Posts related to mountain biking in Western North Carolina.
The US Forest Service announced a closure of Tsali’s Left Loop trail due to a landslide today. Full press release is below. Edit 3/1/2014: The Forest Service has reopened the trail now. Enjoy it! National Forests in North Carolina U.S. … Continued
In celebration of National Trails day on June 1, 2013, several new trails were officially opened in DuPont State Recreational Forest, including a new connector between the end of Turkey Knob Road at Pinnacle Mountain Road and Little Briery trail. … Continued
So I had some time after work today, and I decided it was time to hit up little old Alexander Mountain Bike Park, along the French Broad River in northern Buncombe County. Boy, was I not disappointed! The newer Left … Continued
We’ve added the Jackrabbit Mountain trailhead to both MTBikeWNC and HikeWNC. Although the trail system was designed with mountain biking in mind, it’s a pleasant place to hike as well, being close to the campground and lake. For mountain bikers, … Continued
Bike Magazine‘s testers hit the trails around Brevard early this month. They were in DuPont State Forest and Pisgah National Forest putting some new 2012 rigs thru their paces and gaining some knowledge of the local trails. Not surprisingly, the … Continued
Beech Mountain officially opened its Emerald Outback Trail Park, adding 8 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails to the inventory in WNC! This is Phase 1 of what will be the larger Beech Mountain Trail Park. The trails are … Continued
The N.C. Division of Forest Resources lists the following trails as temporarily closed in Dupont State Forest: Bridal Overlook Trail Hill Top Loop Cascade Trial Galax Trail And these appear to be permanently closed: Grassy Dam Trail Laurel Trail Little … Continued
The Jackrabbit Mountain trail system, located just outside of Hayesville in Clay County on the shores of Chatuge Lake, officially opens on Saturday, April 30th. The trail system offers 14.5 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails, and trailhead facilities … Continued
The new Estatoe Trail, long rumored to be under construction (and confirmed by the Forest Service a while back), opens tomorrow. They’ve been somewhat secretive about it, but it appears that the new multi-use trail runs along the Davidson River, … Continued
According to the Pisgah Ranger District office, in the Bent Creek area, North Boundary Road will be closed Mondays through Fridays for road re-construction. This might put a few folks onto alternate routes if you used that old road to … Continued