anyone ever trail ride in Tennessee ?

[kiddirt]

hi,
a few of us are heading to TN. for some trail riding, anyone have any good first hand info of any good technical single tracks to ride.

thx,
dave
sw mich.

 

[Jordan414]

Don't really know of any trails to ride, but I've ridden the Lorretta Lynn's GNCC and last years national enduro in Tennessee.... Tennessee is a blast! Lots of hills

 

[ellandoh]

ive been here, when i left there i swore i'd be able to ride a harley on Mi. ORV trils.
awesome hillclimbs. was 62'F at the bottom of a hillclimb and when we got to the top we could see our breath.

http://www.coalcreekohv.com/trails/

 

[Rivard809]

Ive raced in Westpoint for their National Enduro last year, and all I can say is dont use good tires.

 

[bk232]

i have family down there and have been trying to find places to ride for years. not much luck.. check out the link above. also I think that the park in West Point -(site of national enduro) is open to open riding. I believe north alabama trail riders may operate it, or at least have info on the park.

loretta lynns gncc is fun as well as the national enduro, big hills...
and as grant said, plan on buying new tires when done...

 

[2TrakR]

We have a club ride out of Tellico Plains in the spring. The routes are 50/50 dirt/paved but awesome riding in the smokey mountains. There are two actual trails in that area, both are linear and pretty short (about 10 miles of trail total). Very tight on the side of the mountains and can be a bit technical if you're not used to that stuff, or are afraid of heights.

Several of the guys heading to our ride usually hit Coal Creek on the way down to get some "true" off-road riding in. Can be very muddy and they always have their fill of technical riding.

We've not found much else than what's already been mentioned.
Coal Creek
Brimstone
Royal Blue

Those are really ATV parks with enough stuff to keep bikes interested.

 

[kiddirt]

thx guys for all the great info.

dave

 

[ellandoh]

if you look at my gallery there are a few pics of coal creek/windrock mtn on pg 2

 

[ChrisKring]

The good stuff at Coal Creek / Windrock is on the North side up by Lake City. I doubt you would find any of the trails without a local guide as they are very well hidden to keep the quads out. They are very technical and challenging.

We are planning to ride down there sometime over the winter. Coal creek on Saturday and Redbird on Sunday.

 

[kiddirt]

thx for info.
yeah, i would only want the bike only and very technical stuff.

i'll try and find some locals, thx.

dave

The good stuff at Coal Creek / Windrock is on the North side up by Lake City. I doubt you would find any of the trails without a local guide as they are very well hidden to keep the quads out. They are very technical and challenging.

We are planning to ride down there sometime over the winter. Coal creek on Saturday and Redbird on Sunday.

 

[ChopperDave]

Coal Creek is Very technical. Better wear your serious underoo's...

 

[kiddirt]

the more technical the better.
only way to learn it, you have to do it. :nod:
and i do have the bruises to show for it. :nod:

dave

 

[Wolverine423]

That tractor tire ain't got shat on Coal Creek :cool:

 

[ellandoh]

if you do plan on going to Coal Creek, you should start searching now for "exhaust pipe dent removal" and possibly "aluminum frame dent removal"

LOL

 

[kiddirt]

well this all sounds great, got me excited to ride it.

of course i heard the same thing about Evart here in mich. and that turned out to be pretty mellow compared to all the stories i heard.

but it's still by far my favorite trail up there now.

thats why you have to go ride them all and see for yourself...

 

[nzambon]

:cool: You come to Marquette the jewel of Mich and I'll show you all the techno you ever wished for! with elevation oh and big rocks....!

 

[kiddirt]

:cool: You come to Marquette the jewel of Mich and I'll show you all the techno you ever wished for! with elevation oh and big rocks....!

i was just reading about the enduro up there, and got me all excited about your riding up there, it's sound great!

only con is that it's like 12 hrs away.

dave

 

[nzambon]

:cool: Its worth the drive. Our woods are open unless posted closed.

 

[kiddirt]

:cool: Its worth the drive. Our woods are open unless posted closed.

are there any riders that kind ride during the week too, or just the weekend ?

dave

 

[nzambon]

In the spring and fall we ride as often as we can generaly the club rides on Thursday nite.

 

[ChopperDave]

There is also Turkey Bay @ Land Between The Lakes...

Click here

A great place to ride.