspension bike, a no-no for anyone who does not like drop-offs."
By David Linehan
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Oh cool, you guys did the trail. Thumbs up. How did you like that area with the shear drop off and little room to pass? :)
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