Note: This plan assumes some West Range trails are once again usable. We hope for more.
Used all days:
Bridge Access trails -- To get to the West Range trails, riders must cross the French Broad River on a lovely concrete bridge.
Black Bridge Access beelines you between the base camp and the bridge over the French Broad River that provides access to and from the West Range Trails. This trail is 3 miles long. HOWEVER, beyond the bridge, it continues for approximately 12 miles.
Purple Bridge Access takes you between the base camp and the bridge over the French Broad River that provides access to and from the West Range Trails. Purple Bridge Access is 4.75 miles long, going up below the House then through Deer Park, then down to be along the River
Purple Bridge Return (with Windy John) takes you from the bridge back to camp. After a brief run along the River, it heads back up hill going through a good stretch of woods, then skirting the hack barn fields then below the House and back down to the River then to camp, netting 6.7 miles (Note: prior year Purple return was 5.1 miles).
2026 FRIDAY Plan
Bridge Access trails -- To get to the West Range trails, riders must cross the French Broad River on a lovely concrete bridge.
Black Bridge Access beelines you between the base camp and the bridge over the French Broad River that provides access to and from the West Range Trails. This trail is 3 miles long. HOWEVER, beyond the bridge, it continues for approximately 12 miles.
Purple Bridge Access takes you between the base camp and the bridge over the French Broad River that provides access to and from the West Range Trails. Purple Bridge Access is 4.75 miles long, going up below the House then through Deer Park, then down to be along the River
Purple Bridge Return (with Windy John) takes you from the bridge back to camp. After a brief run along the River, it heads back up hill going through a good stretch of woods, then skirting the hack barn fields then below the House and back down to the River then to camp, netting 6.7 miles (Note: prior year Purple return was 5.1 miles).
Friday's twenty-five-mile logistics:
Note: find maps of trails by clicking on the Loop name.
Maps are current.
Friday's fifty-mile logistics:
Note: find maps of trails by clicking on the Loop name.
Maps are current.
Friday's sixty-five-mile logistics:
Note: find maps of trails by clicking on the Loop name.
Maps are current.
Yellow East glowsticked.
2026 SATURDAY plan
Bridge Access trails -- To get to the West Range trails, riders must cross the French Broad River on a lovely concrete bridge.
Black Bridge Access beelines you between the base camp and the bridge over the French Broad River that provides access to and from the West Range Trails. This trail is 3 miles long. HOWEVER, beyond the bridge, it continues for approximately 12 miles.
Purple Bridge Access takes you between the base camp and the bridge over the French Broad River that provides access to and from the West Range Trails. Purple Bridge Access is 4.75 miles long, going up below the House then through Deer Park, then down to be along the River
Purple Bridge Return (with Windy John) takes you from the bridge back to camp. After a brief run along the River, it heads back up hill going through a good stretch of woods, then skirting the hack barn fields then below the House and back down to the River then to camp, netting 6.7 miles (Note: prior year Purple return was 5.1 miles).
Saturday's Intro ride logistics:
Note: find maps of trails by clicking on the Loop name.
Loop |
Miles |
Cum Miles |
KM |
Cum KM |
Hold |
| Lime |
10 |
10 |
16.1 |
16.1 |
None |
Map is current.
Saturday's thirty-mile logistics:
Note: find maps of trails by clicking on the Loop name.
Maps are current.
Saturday's fifty-five-mile logistics:
Note: find maps of trails by clicking on the Loop name.
Maps are current.
Saturday's seventy-five-mile logistics:
Note: find maps of trails by clicking on the Loop name.
Maps are current.
Yellow East glowsticked.
Saturday's hundred-mile logistics:
Note: find maps of trails by clicking on the Loop name.
Maps are current.
Yellow East glowsticked.