Review Date
October 30, 2006

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: reh ,  Racer

Summary:
Very nice trail system not too far from Toronto. Clearly marked and well maintained trails. Pretty much typical eastern forest trails. No long climbs, but plenty of short steep climbs. Nothing too technical, a fast trail. I have not yet raced there, but I suspect that it is a very good place for a race, fast and lots of places to pass.

Recommended Route:
Follow the big black arrows for a good 2 hour workout.

Review Date
August 9, 2006

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 2 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a year

Reviewed by: rkj__ ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Well, the one word that describes albion hills the best is singletrack. If that is what you like, you will like albion. It is a great place for the O-Cup race, and even better for the 24h races. Great camping, and lots of trails. Not overly technical. You can ride pretty fast, as the trails have great flow. Yup, singletrack and flow...

Recommended Route:
follow the singletrack.

Review Date
June 10, 2006

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: bigbore ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
Great runs, Epic ride is nice if you keep a good pace and there are a few runs that really shine for me, we kept to the black sections rode about 2 hours and we never crossed back into the same territory, there must be hours of runs there.

Very arobic riding, lots of up and downhills, although nothing really steep that required getting off the seat too far IMO, then again i havent seen half of the trails so what do i know!!!

Review Date
March 17, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: kreyes ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
A great blend of double and single track. Great for beginners to learn on and the guys from Chico Racing maintain and build new trails every year. I don't care how much of a pro you are, training is still training, so there is always something to challenge you. Make it up sugarshack 10 times in row, you'll see. If you say you do, you are lying. Its in the GTA so its readily accessible by anyone. Perfect for people riding the leisure trails to the hardcore technical guys. For 90% of the season, its pretty empty until the 24 hr events, then it gets hectic. Kinda like the 401 during rushhour. Great downhills to rip down, even harder to ride up. pretty decent tech. riding. The one downfall is trying to follow the colour coded trails. For beginners, its easy to end up on the black trails so watch out. Also the network winds up on it self so a flowing trail is rather disjointed, its hard to find a real rhythm. Overall a great place to ride. Definitely worth the 35 or 40 bucks seasonal membership. Four bucks for a single day. I also live twenty min. drive from there, so you might see me there. I hope this review helps, Cheers.

Recommended Route:
None, you can theoretically ride a different trail every time, if you think about it, such a great network. But if you go everyday then it can get repetitive.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Mansfield is about 30-40 mins north, its even better. Too far for every weekend.

Review Date
July 4, 2004

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 5 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: GQ Style Guy ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
I just got my bike 3 days ago and I am new to this sport. This is an awesome trail for newbies and a great workout. Even though this was my first time riding, the track was wasy enough to complete and challenging enough to be fun. Make sure to stop by the chalet to get a map of the trails before starting. I will defintely come back.

Recommended Route:
The black trail!!!

Other recommended trails in the same area:
I'm new ..... the only other trail I tried was the public one by Humber College.