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Glenwood Horse Trail #3004B: Mineshaft Segment
Trail
7.4 mile
11.9 kilometer
point to point
Singletrack
Difficult
Elevation
Ascent:
943'
287 m
Descent: -1,495' -456 m
High: 2,056' 627 m
Low: 1,113' 339 m
Grade
Avg Grade: 6% (4°)
Max Grade: 22% (13°)
Dogs
Off-leash
Weather
Unknown
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“An amazing 1800's contour narrow gauge rail line used to mine iron ore for Civil War musketballs.”
— Kyle InmanElectric Mountain Bikes Unknown
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Description
Drop in behind the picnic table at the Bobletts Gap parking lot onto a short trail that takes you to Boblett's Gap fireroad, also known as Chair Rock Road. Turn right, dropping down exactly 1 mile on a sometimes rocky, sometimes water-holed blast of a 5% downhill.
The singletrack is a hard right that cuts back, and straight up. Keep a close eye out, as the trail is hard to see following a left hand sweeper. Watch your odometer too, more than 1 mile exactly and you missed it. Mineshaft starts as a short, steep 25%+ gradient before reaching the shelf trail that becomes much more reasonable.
For 5 miles, enjoy a singletrack experience like no other, passing iron ore hollers with mineshafts and holes visible when you hike up the ore piles in certain crevasses of ancient Appalachian mountains.
The singletrack is a hard right that cuts back, and straight up. Keep a close eye out, as the trail is hard to see following a left hand sweeper. Watch your odometer too, more than 1 mile exactly and you missed it. Mineshaft starts as a short, steep 25%+ gradient before reaching the shelf trail that becomes much more reasonable.
For 5 miles, enjoy a singletrack experience like no other, passing iron ore hollers with mineshafts and holes visible when you hike up the ore piles in certain crevasses of ancient Appalachian mountains.
Contacts
Local Club: Blue Ridge Off-Road Cyclists
Land Manager: USFS - George Washington & Jefferson National Forests
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