Mountain Biking North Carolina Book

	Preface	xi
	Acknowledgments	xii
	Introduction	1
	How to Ride	2
	Mountain Biking Guidelines	5
	Getting Ready to Ride	5
	How to Use This Guide	9
	Sandhills and Coast	13
1.	UNCW	14
2.	Blue Clay	17
3.	Bicycle Post	20
4.	Smith Lake	23
	Triangle	27
5.	Beaverdam	28
6.	Hog Run	31
7.	Lake Johnson	34
8.	Lake Crabtree	38
9.	Forest Theater	41
10.	UNC Outdoor Education Center	44
11.	Southern Village	47
12.	San-Lee Park	49
13.	Devil's Ridge	52
14.	Governor's Creek	56
	Triad	59
15.	Owl's Roost	60
16.	Reedy Fork	63
17.	Bald Eagle	66
18.	Country Park	68
19.	Hobby Park	71
	Charlotte, Statesville, and Morganton	75
20.	Catawba River Front	76
21.	Renaissance Park	80
22.	Beech Springs	83
23.	Cane Creek	86
24.	South Mountain	90
25.	Signal Hill	94
	Uwharrie National Forest	97
26.	Uwharrie-Supertree	98
27.	Uwharrie-Keyauwee	102
	Boone	105
28.	Woodruff Ridge	106
29.	Long Yancey	109
30.	Short Yancey	113
31.	Wilson-Schoolhouse Ridge Loop	117
	Pisgah National Forest	121
32.	Little Avery Loop	122
33.	Kitsuma	124
34.	Mo' Heinous	128
35.	Little Hickory Top	132
36.	Ingles Field Gap	136
37.	Sidehill Loop	141
38.	Betty Heinous Loop	144
39.	Explorer	148
40.	Pine Tree Loop	151
41.	Lower Sidehill	154
42.	Trace Ridge	158
43.	Wash Creek	162
44.	Little Pisgah Ridge (Big Creek)	164
45.	Fletcher Creek	168
46.	Spencer Branch	171
47.	Middle Fork	175
48.	South Mills River	178
49.	Mullinax	183
50.	Big Avery Loop	187
51.	Laurel Mountain	191
52.	Pilot Rock Loop	193
53.	Slate Rock-Pilot Cove Loop	197
54.	Buckwheat Knob Loop	201
55.	Thrift Cove Loop	206
56.	Black Mountain	208
57.	Daniel Ridge Loop	212
58.	Caney Bottom	215
59.	Pink Beds	218
60.	Long Branch Loop	221
	Nantahala National Forest	225
61.	Tsali-Left Loop	226
62.	Tsali-Right Loop	229
63.	Tsali-Mouse Branch Loop	233
64.	Tsali-Thompson Loop	236
65.	Fontana-Elmer Hollow/First Blood/Whiting	238
66.	Fontana-Brooks Cove/Turkey Chute	242
67.	Fontana-Lewellyn Cove/Gold Branch/Hoor Hollow	245
	The Art of Mountain Biking	249
	Repair and Maintenance	265
Appendix A	Contacts	269
Appendix B	Ride Index	270
Appendix C	Other Places to Ride	272
	Glossary	273
	About the Author	276