Review: 2nd trip to moraine was even more fun. Found good loop that did not have any intense boulder crossings

Review: Great single track. Very difficult. Expert rating is well deserved

Review: I rode the large loop of this trail with my girlfriend this past Sunday. We started from the Mt. Union parking lot. We avoided the two smaller loops on the right as you climb by staying left with the intention of making this ride as easy as possible. There are at least three relatively steep climbs under the power lines between Mt. Union and Alexander Ridge Rd. The difficulty about the power line singletrack is that there is a lot of overgrowth and a lot of pricker bushes. Plan on coming out of there with some scratches on your arms and legs. We descended the western part of the large loop down to Lake Arthur. There are some technical sections and some really smooth and fast sections as well. After getting to the bottom of the trail, there are a couple ways to ride down to the marina and check out the beautiful views. The trail then meanders near the woods close to the lake for another mile or so before crossing a gravel road. After crossing the gravel road we entered the large rock garden on the eastern part of the loop. Huge boulders and steep grades made for about ¾ of a mile of hike-a-biking. Some of the boulders were difficult to walk up. Once we got to the top of the climb there was some nice log and rock features that were much easier to navigate. All-in-all a nice, technical ride that will challenge even experience riders. I would only recommend this trail to above-average mountain bikers who like technical riding. We camped at Breakneck Campground which I would recommend for tent camping.

* Review edited 8/20/2012

Review: This trail is amazing. It's super technical in a lot of sections and amazingly well laid out. Since the trailheads branch off from the power lines, it's easy to always find your way back to the beginning. I highly recommend camping in or around McConnell's Mill State Park or Moraine State Park and giving these trails a good two or three days of riding in a row. You won't be disappointed.

Similar Trail: Nothing that I've ridden in Western PA compared to these rocky sections. As far as the normal, groomed single track with log piles and small rock gardens, it was very similar to Hartwood Acres, but only in those sections.

Review: Great ride, technical single track with lots of rock gardens. Some are pretty tough your first time there, but after a few times they get much easier. The best way to ride the trail is this. As you are riding the trail has a way back to the power line quite often, stay on the trail, but take a left and the Y. This is about 30 minutes in. At the Y you will notice a large root next to a tree on your left, go left and follow the trial for about another 20 minutes and you will come to another intersection. You can go straight, left, or an 120 degree left, the best trail is left down the hill, it is the most fun and very rideable. From just follow the trail back with a few small climbs, but very aerobic and quite the ride.

Similar Trail: Nothing n this area, need to go out west to find trails like this.

Review: 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.

Review: 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.

Review: 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.

Review: 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