Right Loop
Length: 13.9 miles
WNCMTB Trail Rating: 5 wheels
Difficulty: Upper side of moderate
Brief Description: This trail picks up from the parking lot just past the bathrooms and bike wash station. As you begin on the single track stay straight. This trail also follows the edge of Lake Fontana, but it is higher up on the mountain, so you do not have the nice water views in the summer time that you do on the left loop but don’t let that deter you from riding this one. The single track is sweet and can be compared to a roller coaster ride. There are a few water crossings and some muddy spots, but that is all a part of mountain biking right? This trail weaves in and out of several coves along the lake.
Some of the mountain bike races held here are ridden in the opposite direction, so keep your eyes open for riders coming the opposite direction because many people ride this trail in reverse for training leading up to races. This is a dangerous occasion if you meet someone flying down the wrong direction so keep this in mind while you are out there riding.
I will replace this description with a better one when I ride it again. I rode this trail the weekend of the 12 Hours of Tsali race and rode the Right Loop in reverse, so my account is backwards since that is the one and only time I have been on the trail. So check back, I hope to ride it again in a few weeks.

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