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- Minor Issue / Yellow
- Significant Issue / Amber
- Closed
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- Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
- BLM (public)
- USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
- State land
- Indigenous
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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
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LOCATION:
The trail head is located just off of Ward Hollow Road in Pittstown, NY. Click here for directions.
LENGTH:
Approximately 8 miles of trails.
ABOUT:
Pittstown State Forest is an 1155 acre state forest that is located approx 15 miles east of Troy on Rt 7. It is situated at the base of the Rensselaer Plateau, giving the land a lot of elevation changes and diverse terrain. There are many miles of challenging single-tracks on the property.
SMBA has an official Volunteer Stewardship Agreement with DEC. As steward of the state forest, SMBA stewards the Pittstown SF trails, and keeps them fun for mountain biking.
The trail head is located just off of Ward Hollow Road in Pittstown, NY. Click here for directions.
LENGTH:
Approximately 8 miles of trails.
ABOUT:
Pittstown State Forest is an 1155 acre state forest that is located approx 15 miles east of Troy on Rt 7. It is situated at the base of the Rensselaer Plateau, giving the land a lot of elevation changes and diverse terrain. There are many miles of challenging single-tracks on the property.
SMBA has an official Volunteer Stewardship Agreement with DEC. As steward of the state forest, SMBA stewards the Pittstown SF trails, and keeps them fun for mountain biking.
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
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Region Details
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Activities
Region Status
Open as of Aug 17, 2019 ago
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Global Ranking
- #1,833
- State Ranking
- #33
- Trails (view details)
- 12
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 12
- Trails Hike
- 12
- Trails Trail Running
- 12
- Total Distance
- 11 miles
- Total Descent
- 2,214 ft
- Total Vertical
- 475 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,125 ft
- Reports
- 205
- Photos
- 21
- Ridden Counter
- 466
Popular Pittstown State Forest Mountain Biking Trails
Pittstown State Forest Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pittstown State Forest - SMBA | 9 miles | |
| Short Ride | 4 miles | |
| Bonnie & Clyde Out and Back | 8 miles | |
| 5 mile Pittstown State Forest Cross-country Ride | popular ridelog | 5 miles |
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie & Clyde | Aug 17, 2019 @ 4:33pm Aug 17, 2019 | Dry | bonesmtb2 SMBA | ||
| Zig Zag | Aug 17, 2019 @ 6:22am Aug 17, 2019 | Dry | bonesmtb2 SMBA | ||
| Red Pine | Aug 17, 2019 @ 6:22am Aug 17, 2019 | Dry | bonesmtb2 SMBA | ||
| Vine | Aug 17, 2019 @ 6:22am Aug 17, 2019 | Dry | bonesmtb2 SMBA | ||
| Deuce and a half | Aug 17, 2019 @ 6:22am Aug 17, 2019 | Dry | bonesmtb2 SMBA | ||
| Knuckle | Jul 10, 2019 @ 9:31am Jul 10, 2019 | Dry | cbcbike | ||
| Buck Barrow | Jul 10, 2019 @ 9:31am Jul 10, 2019 | Dry | cbcbike | ||
| Scutter | Jul 10, 2019 @ 9:31am Jul 10, 2019 | Dry | cbcbike | ||
| Scut Farkus | Jul 10, 2019 @ 9:31am Jul 10, 2019 | Dry | cbcbike | ||
| Superman | Jul 10, 2019 @ 9:31am Jul 10, 2019 | Dry | cbcbike |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | bonesmtb2 | add | report | Zig Zag and 4 more | Aug 17, 2019 @ 4:31pm Aug 17, 2019 |
| unfortunateJMB | ridden | trail | Vine | Jul 28, 2019 @ 7:59pm Jul 28, 2019 |
 | markholloway | update | trail | Deuce and a half | Jul 14, 2019 @ 6:21pm Jul 14, 2019 |
| dinogxc | vote | trail | Deuce and a half and 8 more | Jul 14, 2019 @ 2:18pm Jul 14, 2019 |
| dinogxc | ridden | trail | Deuce and a half and 8 more | Jul 14, 2019 @ 2:18pm Jul 14, 2019 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| report | Thanks for the report Bryan! I'll have to get... | Aug 27, 2018 @ 9:35am Aug 27, 2018 | ||
| report | Thanks for the report! | Aug 7, 2018 @ 9:43am Aug 7, 2018 | ||
| report | Thanks for the report! Is this Andy? | Jul 30, 2018 @ 12:59pm Jul 30, 2018 | ||
| report | Thanks Ian! It isn't a terrible trail,... | Sep 25, 2017 @ 2:12pm Sep 25, 2017 | ||
| report | Hey Eric, I cut these trees out on Saturday. ... | Sep 25, 2017 @ 12:34pm Sep 25, 2017 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafton Lakes State Park | 2.5 km | ||||
| RPA Poestenkill Community Forest | 2 | 7 | 9.5 km | ||
| Mount Anthony | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12.8 km | |
| Colonie Town Park | 6 | 30 | 2 | 14.6 km | |
| Luther Forest | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18.8 km |
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