Review Date
August 3, 2008

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: jeffhallman ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
Lots of tree roots. Tight twisty sections through the woods. Some nice straight-aways through the fields. Nothing really technical. Just have to remember that what goes down must come up! For example, you can get going 20+ mph through a field, but then the trail turns around and there'll be a climb!

I ride a titanium hard tail, and will be getting a ThudBuster seat post soon because of this trail. For this trail, you have to make sure everything is tightened down and secure on your bike, or else you'll lose something. I've had cleats come loose on my shoes, and have lost stuff from zippers coming unzipped (from Camelback, and from seat bag). I also recommend a chain-stay guard.

I wouldn't expect anyone to average more than 12 mph for the whole trail. I rode 2 loops today (August 3rd) and averaged 10 mph with it being 100+ degrees outside (I think the high today was 107).

Overall I like this trail and would rate it 7.5 out of 10. I wish there were some more technical drops and climbs (there are a couple, but nothing exciting). It is well maintained and I've never seen it with debris or foliage covering the trail. I would recommend this trail to anyone in the McKinney area (it is ~25 miles from where I currently live).

Recommended Route:
Only one route to take, the loop is about 8 miles.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Check out http://www.dorba.org

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

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5, 2 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.