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Moraine State Park Mountain Bike Trail
New Castle , Pennsylvania
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
4 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 9/7/08 by Jester1911 |
Difficulty:  Expert |
| Length: 7 miles | Global Rank: #564 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Loop |
| Ridden: 16 | Wishlist: 9 |
| Avg. Speed: 4.1 mph | Avg. Time: 1hr 24min |
| Elevation Gain/Loss: +2,346/-1,360 ft |
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Description: Very tech singletrack, Rocky, Rooty. You work for every minute of DH that you
find.
Travel in any direction.
Description: Very tech singletrack, Rocky, Rooty. You work for every minute of DH that you
find.
Travel in any direction.
added on September 7, 2008 by 
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by jneuff on March 20, 2011
This is definitely a trail to seek out if you enjoy technical, very technical, singletrack. The trail buiders have done a magnificent job of stacking rocks, such that you can ride over rock formations that initially look insurmountable. You will will rarely get up any significant speed, but the adrenaline rush I got riding this trail was amazing. I hope to return to ride this wild trail again. The trail is marked by red blazes, but all trails in the network are marked red. I just rode till I got tired and then turned around. The nice thing is you have the powerline road on one side of you, and the lake on the other, so I just used those as my landmarks.
Similar Trail: Trails in Canaan Valley (Plantation Trail and CVI trails), have some of the same rock formations, but not as much.
reviewed by mse110 on July 15, 2010
I've ridden this trail twice and its a killer tech ride, left me exhausted. Lots of rocks and logs. It has an awesome "downhill only" section where I was riding over boulders 20 feet long, with my rear brake locked. From there, its a grueling ride back to the trail head. The trail head does not offer much info, I most likely wouldn't have been able to navigate the trail had I not first done it with a couple of riders familiar with the trail. I suggest you don't ride alone due to the trail's difficulty and remoteness.
Similar Trail: Can't really recommend any, as I live in the Philadelphia area, but Wissahickon Creek Park in Phila. is a good tech ride for the area.
reviewed by jamasonbmbry on October 1, 2009
This is for sure the hardest trail I've ever ridden also. If you aren't expert to take on the first sections of the large rock garden than the trail will not be to enjoyable. You'll be walking through a lot of the sections. After you surpass that section then it's a decent trail after that. Nothing exciting with great speeds of flow. There are a lot of log crossings if you love doing that. I don't, it kinda messes up my pace on the trail. Will I go back? no. I like trails with nice cury winding sections with intermediate sections, speed, and flow that doesn't force you to slow down or stop to get off the bike.
reviewed by Jester1911 on September 7, 2008
This trail is the most Tech trail I've ever ridden. Rocks the size of cars, Roots everywhere. This is a tech riders dream. There are 2 trailheads, Mt union, and Alexander ridge road. If you take the main loop it is about 5.01-5.3 miles. If you park at Mt union and try the new ultra tech section, you'll add about another 2 miles each way. for a total of about 10 super tough miles. This consists of 1 small impossible loop 1.5 miles, and 1 tough loop 5 miles. Try to ride with someone that knows the trail first or you'll get lost. Its not marked well
* Review edited 9/7/2008
Similar Trail: I know of none that are this tough. I ride Bradys Run, Kennerdell, and Moraine all the time
