Review Date
June 17, 2008

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: rayray74 ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
As others have said there are some really nice sections. Some Tech, rocky, with some hefty consequences,(one ride someone had to fish their bike out of the river.....Lucky it was just the bike) some smooth sweeping turns, nice views. As a side note, this trail is growing. The plan is to eventually have single track on this side of the river all the way from rainbow dam. Earlier this month the bike club put in about a mile section, and made a good start towards that goal.

Review Date
December 10, 2007

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a year

Reviewed by: boisebomber ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
I am reviewing North Shore Trail as part of Rivers Edge Trail System. there is some confusion of north shore vs. south shore.



take 87 N. over the bridge and follow the signs.



First there is the starting point. you can go to the TH at Rainbow Dam and ride 5 miles on gravel to the S-T trail head at Ryan Dam. Or you can drive out to Ryan Dam/Maroney Dam TH . the S-T starts here. you can start at either Ryan Dam or Maorney Dam. The trail runs between the 2 dams. the S-T trail is about 4 miles OW. At Ryan Dam TH there is a 1.6 mile spur OW that heads toward Rainbow Dam and the gravel road section. thus you could make a 5.6 mi O/W ride or 11.2 mi loop.



Excellent signage at TH's and along trail.



The S-T follows the river, in some places your on a rim 50'-100' above river. there is a parallel section that goes inland and rejoins main trail.



lots of challenging S-T , and enuf vertical grade changes to get an excellent workout. plenty of vistas: the river, 3 dams, the town , the belt mountains, rolling prarire , waterfowl and wildlife. i suspect rattlers in summer!



some sections I rate a 5. if you spill you could roll or fall 50-100' into the river. if your still clipped on its: "hello davy jones"



good workout, good challenge, great scenery.



one of my favorites!

Review Date
October 25, 2007

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 2 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: hardycreek1 ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
The hills are tough and there'a couple of sections where you look down into the river from a singletrack 40 feet above the water - great trail, just minutes from Great Falls.

We started at Morony Dam TH, rode up to Ryan Dam, then took another route back down to Morony. Beautiful ride!