Name: Chicopee Woods Intermediate Loop
Rating: 4.3

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Mostly Dry: Tree down on Flying Squirrel History

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“Lots of awesome singletrack winding through the woods of northeastern Georgia.”

— Brian Smith

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Helmets are required to ride at Chicopee Woods.

Overview

Multiple loops linked together in the beautiful hardwood forests. A ride that makes for a pleasant workout in the woods.

Need to Know

Tortoise Trail is a directional trail, please refer to signage at the trailhead for information.

Please consider offering a $1.00 donation at the trailhead.

Starting February 2018, there is a $5 entrance fee to the Elachee Nature Center where these trails are located. Or you can get an annual pass for $50. Card only, no cash. This is only required if you are parking on Elachee property.

Description

Chicopee Woods is a very pleasant ride that begins with the Tortoise Trail. Start down Tortoise Trail in the direction indicated for that day of the week. Enjoy a mellow warm-up spin until you reach the intersection with White Tail Trail.

Turn down White Tail Trail, enjoy a quick descent and turn left when you hit the service road. Look for Red Tail Trail to climb back into the woods to the right. Red Tail Trail contours through the woods for a couple of miles before terminating on the same service road. Turn left onto the service road and look for White Tail Trail to branch off to the right shortly thereafter.

Follow White Tail Trail through numerous sweeping turns and look for a junction with Copperhead Gap. If you want to shorten the ride, just bypass Copperhead Gap and continue to Flying Squirrel. For a complete tour, turn onto Copperhead Gap here and follow its zigging and zagging nature until you reach Flying Squirrel.

Turn right and follow Flying Squirrel counter clockwise through a series of up's and down's until you find yourself at "Confusion Corner" once again. This time, turn right to continue on White Tail Trail.

This portion of White Tail Trail is a fun, slightly more technical descent down to a creek bed. White Tail Trail then climbs up to "Champagne Hill" before then contouring its way southward next to the interstate. After crossing multiple elevated bridges, cross the creek and begin pedaling up the gravel road.

Depending on the set direction, re-enter Tortoise Trail to complete the portion of the trail that you have yet to ride. Upon exiting the trail at the main trailhead, and assuming you're up for more, turn right to follow the road towards Coyote Connector and Coyote Trail. Ride the quick and fun Coyote Trail in either direction and return to your car by retracing your steps.

Contacts

Local Club: Northeast Georgia SORBA

Land Manager: Elachee Conservation

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Trail Ratings

4.3 from 52 votes

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4.3 from 52 votes

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Fall colors at Chicopee Woods

The top end of Copperhead Gap trail.

The forest is big on Coyote Loop trail.

White Tail Trail has some fun berms early in th…

Cruising on Flying Squirrel trail.

White Tail trail has a few rowdy sections of ro…

Red Tail Trail rolls through some thick stands…

Riding the Kramus on White Tail just off the Fl…

Kim just about to exit the famous Copperhead Gap!

This sign certainly removes any confusion. Get…

Sampling of some trails at Chicopee Woods

9 Comments

Tom Fraser

Rode Tortise to WHite Tail to the Outer loop. Total 9.4 miles. Nice system. WOuld ride again IF i was in the area. Jul 8, 2015

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I ride this trail often. The Tortise Trail is a good beginner/warm up trail. I also like the Red Tail trail which is after the first creek crossing, just climb the hill and look to your left for the trail entrance. The trail is about a 2.25 mile loop that comes back out to the same gravel road just 50 ft from the trail entrance. There are also some new trails this year, one is called the Village Trail, give it a try the next time you are there. Dec 22, 2015

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Rode tortise to white tail to flying squirrel to white tail to the gravel road climb and back on tortise. Not sure of the mileage, maybe 7-8 miles. There were just a few spots with mud from the rains earlier this week. Really great trail overall. I like the flow. This and olde rope mill are my two favorites. Aug 28, 2016

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Speed Banana

Adequate trail system. If you are advanced you may yawn at the repetitiveness of the sameness machine-built trails offer, but these can be fun when taken at speed. Corners were made by the blind and imagination is not to be found on top of this otherwise beautiful MTB landscape. A very municipal-friendly trail system that will not require your skills too much, but will give you a good workout. Mar 22, 2017

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Mark Yount

My family visited this trail system for the first time this week and we had a blast! We rode Tortoise to White Tail to Flying Squirrel and then backtracked out. Ended up with 9.6 miles on the Garmin. Kids and the wife had a great ride so that means I did too. Flying Squirrel was everything I have heard with gradual assents and long flowy descents following the ridge lines through miles of hardwoods. It was spectacular. Nov 26, 2017

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Jeff Carter

Flying squirrel is great. Nice features and good layout. It twists and turns and seems like it goes on forever. Kudos to the trail builder. Nov 26, 2017

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Jeff Carter

A combination of Copperhead Gap and Flying Squirrel makes a great ride. A few challenging spots on Copperhead with good ol' XC riding on Flying Squirrel. Nov 26, 2017

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F U

These are nice trails but with the cost of entrance it is not worth driving any distance to ride on them. There are several trail systems that you don't have to pay to park and are really nice trails to ride on. Shame that profits override everything anymore. With that said I encourage all to please take 5 minutes on every ride and do some kind of cleanup on the trail your on. Move a rock, limb or just break some bramble back so it's not grabbing riders. It really is the little things that add up. Thanks for your time. Jan 18, 2018

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Eric Jackson
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Eric Jackson Franklin

Drove 1.5 hours to get here. Would not do it again. It seems to be very popular with the locals, but I found the trails uninspired and very boring. They are like someone wandered through the woods and decided to make a bike path where they wandered. I looked forward to going to this trail for 2 years because of the good reviews. Seems like the city built it and forgot it honestly. I would suggest Jack Rabbit in North Georgia near Lake Chatuge for a much more fun and exciting ride. Jack Rabbit is not techinal, but the faster you ride it the more fun it becomes. Dec 1, 2018

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18.4 Miles 29.7 Kilometers 95% Singletrack	1,561' 476 m Ascent -1,560' -476 m Descent
3% Avg Grade (2°) 13% Max Grade (7°)	1,263' 385 m High 1,047' 319 m Low

Chicopee Woods Intermediate Loop

18.4 Miles 29.7 Kilometers

95%

1,561' 476 m

-1,560' -476 m

3%

13%

1,263' 385 m

1,047' 319 m

Shared By Brian Smith

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