I'm an officer and the web master for the Tower City club and would be happy to show you guys around. We did lose a small amount of land last year, but when you consider the size of the land we lease (appox. 12,000 acres), it was just a drop in the bucket !!! It took me a good year to ride all that was available at Tower City and I know there are still more trails I haven't yet found and trails that can be cut. I'd say there is approximately 300 miles of cut trails within the acreage we lease, and the club cuts new trails every year. You name the riding you like to do and Tower City has it: single track, tight single track, ignorant single track, goat trails, fire-roads, HILL CLIMBS (and I mean BIG hill climbs and lot's of em), quad trails. There are places that are real rocky and there are sections with beautiful loam.
People only get kicked out for doing really, really stupid things (riding on public roads, donuts, wheelies and blazing speed through the camp roads and parking lots). The trails are well marked, but I agree the boundaries can be fuzzy, and that's why we recommend new riders accompany a member. We lease the land from the owner who also coal mines much of the area. There are places with active mines and "clean" coal that you need to avoid. We catch riders riding in "clean" already processed coal and that's a big no-no. We don't kick riders out for riding out of bounds the first time. We're lenient enough to give warnings, but repeat offenders will get us in trouble with the owner and township and thus we don't hesitate to kick out trouble makers.
In the summer the place does get packed, but with all the land you just don't run into that many other riders. There is plenty of day parking, so It's not like you'd come and not have a place to park.
If anyone wants to come up for a weekend and check it out, I'd be happy to show you around. I live about 20 minutes from Tower City and ride nearly every weekend. Shoot me an e-mail at
crf450@epix.net