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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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      Shindagin Hollow State Forest is a well known place for mountain bicycling. Twenty miles of mountain bike trails are maintained through a DEC Volunteer Stewardship Agreement with Cycle-CNY, an International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) affiliated club. The Finger Lakes Hiking Trail (FLT) also crosses the forest providing a well marked hiking trail in a forest setting. About 5.7 miles of the FLT is on Shindagin Hollow State Forest and is maintained through an Volunteer Stewardship Agreement with the Cayuga Trails Club and the Finger Lakes Trails Conference. Four miles of snowmobile trail cross the forest and are maintained by the Candor Valley Rider Snowmobile Club through a Volunteer Stewardship Agreement. Horseback riding is prohibted on this forest.
      Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
      Shuttleable: YES
      Brailey Hill Road Parking google parking directions
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      Activities
      Region Status
      Open as of Oct 15, 2020
      Local Trail Association

      Stats

      Avg Trail Rating
      Trails (view details)
      29
      Trails Mountain Bike
      27
      Trails Hike
      28
      Trails Trail Running
      28
      Total Distance
      27 miles
      Total Descent
      16,510 ft
      Total Vertical
      1,044 ft
      Highest Trailhead
      2,012 ft
      Reports
      162
      Photos
      6
      Ridden Counter
      2,939

      Popular Shindagin Hollow State Forest Trails

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      Y1
      Green
      Bitch Ditch
      Chair
      Rim
      Skullwinder
      B6 Creek Trail
      B3
      B2 Dizzy D
      Short Bus
      Paperboy
      B1
      Glove
      Y6
      B8

      Mountain Bike Routes

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      Shindagin Hollow Outer(ish)
      		12 miles
      loop
      		6 miles
      Shindagin Hollow Ridge Ride
      		8 miles
      Tour of Reds and Yellows
      		9 miles
      6 mile Shindagin Hollow State Forest All-Mountain Ridepopular ridelog6 miles
      3 mile Shindagin Hollow State Forest Ridepopular ridelog3 miles
      11 mile Shindagin Hollow State Forest All-Mountain Ridepopular ridelog11 miles
      9 mile Shindagin Hollow State Forest Ridepopular ridelog9 miles
      9 mile Shindagin Hollow State Forest All-Mountain Ridepopular ridelog9 miles
      7 mile Shindagin Hollow State Forest All-Mountain Ridepopular ridelog7 miles

      Recent Ridelog Activity in Region

      Today
      • 0 rides
      • 0 ft avg distance
      Yesterday
      • 0 rides
      • 0 ft avg distance
      Past Week
      • 18 rides
      • 10 miles avg distance

      Photos of Shindagin Hollow State Forest Mountain Bike

      report
      trail: B8
      5 |
      Sep 10, 2020 @ 8:13pm
      Sep 10, 2020
      report
      trail: IMBA
      5 |
      Sep 10, 2020 @ 8:12pm
      Sep 10, 2020
      trail: B2 Dizzy D
      91 |
      Jul 31, 2018 @ 7:06am
      Jul 31, 2018
      trail: Short Bus
      160 |
      May 15, 2018 @ 10:58am
      May 15, 2018

      Videos of Shindagin Hollow State Forest Mountain Bike

      Paperboy (July 2020)
      trail: Paperboy
      1:21 | 53 | Aug 10, 2020 , Ithaca
      20200609 Shindagin Y1 Descent
      trail: Y1
      2:47 | 96 | Jun 14, 2020 , Ithaca
      Mountain Biking Shindagin Hollow | 'Fluffy...

      2:58 | 342 | Aug 28, 2018
      Mountain Biking Shindagin Hollow | Upstate NY

      2:00 | 255 | Aug 28, 2018

      Recent Trail Reports

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      "J" Trail
      Oct 15, 2020 @ 2:16pm
      Oct 15, 2020
      		 Variableandrew-stuart
      B3
      Oct 15, 2020 @ 2:16pm
      Oct 15, 2020
      		 Variableandrew-stuart
      Y1
      Oct 8, 2020 @ 1:38pm
      Oct 8, 2020
      		 Variableandrew-stuart
      B2 Dizzy D
      Oct 8, 2020 @ 1:38pm
      Oct 8, 2020
      		 Variableandrew-stuart
      Rim
      Oct 8, 2020 @ 1:38pm
      Oct 8, 2020
      		 Variableandrew-stuart
      Paperboy
      Oct 2, 2020 @ 2:07pm
      Oct 2, 2020
      		 Variableandrew-stuart
      Bitch Ditch
      Oct 2, 2020 @ 2:07pm
      Oct 2, 2020
      		 Variableandrew-stuart
      Green
      Oct 2, 2020 @ 2:07pm
      Oct 2, 2020
      		 Variableandrew-stuart
      Short Bus
      Oct 1, 2020 @ 1:45pm
      Oct 1, 2020
      		 Variableandrew-stuart
      Y9
      Oct 1, 2020 @ 1:45pm
      Oct 1, 2020
      		 Variableandrew-stuart

      Activity Feed

      usernameactiontypetitledate
      user #62064andrew-stuartaddreport"J" Trail and 1 more
      Oct 15, 2020 @ 8:31pm
      Oct 15, 2020
      user #62064andrew-stuartaddreportY1 and 2 more
      Oct 8, 2020 @ 5:50pm
      Oct 8, 2020
      user #1681821rlove1873commentreportG2
      Oct 3, 2020 @ 6:42am
      Oct 3, 2020
      user #62064andrew-stuartaddreportPaperboy and 2 more
      Oct 2, 2020 @ 4:34pm
      Oct 2, 2020
      user #62064andrew-stuartaddreportShort Bus and 4 more
      Oct 1, 2020 @ 5:40pm
      Oct 1, 2020

      Recent Comments

      usernametypetitlecommentdate
      user #1681821rlove1873reportG26 in 5x on 68
      Oct 3, 2020 @ 6:42am
      Oct 3, 2020
      user #1670976jmcapra2018trailGreenBlue 4 is the lower "IMBA" route. This is...
      Aug 10, 2020 @ 5:16pm
      Aug 10, 2020
      user #737891adamwildtrailGreenIsn't this Blue 4?
      Aug 9, 2020 @ 3:26pm
      Aug 9, 2020
      user #974123rnunninktrailB8Twisted sister is rideable both ways
      Aug 5, 2017 @ 5:31am
      Aug 5, 2017

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      namedistance
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