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0-89587-205-6
$14.95 paperback
5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
227 pages, black-and-white photographs, maps, index
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Even devoted readers of
mountain-bike magazines may be unaware of the great rail trails of
southwest Virginia and the outstanding trails in Mount Rogers National
Recreation Area. In northwest North Carolina, the rides around Boone and
Blowing Rock, Wilson Creek, Linville Gorge, and Boone Fork are also
little-known treasures.
You'd better take advantage
of the solitude now, because mountain biking this good will not remain
untouched by fame. The high country of northwest North Carolina and
southwest Virginia is a labyrinth of single-track trails, logging roads,
and overgrown jeep tracks. The 33 rides in this guide, ranging from easy
to extremely strenuous, are some of the region's "classics."
Each chapter includes
information about trail access and elevation changes, along with a map,
a difficulty rating, and a detailed, mile-by-mile account of the ride.
The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout.
about the authors
Lori Finley has published articles in a number of magazines,
including Bicycling and Bike Report. The other volume in
her Mountain Biking the Appalachians series covers the Pisgah
National Forest, Brevard, and Asheville area.
Thomas Horsch lives in
Damascus, Virginia, where he is the current president of the Virginia
Creeper Trail Club. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Iron
Mountain Trail Club and is a trail-maintenance volunteer for the U.S.
Forest Service.
Also by Lori Finley:
Mountain
Biking the Appalachians: Brevard, Asheville, and The Pisgah Forest
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