Review Date
May 20, 2007

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: bordgolfer1 ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
First time to ride this trail.Has great winding climbs that give you a good workout.some good open rids to your next set of technicals . GREAT hills with some pretty steep down slops through creeks . would deffinitly go back to give it another shot, now that i know where i'm going "sort of" .

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Rowlett Creek Preserve
Boulder Park

Review Date
January 28, 2007

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: manwe ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Awesome trail. The first time I rode it I hated it. I guess it was cold and the wind was howling and coming out of the north and the open fields sucked. So I gave it another chance and am I glad I did. I love this trail and I find that it is my second favorite trail that I ride every week. I love the flow of it. You have open fields where you can haul ass. Trees to go thru and lots of roots. Their are some great dips that are a really good roller coster ride. A few downhills and there is a section in the open fields where you can get some air. Some switchbacks and some logs to jump over. It's about 8.4 miles and you could probably do it twice. It takes me about 57 minutes to get thru and that includes the expert section.

Recommended Route:
There is only one route until you get ot the expert section and an intermediate rider can make it thru there.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Boulder Park, Cedar Hill St Park, Northshore, Rowlett Creek (The north side only) Bar-H (if you feel like driving a hundred miles) and LB Houston and Arbor Hills if you want to work on your time and indurance.

Review Date
November 29, 2006

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: RawkHOP ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Baddass trail, had a blast riding it for the two days i was in town to get away during thankgiving, few nice drop ins and very technical lil room for error bit ass on the log..MsScottouchedZach

Recommended Route:
all

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Review Date
October 21, 2004

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 2 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 2 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

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5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: Longingfor401 ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
I really enjoyed this ride (twice around). Excellent trail conditions. Nice mix of speed, technical, and spinning. Loved the dips and the infield. My only complaint is that a few trees were left too close to the trail, making it dangerous to carry any speed through a number of sections.

Recommended Route:
Twice.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Northshore Lake Grapevine.

Review Date
August 21, 2004

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: lfurnival ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
As most others have stated, this is really an excellent trail - the only two drawbacks that I can find are that it is too short (about 8 miles total) and that there are no challenging climbs (unavoidable though since it is in Texas). I have been riding this trail for the past two years since I moved here from Southern CA. At first I hated it, especially all the roots and because it is so flat (relatively speaking,) but now I can't get enough of it. It is a good worout if you do two full loops including the expert section. I have also done this trail several times at night and I must say that it is AWESOME! The park is open until 10:00PM and you can start at 8:00PM and do one or two loops no problem - the parts through the forest (about 80% of the trail) are fantastic at night and a some extra spice if you are bored riding this trail in the day time. You need a very good light supply however so you can see everything you need to at night, especially in the technical and expert sections. It is also extremely twisty, so I would not recommend handle-bar mounted lights - I have found the helmet-mounted to work best here. Overall a really fun trail.

Recommended Route:
Whole thing, include the expert section if you can.