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Bull Mountain / 223 Mountain Bike Trail
Dahlonega, Georgia
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:    |
3 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 9/10/10 by mtbgreg1 |
Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 3 miles | Global Rank: #Not yet ranked. |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Network |
| Ridden: 6 | Wishlist: 0 |
| Avg. Speed: 7.81 mph | Avg. Time: 2hr 2min |
| Elevation Gain/Loss: +547/-1,561 ft |
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Description: 2.7 miles in one direction. The namesake for the entire area, this trail is an awesome descent. It has become pretty rutted out and technical in areas, but if you like that sort of thing it can still be a blast to ride! Obviously, I recommend descending it. This is the finish of the IMBA Epic Bull Mountain loop.
added on September 10, 2010 by 
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TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by Trek29er on September 20, 2011
I rode the entire complex on the 20th. As previously briefed on some of the other trails in this complex, SORBA has been hard at work. Well done. I parked at the Bull Mnt parking lot, and rode FS 83 up to 223C (whoop de doos) TH, passed it on the left, and continued on to 223B Saddle Back ridge. (make sure you have the new three digit/letter maps, available at ForestService website.) There was one creek to cross, but it is not the slick rock slime covered death crossing. The Saddle back seemed like it was all up hill rocky single track in the middle of nowhere,with black bears waiting to maul you at every corner. (I didn't see any though) At last you get to the 223 Trail. Again this is going in a CCW direction from the parking area. Once starting down trail 223 be prepared for several things. Speed, it can get ridiculous fast. Some parts have creek crossings, and some baby head rocks will try to kill you through out this descent. After what seems like an hour of burning down this hill at mach 2, you come to the junction of whoop de doos, and the new section of 223. TAKE THE RIGHT, on to the new section. Guess what, it keeps on going down after a short climb. This part must have been done by SORBA because it is has their style all over it. After your curving descending singletrack insanity, you will pop out on FS83, about 1/4 mile from bull parking area. I have done this route on the old trail in CW direction, and the CCW direction has longer sustained down hill. This is a must ride in Northern Georgia.
* Review edited 9/20/2011
Similar Trail: Bear Creek
reviewed by jahuddleston on December 2, 2010
If you like riding over where horse have been, then these are the trails for you. I rode an old dirt road that turned into a freshly graded double track (with crawler tracks) up to the ridge. I could'nt figure out where I was even with a map. Every root is exposed and every low spot is a mud hole from the horses. Don't waste your time. I did find one trail that was marked, but I didn't seem to be on the map. Only a couple of horses had been on it the day before. Gorgeous surroundings, but really soft mud hole sections. I also had to avoid the hunters.
