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Big Hollow Heartbreak Hotlap

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  1. Areas
  2. VA
  3. …Shenandoah Valley
  4. George Washington National Forest
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6.3 Miles 10.1 Kilometers


100%

Singletrack

1,427' 435 m

Ascent

-1,439' -438 m

Descent

9%

Avg Grade (5°)

20%

Max Grade (11°)

3,179' 969 m

High

1,917' 584 m

Low

Shared By Shenandoah Bicycle

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“Start on a sustained steep climb and finish with some technical rock riding.”

— Shenandoah Bicycle
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Overview

A classic Harrisonburg hotlap. Big Hollow is a sustained steep granny gear climb (going counter clockwise), or a ripping fast, worm burning, wide open descent off Hone Quarry Ridge for those going clockwise.

Heartbreak departs off HQ ridge along the north face on difficult, rocky, off-camber, and exposed trail. This trail will challenge even the most skilled riders.

Description

Park at the Hone Quarry picnic area and head upstream on the road until you see trail markers on the left. If you get to the lake, you've gone too far.

The trails roll both ways, but are most commonly ridden up Big Hollow (430) and down Heartbreak Trail (435A). Big Hollow (430) is wide, steep and relatively unobstructed. Heartbreak Trail (435A) is skinny, off-camber, exposed, technical, rocky and just plain hard.

Contacts

Local Club: Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition

Mar 18, 2019: 2019 Board of Director Elections

Mar 18, 2019: Bicycle and Pedestrian Crash Reporting

Mar 10, 2019: 3/11: March Social w/Special Guests

Land Manager: USFS - George Washington & Jefferson National Forests

Mar 18, 2019: Forest Service to Conduct Controlled Burn for the Marshall Tract and Rail Hollow Area in Bath County Today

Mar 18, 2019: Forest Service conducting the Neal Run/Little Neal prescribed fire in Bath County

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#14

in George Washington National Forest

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Kind of a cool rocky knoll on Hone Quarry Ridge.
Kind of a cool rocky knoll on Hone Quarry Ridge.
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One of the few vistas along the ridge part of the loop.
One of the few vistas along the ridge part of t…
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