Mountain Biking in Western North Carolina
Eastern Slickrock on the Cedar Rock Trail in DuPont State Forest.
The mountainous western part of North Carolina is a haven for outdoor recreation enthusiasts. Some of the highest peaks in the East, surrounded by vast areas of public land and miles and miles of trails, invite mountain bikers from all over the world. But even locals looking for a quick, easy ride find the area irresistible. Why take an expensive vacation thousands of miles away when a world-renowned outdoor playground is right next door?
MTB WNC is your on-line mountain biking guide for the Mountain region of North Carolina, containing all of the information you need to make your next trip complete. We aim to provide guidebook-quality information that you can use in your outdoor persuits. Have fun browsing and riding!
TravelCountry.com specializes in outdoor gear for hiking and backing. They stock an extensive selection of North Face clothing and gear.
Biking.com is another great online source for biking info, news, tips and much more!
Site Map
Trailheads
Pisgah National Forest, Nantahala National Forest, Dupont State Forest...
Best Rides
Black Mountain, Daniel Ridge, Eastern Slickrock, Tsali...
Maps
Interactive Map of Trailheads, USGS Topographic Maps, Nat. Geo Trails Illustrated ™ Series...
Photo Gallery
Dupont State Forest, Flat Laurel Creek, Picklesimer Fields, Tsali, Black Mountain...
Area Information
Camping/Lodging, Bike Shops, Geography, Weather/Climate, Clubs © Organizations...
News & Updates
Jackrabbit Mountain Trailhead Added
We’ve added the Jackrabbit Mountain trailhead to both MTBikeWNC and HikeWNC. Although the trail system was designed with mountain biking in mind, it’s a pleasant place to hike as well, being close to the campground and lake. For mountain bikers, though, the experience here couldn’t be better. Purpose-built for mountain bikes as a “stacked loop” [...]
Posted on January 25, 2012 11:07 pm
Map ToolTips
We’ve published a change to the GPS maps, which enables tool tips as you hover over trails and markers. It’s hard to label trails on a dynamic map like you would on a printed one, so we feel like this is a good alternative. Click the highlighted trail to open a window with all the trail [...]
Posted on January 20, 2012 7:55 pm
More on the Forest Service Trails Project
There was a great article in the Smoky Mountain News Wednesday about the Forest Service non-motorized trails planning project. A couple of the public input workshops have already been held; I plan on attending the one in Mars Hill this Thursday evening (Jan. 19, in the Peterson Conference Room, Mars Hill College). Regardless of the [...]
Posted on January 16, 2012 9:05 am
More Info on Forest Service Trails Planning in 2012
The National Forests in North Carolina (NFNC) are working on a trail planning project during 2012, and the trails need your help! With federal funding on the wane, it’s becoming more and more difficult for the Forest Service to maintain the trails we all love. In light of that, NFNC is hoping to get public [...]
Posted on December 13, 2011 9:17 pm
New Videos Added
We’ve got a lot of footage “saved up” over the years and so we’re going to try to start putting together some videos again. Here are two more we’ve made recently. Enjoy! First, here’s Maidenhair Falls from a cool mid-November weekend: And here’s another video from this fall: Harper Creek Falls in the Wilson Creek [...]
Posted on November 30, 2011 7:56 am
Articles
Representing the Internet Community to the Forest Service
On Thursday, January 19, I attended the Trails Strategy Workshop with the National Forests in North Carolina in Mars Hill. Overall, the event was very encouraging and informative. Thanks to Alice Cohen, Trails Strategy Coordinator; Diane Rubiaco, Acting Supervisor; Michael Hutchins, Acting Appalachian District Ranger; Erik Crews; Dispersed Recreation Program Manager; and all the others with [...]
Posted on January 19, 2012 11:01 pm
History of the Bent Creek Logging Project and Trail Changes
This information originally appeared on the Bent Creek trailhead page, and was moved here in January 2012. A 2004 Forest Service decision to move forward with a research logging project within the Bent Creek Experimental Forest turned 3.3 miles of existing singletrack trails into roads. In actuality, these trails followed old "unclassified" Forest Service logging [...]
Posted on January 1, 2008 1:43 pm
Opinion & Personal
My Experience with MiMedia
Edit November 2011: I’ve been using MiMedia for over a year now. Some great new music lockers (from Amazon and Google as an example) have shown up since this was written, making MiMedia’s in-browser mp3 feature a bit less distinguishing and the continued lack of organization of your songs a bit more disappointing. But overall, [...]
Posted on October 19, 2010 1:42 pm
Photos in WNC Magazine
Check out some of my photos in print! Several were used in WNC Magazine – of Skinny Dip Falls and Whiteside Mountain, on pages 114, 116 and 117. Need photos for your publication? Drop me a line and let me know. You can find the selection in the photo galleries on both hikewnc.info and mtbikewnc.com.
Posted on June 8, 2008 4:15 pm
Archived news and more articles are on the WNCOutdoors.info Blog.
