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Pine Haven Mountain Bike Trail
Sanford, Michigan
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
4 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 1/18/12 by muttonmark |
Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 12 miles | Global Rank: #2630 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Loop |
| Ridden: 11 | Wishlist: 3 |
| Elevation Gain/Loss: +648/-505 ft (based on partial GPS data) |
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Description: The main trails in the county park are OK doubletrack to ride, but the good trails run out into state land. Stay to the right and kind of follow along the highway until you get to a singletrack on the right. Take it and you'll have to go under an over-pass. Now you're to the good stuff.Usually muddy out here, even when its dry. Many technical sections (tight and twisty) with some short but STEEP climbs. Very fun. It is a pretty challenging ride, not a place for first-timers. I wouldn't go out for a couples days after a good rain, unless you really enjoy cleaning...
added in 2003 by guest
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Description: The main trails in the county park are OK doubletrack to ride, but the good trails run out into state land. Stay to the right and kind of follow along the highway until you get to a singletrack on the right. Take it and you'll have to go under an over-pass. Now you're to the good stuff.Usually muddy out here, even when its dry. Many technical sections (tight and twisty) with some short but STEEP climbs. Very fun. It is a pretty challenging ride, not a place for first-timers. I wouldn't go out for a couples days after a good rain, unless you really enjoy cleaning...
added in 2003 by guest 
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by muttonmark on January 15, 2012
I just went and rode this loop with a buddy who has rode here for years. It was covered in leaves, so thank god he came with me, cuz the trail was hard to see, so I just made sure that I followed him closely. But...It was actually quite fun. We rode it forwards the first lap, then we rode it backwards the second lap. There are "do not enter" signs that are up to let you know that you are going backwards, but it was January, so there wasn't any other traffic. I actually think that backwrds has a better flow. But it ws fun, if it wasn't for him having to leave to play in a hockey game, I think I would've been up for another lap or two.
* Review edited 1/15/2012
Similar Trail: Burns Road, Midland City Forest,
reviewed by muttonmark on June 22, 2011
The beginning of this trail is pretty fun. A bit of off Camber decents and climbs, then the trail system has a poor flow. There are a lot of trails branching everywhere, and not much is marked, so it can get frustrating to really get a good ride in. In the spring, this place is muddy! I rode it once this year, and got all turned around with the mud and poor signage. You can ride under the Highway as well and hook up with the Burns Rd System, but this spring that portion of the trail under the overpass was under water.
Similar Trail: Burns Rd, Midland City Forest, Mid Mich Comm College.
reviewed by gtpsrock on July 28, 2010
This is a fun trail. It's close to home, so that might make it better for me. It's pretty mixed, somewhat tight single track, open double track, which give a nice break in between the tighter stuff. It's a fun local ride, but wouldn't drive overly far to do it. It's also definitely worthwhile to go into the median of US10. You can get there by heading to the northwest corner and it goes under some tall overpasses of the freeway.
* Review edited 7/28/2010
reviewed by jrblackman on July 11, 2007
There are some short decent technical sections in this trail but it does not have a good flow. It is a mix of singletrack and double track. There are very few climbs or descents so it gets boring. There are more trails on the other side of the highway that are supposed to be better but I have not ridden those.
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