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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

North Park Mountain Biking Trails

North Park is an Allegheny County Park, 13 miles north of the city center. There are over 40 miles of mountain bike trails in North Park but putting together a comprehensive and continuous ride can be a challenge. The trails are not continuous and any comprehensive loop will be separated by sections of road. The many branching and spurs can also make these trails difficult to follow but the reset blazing (marking) of trails has done a lot to help.

If you are a first timer to the park picking a section and riding part of the North Park Outer Loop is a good way to get you started. Also the North Ridge Bypass and Extension Trail holds some of the best single track in the park and is a great place to get started. Linking this trail up wit the Bridal trail you can ride 7 or 8 miles with only two road crossings and a small piece of road to link up the end of the trail to the start.

North Park Maps

Entries and Resources for North Park

2 comments:

  1. Shred- I enjoyed a great ride yesterday, in the southern section of the park. Your map was really helpful. However, when I try to open the map of the central section, it just links to an application for a Google blog.
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  2. Hi, a local runner on the trails in North Park here. Just a reminder, please ask all riders to yell when they come upon a runner to notify them, as well as tell the person how many bikers in your group. This helps avoid accidents, especially in the full foilage times!
    thanks!!!
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