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Guanica State Forest Mountain Bike Trail
Guanica, Puerto Rico
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
2 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 12/13/10 by malva |
Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 10 miles | Global Rank: #128 |
| Tread: Doubletrack | Configuration: Network |
| Ridden: 11 | Wishlist: 4 |
Directions:
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Description: Guanica State Forest, hot, aired beautiful ride.
You will need to check in at the gate, the attendants are quite helpful, they will give you maps and highlight the best trails for you, and they will come looking for you if you are not back before closing time 5:00pm.
One suggested loop is LLUBERAS, CUEVA, road 333, BALLENA, 12km aprox. These are wide trails (with even a short road march) most of the trails are well marked, composed of rocky limestone ledges.
When you leave the parking lot, the first 0.5km will be a slight downhill grade until you reach the DINAMITA trail turn off. Then 2km uphill grade to GRANADOS turn off, then you have sweet downhill to the beach, look out cable stretch across trail just before you reach the beach. At the beach the 3km-road march will begin. Be careful not to miss the turn-off to BALLENA trail, there is no sign, just look green gate on your right. Then it 2km uphill grade, back to the parking lot.
You will need to carry plenty of water, extra tubes (patches), tools and ìouch kitî because bushes and terrain bite back here.
Bikes can be rented from ìThe Wheel Shopî (787) 255-0095.
added in 2003 by guest
Description: Guanica State Forest, hot, aired beautiful ride.
You will need to check in at the gate, the attendants are quite helpful, they will give you maps and highlight the best trails for you, and they will come looking for you if you are not back before closing time 5:00pm.
One suggested loop is LLUBERAS, CUEVA, road 333, BALLENA, 12km aprox. These are wide trails (with even a short road march) most of the trails are well marked, composed of rocky limestone ledges.
When you leave the parking lot, the first 0.5km will be a slight downhill grade until you reach the DINAMITA trail turn off. Then 2km uphill grade to GRANADOS turn off, then you have sweet downhill to the beach, look out cable stretch across trail just before you reach the beach. At the beach the 3km-road march will begin. Be careful not to miss the turn-off to BALLENA trail, there is no sign, just look green gate on your right. Then it 2km uphill grade, back to the parking lot.
You will need to carry plenty of water, extra tubes (patches), tools and ìouch kitî because bushes and terrain bite back here.
Bikes can be rented from ìThe Wheel Shopî (787) 255-0095.
added in 2003 by guest 
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by red_stripe on November 7, 2011
rode the lluveras trail down to tamarindo beach then back up the ballena trail to the ranger station. i would recommend doing the opposite. the lluveras trail is all down hill and the ballena trail is a long annoying climb back up that same hill covered with loose limestone rock. not a fun way to end a ride.
reviewed by malva on September 21, 2010
This is a great network of trails that are usually well mantained. Lots of beautiful scenery if you take the Meseta trail which borders the beach/cliffs. To take this trail you have to reach Tamarindo beach. This trail borders this beach. There is also the option of doing Ballena trail which is in front of the Ballena Natural Reserve area. Ballena is aproximately 1 mile of climbing in gravel. Lluveras is twice as long and to access it you can do it at Tamarindo beach for a climb or descend it from the State Forest Guard area.
Similar Trail: Las Pardas
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