Review Date
April 25, 2009

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 2 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 1 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: adietz ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Easy, fun, a great last ride for our week-long trip. Our legs were shot by then anyway, so we really enjoyed a fun, flat, fast ride.

Review Date
January 9, 2009

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 2 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 2 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: RollingThunder ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Fairly uneventful trail on the whole but would make a great beginner ride. I'm surprised no one has mentioned anything about the creek crossing at the end of the loops. Lots of nice scenery. I missed a turn at the end and ended up on Devil's Den trail (which is illegal and not recommended) but it was way more fun! Lot's of good rocky technical stuff there and always an audience around to put some pressure on you not to screw up. It is easy to lose track of where you are back in all the loops. I didn't see the map at the visitor's center either. The people behind the desk there also failed to point them out to me after I told them I was going to ride Fossil Flats. Lot of help they are. Definitely convenient to camp at camp A and ride these trails. Also great to have a shower right down the street from the trail head so you can clean up if you're hitting the road afterwards.

Review Date
December 1, 2008

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: TreeTalker ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
The trail is in great shape. It has been cleaned up over the fall season. My wife and I have rode this trail system at least once a week so far this fall. She loves it. It is a perfect trail for someone who is just starting to gain some skills at biking. You can ride just about anything you want, from realy rocky, to smooth dirt. Like it was stated in another post, take your time and find the loop that works best for you. Nothing here is to hard, a few places will make a novice rider think twice. Just walk those sections, they are very short and easy to hike a bike for 10 yards.

Recommended Route:
My wife loves the section by the creek. I highly recommend this section to novice riders. If you don't want to ride the realy rocky sections I would suggest cutting across the creek at the half way point. It will cut out a few miles and a lot of ROCKS.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Also for novice riders, Spring Hill is just outside Fort Smith.

Review Date
April 7, 2008

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Reviewed by: brianinchina ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
This trail has done nothing but improve over the last 4 years that I have ridden it. Like I do in most of my reviews, I have to give credit to the trail crew for making this trail so much fun to ride.

Make sure and experiment with the loops to get just the right length as well as technical riding for whatever you want. In the summer months the trails are really busy esp. on the weekends with people hiking. Overall, a very good beginner trail with awesome single track sections.

Review Date
August 15, 2007

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 2 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Reviewed by: Kentarre ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Located on either side of the river running through Devil's Den State Park, Fossil Flats is home to most of the things that make me love mountain biking. It is comprised of three loops to bring you either blistering fast, smooth sections (with the aptly named "gravity-cavity" at the end) A long, twisty climb culminating with a descent down a straighter, faster path, and finally the rockiest doubletrack you'll find in the state.

Total distance of all loops is around 10 miles I think....

Recommended Route:
Mix and match as you like. I typically ride in the flat areas in view of the river

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Hobbs Diversity Trail
Slaughterpen Hollow Trail