Estes Lake
The Estes Lake trail near Bigfork is an out and back of approximately 2.7 miles round-trip to a small lake tucked into the woods. The trail contains numerous rocks, root exposure and small to medium size ledges and is suitable…
Category Adaptive Level 08
Adobe Jack
This is a killer out & back with numerous other options – some good, some not, but this one is a stellar technical piece with some super fast flow sections as well as great views. You will need a spot…
Arizona Trail – “418 Section”
An excellent trail, perhaps one of the best for ORHC’s or MTBs An excellent shuttle if you can arrange one, if not, parking on Snowball Road at “Aspen Corner” and doing an out & back. My review starts at a…
Peggy’s Trail
(First parts taken from ) “This trail starts from the Polecat Gulch parking lot and begins with a short climb up the ridgeline. Once on the ridgeline, the trail joins an old doubletrack and the tread will vary in width for…
Lagoni Lake Trail (Flathead NF Trail #811)
The Lagoni Lake trail (Flathead National Forest Trail #811) is an out and back through mature and old growth forest to a small lake nestled between two ridgelines. While relatively short, the trail contains numerous technical challenges, making this a…
Summit Trail at Whitefish Ski Resort
The Summit Trail at Whitefish Mountain Resort climbs 2,084 ft over 8 miles from the Village area to the Summit. It is the only trail that permits two-way traffic and the only trail that permits uphill riding. Much of the…
Mountain cove to the top of Sidewinder
First section Military Reserve connection trail. This .6 mile trail from Mountain cove road to the Crestline trail is steep, loose sand on hard pack,and has several steps. (It also has rattlesnakes in the shade of sagebrush along the trail)…
Mountain cove to the top of Sidewinder
First section Military Reserve connection .6 miles, from Mountain cove is steep, loose sand and has several steps. (and has rattlesnakes in the shade along the trail) I use a recumbent pedal trike and had to use my hands pushing…
Northern leg of Arizona Trail Passage 28
This is an excellent ORHC ride – while flat, very scenic. Start & finish are 1/4 mile off of Lake Mary Road (county road 3) south of Flagstaff, nearest help or amenities are Mormon Lake village to the N quite…
Marsh Creek
Marsh Creek has a wide variety of trails from wide firm fire roads to steep climbs with roots grown across for added challenge. Please note: I wrote that “I didn’t need any help” but that may not be the case…
Smith Lake Upper Loop
The Smith Lake Loop is part of the Swift Creek complex of the Whitefish Trail system. I recommend taking the trail counterclockwise in order to make the bulk of the climb on a hard packed two track. From the parking…
Neversink Mountain
Neversink Mountain is a mix of terrain, everything from wide gravity railroad beds to tight slightly off-camber singletrack to loose rocky descents. With the new and improved bridges that BAMBA (Berks Area Mountain Biking Assoc.) installed on the Klapperthal side…
Chocolate Gulch
The Chocolate gulch trailhead is a popular mountain biking/hiking area just north of Ketchum, ID off of highway 75. I usually ride it as an out and back. Starting at the Chocolate gulch trailhead and riding west (Adaptive level 9)…
Carroll Canyon Loop
From the southern Old Post trailhead, head uphill / north climbing steadily up loose rock and rock ledges on an old road (real old) past the Ramshead trail and the Herkenheimer trail to the Carroll Canyon trail on your right…
Homer Rouse (Old Fish Creek Road)
Starting from the Trail Head off of Fish Creek road and Cheley camp entrance, take road south to Homer Rouse trail head. Sometimes you can park on the side of the road a little closer to the trailhead but there…
Mary’s Loop – Kokopelli Trail System
Mary’s Loop is a fantastic trail…..BUT it’s very difficult to rate. Here is why. The beginning of this trail is fairly easy with some loose rocky sections, some 8-12″ steps and some easy off camber sections within the first 1/4…