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Dalewood (st.thomas) Mountain Bike Trail
St.thomas & London, Ontario
MTB TRAIL STATS
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3 trail reviews |
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Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 22 miles | Global Rank: 725 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Network |
| Ridden: 20 | Wishlist: 1 |
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Description: The trail is very rooty/technical in some areas. The loop around the reservoir is about 6km but it branches off to the right before you get to the old condemned bridge in the woods (which is visible from Dalewood drive just before you get to the Conservation office, Look left & down as soon as you turn onto the road when driving there) If you take the right hand turn it is a medium length uphill climb which will get the heart pump’n. Once at the top the entrance to the next trial area can be over grown. Look on your left. If you come to a guard rail at the top you have gone to far but on by a few hundred feet. It will be a down hill along the valley wall. This area is rooty. You will follow this trail for only a few minutes as it goes out into an open area by the creek. The trail goes under Ron McNeil Line (County road 52). The locals call this part of the trail 52. This section will take you out to Highburry Ave where you past over the creek in the valley on your way to St.Thomas. If you cross Highburry to the little Day use conservation area known as Dan Patterson there is about another 3 km loop. Once here go back to the main area and head towards Dalewood again. Go all the way back to the uphill area the started you on your way here but this time when at the bottom of that hill go straight to the condemned bridge. After the bridge there is another uphill, right take you to Dalewood drive and left takes you around the Backside of the Dalewood camping area. Once you come to a clearing that is campsite # 1 cross it towards the back area the trail continues there and it will spit you out at the one lane bridge on Dale wood drive. Cross the bridge and turn right just past the damn. The trail will take you along the creek to waterworks park. Go all the way to the very far end along the creek and the trail will start up again. This area has some erosion issues so you may have to hike a bike for 100 feet or so. This trail will eventually take you out to an area called suicide where some dirt bikers have build up some ramps. As you keep following the trail it will take you to another area called WarddleBottle’s, named after an old local Dirt Biker (Warddle, trials bike, chances are good you’ll see him, he’s about 70!) Take this trail to the end and you’ll come out to a grassy area in a valley follow the trail up to the road (Wellington Rd) and you’ll find Lynhurst Variety store. Turn around and go back. The total is about 21 or 22km. Note: Dalewood Loop & WarddleBottle’s is very muddy after a good rain and takes awhile to dry up. This is the Kranky b******s Home Turff…cya out there!
Description: The trail is very rooty/technical in some areas. The loop around the reservoir is about 6km but it branches off to the right before you get to the old condemned bridge in the woods (which is visible from Dalewood drive just before you get to the Conservation office, Look left & down as soon as you turn onto the road when driving there) If you take the right hand turn it is a medium length uphill climb which will get the heart pump’n. Once at the top the entrance to the next trial area can be over grown. Look on your left. If you come to a guard rail at the top you have gone to far but on by a few hundred feet. It will be a down hill along the valley wall. This area is rooty. You will follow this trail for only a few minutes as it goes out into an open area by the creek. The trail goes under Ron McNeil Line (County road 52). The locals call this part of the trail 52. This section will take you out to Highburry Ave where you past over the creek in the valley on your way to St.Thomas. If you cross Highburry to the little Day use conservation area known as Dan Patterson there is about another 3 km loop. Once here go back to the main area and head towards Dalewood again. Go all the way back to the uphill area the started you on your way here but this time when at the bottom of that hill go straight to the condemned bridge. After the bridge there is another uphill, right take you to Dalewood drive and left takes you around the Backside of the Dalewood camping area. Once you come to a clearing that is campsite # 1 cross it towards the back area the trail continues there and it will spit you out at the one lane bridge on Dale wood drive. Cross the bridge and turn right just past the damn. The trail will take you along the creek to waterworks park. Go all the way to the very far end along the creek and the trail will start up again. This area has some erosion issues so you may have to hike a bike for 100 feet or so. This trail will eventually take you out to an area called suicide where some dirt bikers have build up some ramps. As you keep following the trail it will take you to another area called WarddleBottle’s, named after an old local Dirt Biker (Warddle, trials bike, chances are good you’ll see him, he’s about 70!) Take this trail to the end and you’ll come out to a grassy area in a valley follow the trail up to the road (Wellington Rd) and you’ll find Lynhurst Variety store. Turn around and go back. The total is about 21 or 22km. Note: Dalewood Loop & WarddleBottle’s is very muddy after a good rain and takes awhile to dry up. This is the Kranky b******s Home Turff…cya out there!
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TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by webby on June 28, 2009
good trail with some technical parts....some really narrow sections...part of the trail is meant only for hikers so watch out for the yellow bars on the bridges
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reviewed by RatchRacing on November 22, 2008
Great singletrack, awesome ride with the Dan Patterson stretch added in. Good twisty singletrack with lots of roots and such to give it a nice technical challenge. Some minor climbing, except for the big hill near Patterson's park, its a killer.
reviewed by Rick_Luiting on February 10, 2008
Some good climbs pop up right after rooty areas. Watch out for the BIG HILL along 52. We don't know anybody that can climb straight up it! Their is a side trail that winds up incase you give up.
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