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Tanasi Trail System Mountain Bike Trail
Ocoee, Tennessee
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
18 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 2/2/12 by schwim |
Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 30 miles | Global Rank: #352 |
| Tread: Doubletrack | Configuration: Network |
| Ridden: 133 | Wishlist: 80 |
| Avg. Speed: 6.26 mph | Avg. Time: 2hr 5min |
| IMBA Epic Trail | |
 5 trail check-ins |
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Description: Something for everyone! Chestnut Mtn Trail to Thunder Rock is fast and technical. Old Copper Road Trail is very flat and easy. Well maintained, and hard to get lost. Lots of fun for all levels. You can ride Old Copper Road over to Brush Creek, and Boyd Gap is short and technical near Brush creek as well.
added in 2003 by guest
Description: Something for everyone! Chestnut Mtn Trail to Thunder Rock is fast and technical. Old Copper Road Trail is very flat and easy. Well maintained, and hard to get lost. Lots of fun for all levels. You can ride Old Copper Road over to Brush Creek, and Boyd Gap is short and technical near Brush creek as well.
added in 2003 by guest 
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TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by sheanc on January 6, 2012
This trail system is Outstanding, Going in is all uphill, Quartz loop and Riverview are great good flow to them, Thunder Rock Express is a Blast! Highly Suggest this Ride.
Similar Trail: Raccon Mtn
reviewed by wbernest on September 11, 2011
This is probably my favorite place to ride. It has some really fun fast loops at the top (Quartz and Riverview) and it has a killer downhill run (Thunderrock Express). Throw in Brush creek with this and you have 30 killer miles.
reviewed by a2t on May 29, 2011
Very good ride. Would highly recommend this, similar to Tsali. TR is a fun downhill and River View was a good intermediate flowing trail. You can build up some decent speed on on both and there are enough obstacles to make it a challange. Not the most technical but overall a very good intermediate trail system that will give a good 10-15 mile (maybe more) workout depending on how many loops you hit. Suggest bringing a map in your pack, the trails are well marked but can be confusing if you havent ridden it before. I was really surprised there were maybe 10 cars total in parking lot on Saturday with bike racks on them and I only saw 4 other riders out there. Go hit this 1, its well worth it!
Similar Trail: Tsali
reviewed by indamtnsbj on July 21, 2010
Good trail system with Chestnut to Thunder Rock being the funnest, fastest section. The lower Chestnut loop is a doubletrack forest road, that grinds up the mountain to River View Loop. Riverview loop is fun, flowy and good. At the top of the mountain is Quartz loop, which has some fun downhilll if you do clockwise. The grading was well designed, and you will be suprised how fast you climb on what seems to be low angles.. Thunder Rock and Upper Chestnut are the most technical, but can be handled by most riders.... watch your speed on Thunder Rock All in all, a good trail system with good nearby camping/ outside activities..* Review edited 7/21/2010
* Review edited 7/21/2010
Similar Trail: Coon Mountain
reviewed by glen on April 6, 2010
NOTE: Hwy 64 between Chattanooga and Tanasi is closed due to a landslide. You can still get to Chilhowee from the Chattanooga side. Heard but did not confirm that it would re-open April 16th.
* Review edited 4/6/2010
reviewed by Devin_P on September 15, 2009
Still an excellent trail well deserving of its IMBA Epic sanction. Thunder Rock Express is a blast but be ready for the brakes and careful if you catch air on the small humps. Some of the trail system is double track and the rocks can be rough for people used to smooth dirt but a hardtail bike handled everything just fine. If you are in the area or get a chance to go you need to ride this trail system. Maps can be found at the Ocoee Whitewater Center at the trail head. And if you don't have one the trails are very well marked.
reviewed by nickrm on September 7, 2009
Great trails. ThunderRock Express was an amazing technical ride. very fast downhill. Well worth the drive from Louisiana to get to.
reviewed by danny_mcspadden on February 5, 2009
best trail i have rode start with miles of easy uphill riding level off ride on a network on top finish with a sweet downhill they call it an express trail you cover maybe 2 miles of downhill in about 15 mins on a trail that is narrow with sweet burms and fun dips and drops
Similar Trail: chilohowee
reviewed by GoldenGoose on December 16, 2008
It's everything people make it out to be! I see why this is an IMBA epic. About a 2 hr ride from the heart of Atlanta and worth every minute. I'll be back soon. The "Thunder Rock Express" section...WOW, just WOW! 20 miles of SWEET track that's in great shape.
* Review edited 12/16/2008
Similar Trail: Racoon Mountain
reviewed by mudhunny on July 28, 2008
The Tanasi trails are what every east coast trail aspires to be. Despite the scattered roots and rocky terrain, the singletrack was fast! Climbs were gradual and mostly rideable in your middle ring. It's amazing to start at the whitewater center and hear the roaring waters and turn a few corners and then be totally silent. We didn't see many riders out here for a summer Sunday afternoon, so I'm impressed with the trail conditions being so good. A must-ride if you live in the Southeast; bonus- after your ride, cool off in the Ocoee river with one of the popular rafting outfitters.
Similar Trail: Tsali
reviewed by trek7k on July 28, 2008
Fast and rad trail with just a few tech spots to keep you on your toes. Every climb at Tanasi is rideable and you could easily spend a long day exploring all the trails. I'll definitely be back for more!
Similar Trail: Tsali, Raccoon Mountain
reviewed by gcarlson on June 17, 2008
Sweet rides there. I think the best by far is coming sown the thunder rock express. if you can get into a groove what took you an hour to get up takes ten minutes to get down. It just and awesome ride!!!!
reviewed by JackPompanoBeach on June 2, 2008
Something for everyone! Chestnut Mtn Trail to Thunder Rock is fast and technical. Old Copper Road Trail is very flat and easy. Well maintained, and hard to get lost. Lots of fun for all levels. You can ride Old Copper Road over to Brush Creek, and Boyd Gap is short and technical near Brush creek as well.
reviewed by Rockinr on October 14, 2007
I rode the old copper road, Rhododendron, and the bear paw loop. I am a beginner so i started out fairly easy. Old copper road was easy with lots of roots and rocks. Rhododenreon was super easy beginners trail. fun and fast. The climb up to bear paw about killed me. had to rest about halfway up.
reviewed by tumbleweed14 on July 13, 2007
Good set of trails. This area is beautiful. Some great Singletrack here.
reviewed by k2pooh on January 15, 2007
After enjoying the White Water Center for a bit, it was time to have some fun. Unfortunately there was a big windstorm that came through the night before so there was more ìtrail maintenanceî than ridding (lots of trees had fallen on the main road). But it was all worth it once we were able to get on to the numerous single tracks, which, fortunately, were in perfect condition. There is one main fire road and most of the single tracks shoot off of that. The map is very good and trails are marked very well. All of the ridding and climbing (ez but long at times) is all about going down Thunder Rock Express. A great downhill and then a leisurely ride along the river back to the WWC. NOTE: Once youíve come down Thunder Rock Express, turn RIGHT going through the machinery for the dam and then veer to the left back to the water and the trail.
Similar Trail: DuPont State Forest
reviewed by rocketbracket on October 26, 2006
great trail system. trail map is helpful. the most exciting downhills were Bear Paw, River View and ThunderRock Express. they were all true singletracks. most uphill climbs are double track. there is XC flat section called Old Copper Trail on the other side of Ocoee river Whitewater Center. Center is also site of 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. thanks to Zach at Scott's Bicycle Center in Cleveland for local knowledge.
Similar Trail: chilowhee
reviewed by ositoking on October 17, 2006
This place has got some of the best, fast, sweeping, rolling through the forest singletrack in the bay area. Trials connect so that you can go about 20 minutes downhill (depending on your speed). Very low technical difficulty. Some very small jumps, log drops, some log piles (not really worth mentioning). Aerobic difficulty is relatively low, 20 min climb--20 min decent--20 min climb out. Overall i rate this place very high for mountain biking. Fun + fast
