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Difficulty:  - Intermediate |
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| Length: 30 miles | Global Rank: #48 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Other |
| Ridden: 272 | Wishlist: 196 |
| 17 trail check-ins |
Climb // Descend +8,100 // -6,600 feet |
| Average Speed: 7.6 mph | Average Time: 1hr 24min |
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Description
There are various types & difficulties of trails and logging roads in the area. Something 4 all to enjoy. There's even a nice campground and lake in the immediate area ! It's truly a great get-a-way !
dcinraleigh on June 8, 2013
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Description
There are various types & difficulties of trails and logging roads in the area. Something 4 all to enjoy. There's even a nice campground and lake in the immediate area ! It's truly a great get-a-way !
added by Guest on December 31, 2002
Mountain Bike Trails in the Bent Creek Trail System
- Boyd Branch / 665 ( - Intermediate )
- Deer Lake Lodge / 664 (
- Easiest ) - Deerfield Loop / 335 (
- Beginner ) - Explorer Loop / 337 ( - Beginner )
- Green's Lick (
- Advanced ) - Hardtimes Connector / 661 ( - Intermediate )
- Homestead / 333 ( - Beginner )
- Ledford / 660 ( - Intermediate )
- Little Hickory Top / 136 ( - Intermediate )
- Lower Sidehill / 137a ( - Beginner )
- North Boundary Road / 135 ( - Intermediate )
- Pinetree Loop / 336 ( - Beginner )
- Wolf Branch / 666 ( - Intermediate )
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dcinraleigh on June 8, 2013
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Review: This is a great place to ride and offers a bunch of different trails for all skill levels. On one ride, I parked at the NC arboretum and ride with my 10 year old daughter into forest. It was a nice gravel road that lead to an abundance of riding options! I love Asheville and its riding options. Bent Creek, although can be busy at times, is an quick and easy option for an after work ride.
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Review: One of if not the best places to ride in the area, A perfect companion to DuPont when you want that rockier terrain and nice long climbs with some awesome views along the way! If you can only hit one trail its gotta be greens lick! Sickest DH i have yet to come across in NC. Will be returning here for years and years to come!!!
Review: Had the awesome opportunity to camp at Lake Powhatan and ride the trails at Bent Creek. Holy crap, if you get the chance, definitely do this, if only for the ability to ride Green's Lick. There just aren't trails like this anywhere near the MD/VA/DC area, where I am from.
The hills are challenging, the singletrack is well maintained, the fire roads offer incredible climbs and workouts, the downhills are total forearm burners, and the base trails offer great times for all abilities. I was only able to get out 2 days of the 4 that I was there, and that wasn't enough. There are just far too many miles to cover here, and not enough time.
Definitely worthy of the Top 100 trails on Singletracks.
The hills are challenging, the singletrack is well maintained, the fire roads offer incredible climbs and workouts, the downhills are total forearm burners, and the base trails offer great times for all abilities. I was only able to get out 2 days of the 4 that I was there, and that wasn't enough. There are just far too many miles to cover here, and not enough time.
Definitely worthy of the Top 100 trails on Singletracks.
Review: Rode here today climbing up to Greens Lick then bombing down. 2nd time on the trails but first time down Greens Lick and I must say its a lot of fun. I ride a Titus Motolite with 150 in the front and 135 in the back and would love a bike with at least 160f/r to really hit some of those jumps on Greens Lick. This trail system is great, but without a map expect to get lost like I did. This trail system should be ranked a lot higher. Definitely one of the top trails systems on the east coast.
Review: My son and I rode a portion of this trail last week while on vaca from Florida. The climb was a major challenge up the fire road from the parking area. There is so much here in the Pisgah Forest and I hope to return soon (maybe summertime)! Great trail system with some nice fast downhill, technical and jump sections! Trails are marked well but a map could be helpful so consider bringing one to maximize your ride. Good memories with my boy!!
Review: What a great trail system! There are trails going every which way, with something for everyone: easy, flowy trails, tough climbs, blazing-fast descents, it's all here! If you've never been here before, be sure to bring a map--or just the singletracks app. This place was-crazy busy on a Saturday, and it's easy to see why! I rode everything here on a hardtail 29er, and while I would have had more fun on Green's Lick with a FS, it definitely wasn't required. For whoever said below that this trail system is the reason to own a hardtail, all I have to say is "Go ride the rest of Pisgah." Compared to the rest of Pisgah, this is cake... but it's very sweet, delicious cake.
Review: Amazing series of trails. Greens Lick is everything as advertised. Ingles Field Connector to get to 5 points is a brutal climb. Learned a priceless lesson on my first true "mountain" bike trip, the hardtail made me feel like I had been beaten with a cat of 9 tails by Lou Ferrigno...consider taking full suspension. Lower Sidehill is a wide open, head on fire doubletrack that is suprisingly fun. Highly recommend Lake Powhatan campground, its a 9 iron from the trail head and has great facilities.
Review: lots of good climbs with a downhill on the other side... can link lots of mile in together for any kind of milage that you want.... and the camp ground at the foot of hardtimes is a great, clean, quite campground, the best i seen so far!!
Similar Trail: any thing in this area
Similar Trail: any thing in this area
Review: Hello. I rode this trail 7/21/12. Greens Lick was very impressive. It was my first time riding in WNC, and I was overal very impressed with the climbing and the downhill. Trail was soaked and it was raing pretty hard. Some lose rocks, and natural burns. This is a very awesome trail and there are others in the same Bent Creeks area just as good but not as technicial. If you want to get some good air, lots of speed, and a good adrenalin rush. This is it.
* Review edited 7/25/2012
Similar Trail: Trace Ridge, Fletcher Creek
* Review edited 7/25/2012
Similar Trail: Trace Ridge, Fletcher Creek
Review: Really nice trail system. Nothing crazy, including that "greens lick" (although the local bike shop had almost scared me off it). Long, steady climbs, nice swoops and woopdies. Lots of miles to put together and lots of rewards after many climbs. If you like air you can find it here. Nothing to technical
- I'm clumsy and rarely come out of a ride unscathed, but never fell or had to clip out due to technicalities (no tight switchbacks or crazy extended rock gardens). Don't let the lack of technicality turn you off though. It's one fun ride with a good work out. I do wish they would have not painted bright orange over all the rocks on the Greens trail. When I look at a rock that is where my front tire goes...
* Review edited 7/16/2012
* Review edited 7/16/2012
Review: This is place is great! Green's Lick, alone, makes it a destination. I rode GoKite5's recommended route and, overall, it was a lot of fun. The climbs were long and pretty brutal. I got off and walked a few times to rest, but the climbs were WELL worth the descents. Green's Lick was the definite highlight, but Ingle's Field Gap and Wolf Branch were also a lot of fun to go down.
Similar Trail: Green's Lick, Ingle's Field Gap, and Wolf Branch
Similar Trail: Green's Lick, Ingle's Field Gap, and Wolf Branch
Review: This place is fast, fun and epic. There are a lot of trails here. Get a map. Many trails overlap one another. Lots of bikers here.
Review: Great trail system! There are a lot of trails to choose from which can get confusing but in general it doesn't matter - it's all fun! Greens Lick is definitely a must-ride (downhill of course). Many of the trails cover former logging roads so the corridors are wide and never very steep. The campground at Lake Powhatan is very nice - be sure to reserve early because the place does fill up.
Review: I was on a bit of a time constraint since I got lost for an hour or so trying to find this place, so once I got there I knew I had to find Greenslick asap because of everything I've heard about it. It wasn't marked on the map that I had printed out on this website http://www.mtbikewnc.com/trailheads/bentcreek.html however if you take North Boundary Road, marked 135 on the map, all the way up the hill you will eventually run into Greenslick. The map may get a bit confusing, so your best bet is to ask around, the people there are very friendly. Greenslick is everything stated in the previous comments and more, an absolute thrill ride. I was so glad I hit that first. Although all the other trails in this network don't have anything on Greenslick, some of them are still worth a look. Great ride and I hope to make a second trip. PS another good thing about the map in the link provided is that it shows the road that leads to all the trailheads. If only I would have know that before I got lost.
Review: Nice ride with great scenery, fire road climbs are gradual and long, decents were fun but mostly very managable with a few steep sections. Some fun technical areas along the river. Just a smooth fun ride for much of this trial with a few fast downhill sections. The park was quiet when I was there with very few bikes on the trails in late November. PS: after reading some of the other review i must have miossed some of the bigger downhill stuff...I will go back and have another look soon.
* Review edited 2/23/2011
* Review edited 2/23/2011
Review: Can't wait to ride here again. Had to spend way too much time studying the map so we wouldn't end up a LOOOONNNNG way from the truck at quitting time.
Review: There are so many trail combinations at Bent Creek. My personal favorite descent is Ingles Field Gap. Greens Lick is awesome, but requires a lot of braking as it is so steep (unless you're expert), but Ingles Field Gap is longer and rolls nicely along the ridge and also has sections of fast and furious.
Similar Trail: Greens Lick, Lower Sidehill, Explorer Loop
Similar Trail: Greens Lick, Lower Sidehill, Explorer Loop
Review: This trail is really nice! Tons of climbing and lots of fast downhill! Greens Lick is really quick and fast! Be sure to bring your technical skills!
Review: Yes Green's Lick is the BOMB and you can get slammed if you don't watch your speeds but there us SO much more there...fun intermediates and the tough Ingles Field Gap Trail is also a fun downhill as well! Just nice stuff there with a great bike shop Carolina Fatz, around the corner. Camping, swimming in the lake. Cool hiking too. Close to Asheville and all the other trails in Pisgah.
Similar Trail: There are 200 miles of trails within 25 miles. Mills River Area, Kitsuma. DuPont St. Forest. Black Mountain. Laurel Mountain and Pilot Rock. Jeeeezzz!
Similar Trail: There are 200 miles of trails within 25 miles. Mills River Area, Kitsuma. DuPont St. Forest. Black Mountain. Laurel Mountain and Pilot Rock. Jeeeezzz!
Review: Gotta say this was the best downhill we've ever riden. It can be extremly dangerous if you are not experienced. We also took a wrong turn and ended up climbing up the entire Green Slick downhill. Will def be going again!!! The only downside is the maps are hard to read and we ended up getting lost for 5 hours and ran out of snacks. So just ride prepared. Everyone was very friendly too, but didn't give the best directions.
* Review edited 9/1/2010
* Review edited 9/1/2010
Review: Seems pretty close to IMBA Epic to me. Ran a great route recommended by local trail riders: up wolf branch, up ingles field, up north boundary, down greenslick, up sidehill, up little hickory top, down ingles field, down wolf branch. About 11 miles. Greenslick is a fantastic downhill!
Review: GREENSLICK IS THE BOMB! Kudos to the trail designer and people who maintain it.
Review: Great Maze of trails, something for everyone - ranging from gravel roads to somewhat more technical climbs and descents. Beautiful area - Fantastic views on the high trails. Very nice extended downhill off the Ingles Field Gap, tho not for beginners.
Review: Bent Creek Rock!! Explorer Loop, Greens Lick, Sidehill, Boyd Branch -- something for everyone -- easy, moderate and rush wild!!
Similar Trail: North Mills River
Similar Trail: North Mills River
Review: This weekend I made my second trip to Bent Creek and had a blast. It's a great place to ride. The explorer trail is my personal favorite. We rode Green's lick and it was everything it was advertised to be. The climb up was fairly brutal and the ride down was scary fast. Honestly I was in a bit over my head but kept my speed under control and was loved it.
* Review edited 6/30/2009
* Review edited 6/30/2009
Review: Great singletrack.....VERY close to Asheville. Lots of diversity.
Review: Recently drove down from Pittsburgh to ride in NC, and hit this network of trails for the second time. It's definitely an awesome network, but since my crew had only ridden one before, we probabaly didn't hit nearly everything that Bent Creek has to offer. Some long relatively moderate climbs for about 40-60min (depending on your riding level ) to start, followed by one of the best downhills I've ever ridden. Huge berms built in to the trail, tabletop jumps, and fast, fast, fast!! Other than the downhill not very technical, very scenic though, and a place you could spend all afternoon riding.
* Review edited 11/12/2008
* Review edited 11/12/2008
Review: Lot's O fun..a ton of different options, if its your first time, make sure you leave yourself an entire afternoon to explore, there are trails everywhere...park at the first trail head on the right and don't pay to go into the the day use area. Grip N Rip!!!
Review: Beautiful Single track ridge riding. Worth a trip as you can ride all day....
Review: Awesome trails interconnecting with a main fireroad. Watch the edge though, sometimes it sneaks up on ya!!!
Review: Link to a great trailmap for the Bent Creek Trails(in Adobe ".pdf" format):
http://maps.wncoutdoors.info/images/bentcreek/bentcreek.pdf
Similar Trail: DuPont, Tsali
Similar Trail: DuPont, Tsali
Review: great trail! Today was my first time there. Rode almost every loop. Great workout........lots of opportunities to jump, great climbs, not too much technical stuff.
Review: I rode here last weekend. There is such great scenery here. There are many trails to choose from. No hard climbs either, they are mainly just gradual climbs. Fast downhills with jumps. If you are not such an expert rider, control your brakes. Speed can be deadly here.
Review: These trails are very exciting. Beautiful views, fast downhills, long but easy climbs. Great for the beginner rider.
Similar Trail: dupont
Similar Trail: dupont
Review: It's all about getting up to the top so you can bomb down Green Licks... and it is so worth it. It takes about 45 min. to ride up and about 15min. down. The entire mtn. biking area is in a bowl so it's almost imposible to get lost with the expansive network of well marked trails. We rode there on 12/5/06, the temp. was perfect, a few people here and there and the perfect smothie only minutes away. Sounds like paradise to me :-)
* Review edited 1/15/2007
Similar Trail: Chilhowee, Tenn.
* Review edited 1/15/2007
Similar Trail: Chilhowee, Tenn.
Review: bring your climbing legs. great in town trails . lots of climbs and downhills and flats. for me green slick and explorer sections were the most fun, riding them downhill ofcourse. they are also probably the hardest sections in bent creek. carry a map or go with locals so you dont waste time looking for best ride. there is also small lake with sandy beach roped of for swimming. watch out for hikers with dogs place look like a dog pound.
Similar Trail: tanasi, chilhowee
Similar Trail: tanasi, chilhowee
Review: I agree with the last post...Greens Lick is an awesome "roller coaster" type downhill. My personal favorite at Bent Creek. Very steep and fast with great jumps, but not technical. If you want technical, the best thing at bent creek is Sidehill and Lower Sidehill (although still not too bad).
Review: Great Single track, and so close to Asheville. The new GREENSLICKS trails is some of the fastest, sweetest singletrack I have been on...huge jumps. Those not week of heart need to stay to Bent Creek's more gnarly north side home of Ingles Field Gap, Greenslicks, and Sidehill.
Review: Can get lost here. Lots of climbs. Dank forest. Trail map is a little confusing and not great trail markings. Ride for days in here.
Review: Still a beginner, we chose the explorer loop. Well, missed the turn off at the beginning and rode the trail in reverse. Guess what? We wound up draging our bikes up the downhill section of the advanced upper explorer extention. What a blast riding down the other way though! We realized what happened when the trail got familar and we saw the missed turn. confusing huh? Great time, very wet in spots.
Similar Trail: Tsali
Similar Trail: Tsali
Review: Yah know how people keep saying Bent Creek has a variety of difficulty in its trails? "There's something for everybody." Stop saying that! Sure, there are a couple roots and a few steep climbs, but unless you're riding illegal stuff its all easy. The hardest legal trail is the upper section of Explorerer which most people skip. Its fun, just really short. The real reason why its so popular is because gas is so expensive and it takes way too much to ride anywhere else.
Similar Trail: I'd say some of the shorter loops in Pisgah right near Brevard. Just don't start heading up Black Mountain. That is, unless you enjoy pain.
Similar Trail: I'd say some of the shorter loops in Pisgah right near Brevard. Just don't start heading up Black Mountain. That is, unless you enjoy pain.
Review: What a great area. spent the summer of 2004 riding out of Asheville. Good uphills and downhills. Fire roads can connect you with the North Davidson area trails. Make sure you ride up to five points, then point that baby downhill and soak it in.
Similar Trail: Buffalo creek trail system.
Similar Trail: Buffalo creek trail system.
Review: long climbs but great downhill need at least two days to explore more trails
Review: long climbs but great downhill need at least two days to explore more trails
Review: Bent Creek is a jem. I have driven from Atlanta just to do one ride on this system. Lots of tough climbs, great downhills, beautiful scenery. Mountain biking doesn't get better than this!
Similar Trail: Tsali
Similar Trail: Tsali
Review: Awesome trails! Camped at Lake Powhatan about twenty minutes from Asheville. It's great when you awake next to the trailhead. Awesome climbs lead to rewarding downhills. If you have to walk your bike up to to enjoy the ride down, do it. Grab a breakfast or a beer in Asheville and dream about becoming a native.
Review: Nice system. I wish that I had more time to explore and enjoy. Wide range of trail types and difficulty to enjoy. I like climbing and there are 1 mile + climbs here.
Similar Trail: Dupont State Park.
Similar Trail: Dupont State Park.
Review: I recently rode the Bent Creek area as well as some others in WNC and enjoyed the trails and the people. Everyone stopped and spoke to each other and offered help. There are some good long steady climbs here and some sweet downhill single track. Being a flatlandeder from Houston the climbs were tough. I have more info about this area and others on my website www.mtnbikerider.com welcome and enjoy.
Similar Trail: Tsali
Similar Trail: Tsali
Review: really enjoyed the rides.. in the Bent Creek area great down hills.. kept looking for the escalator sign pointing to the up rides..
Similar Trail: Tsali
Similar Trail: Tsali
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