Review Date
July 8, 2011

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: GOKART2 ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
I love this trail. Torn Shirt is short with a lot of technical climbs, mainly long and loose. Murray is a f-ing blast. Its fast, flowing, and just plain fun. There are some surprise turns that come up fast and some are sandy which makes it even more interesting. There are als some climbs that are technical, towards the end. I ride Torn Shirt, Murray, and the lost Loop (2 more miles of trail off the Murray loop). All in all its about 15 miles all together. This trail system has a great mix of fast, tight, technical climbs, sandy, loose rock, logs...everything. BUT... beware of the chipmonks. There are about 1000 of them trying to commit suicide every ride. I lived by Lakeshore Park/Novi Tree Farm and rode that a million times. That is a good trail, but this is way better.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Poto, Highland, Pontiac Lake, Lakeshore Park

Review Date
June 3, 2010

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: MagentaMonster ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Both Torn SHirt and Murray Lake are awesome. Torn Shirt has some long climbs, but has a lot of fun downhills and is pretty technical. Murray Lake is fun, slightly longer and a little less intense.

Recommended Route:
Torn Shirt-Straight forward, just follow trail
Murray Lake- There you can go anywere from 5-9 miles. there is a turn around around mile 4. The lost loop adds about two miles and is a lot of fun, although it's kind of easy to get lost. I recommend taking the long loop + lost loop

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Poto, Island Lake, Maybury

Review Date
June 20, 2007

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: freezen1979 ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
There are two "loops": Thorn Shirt and Murray Lake.

Thorn Shirt - After a few miles we realized why this is called "Thorn Shirt". This trail is pretty tight and there are always trees or bushes on within a few inches on either side of you. There are some fun downhills and turns but it's so tight I was riding my brakes the entire time. I never really got to open it up on this trail. A few challenging uphills but the footing is loose so it's tricky. Overall it's a fun trail and a good place to learn bike control.

Murray Lake - This loop is a lot more open and fast. Lots of fun downhills and terrain.

Review Date
September 22, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a year

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

Reviewed by: dukowski1965 ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
i miss this trail cause i moved away from mich next time i go north im gonna ride this one

Other recommended trails in the same area:
iron lake

Review Date
June 13, 2004

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Reviewed by: MikeBl ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Rode both loops Saturday. Lots of fun. Suggest Torn Shirt as the second after M/L warm up. Be careful of the sand and hit the climbs with speed and you should have a great ride.

Recommended Route:
Definitely take the harder route towards the end of M/L, it's not that tough and it is a short climb.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Highland/Pontiac Lake.