Mountain Bike

7.8 miles

Distance

855 ft

Climb

-837 ft

Descent

2,529 ft

High Point

Starts with hard times connect to the South Ridge road for a gravel climb for 2.5 miles. Downhill from there via Sleepy Gap, Explorer, Pine Tree Loop and Deerfield Loop trails.

Detailed Description

Bent Creek Up & Easy Circuit is a 8 mile popular intermediate route located near Bent Creek North Carolina. This mountain bike only route can be used one direction and has a moderate overall physical rating. This route includes 21 trails. This route climbs 855 ft with a max elevation of 2,529 ft then descends -837 ft.

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Pisgah Area SORBA (www.pisgahareasorba.org)

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8 Reviews & Comments

Score Time Route Post Comment

Nickjohn

(Jul 28, 2022 at 12:26)

Trail Homestead Trail

Nice hike trail

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swistbeats23 (May 17, 2021 at 7:32)

Trail Hard Times Connector

Definitely way better going in reverse

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swistbeats23 (May 17, 2021 at 7:32)

Trail Hard Times Connector

Definitely way better going in reverse

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Tllb34 (May 16, 2021 at 17:54)

Trail Explorer loop Descent

Really fun downhill, ++

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Tllb34 (May 16, 2021 at 17:52)

Trail Explorer Loop Upper

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Tllb34 (May 16, 2021 at 12:09)

Trail Deerfield Loop

GtR. Lots of roots mainly uphill. -

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jackforest

(Jun 27, 2020 at 19:22)

Bikes aren’t allowed on the whole section of Homestead. Instead of going left on Deerfield loop to Homestead, go right and take it to small creek? over to Homestead.

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HitTheTwit

(Sep 27, 2019 at 18:10)

Go left, not right.

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Trails in Route

	Deer Lake Lodge				791 ft
	Hard Times Connector				417 ft
	Powhatan Access Road				3 ft
	Hard Times Connector				3,606 ft
	Hard Times Road				1,010 ft
	Hard Times Spur				72 ft
	Hard Times Road				5,177 ft
	South Ridge Road				2 miles
	Sleepy Gap				1,316 ft
	Explorer loop Descent				2,087 ft
	Explorer Loop Upper				62 ft
	Explorer/Pine Tree Connector				240 ft
	Pine Tree Loop				3,392 ft
	Powhatan Access Road				1,289 ft
	Deerfield Loop				712 ft
	Homestead Trail				2,956 ft
	Hard Times Road				1,122 ft
	Hard Times Connector				3,606 ft
	Powhatan Access Road				3 ft
	Hard Times Connector				417 ft
	Deer Lake Lodge				948 ft

Details

Riding area

Bent Creek Experimental Forest
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Blue
Route Type

Loop
Direction

One Direction
Physical rating

Moderate
Ridelogs

58

More Stats for Bent Creek Up & Easy Circuit mountain bike route

Altitude min

2,120 ft
Altitude start

2,155 ft
Altitude end

2,175 ft
Grade max

-40.1%
Grade min

20.1%
Distance climb

4 miles
Distance down

4 miles
Distance flat

2,182 ft

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status	trail	date	condition	description
	Deerfield Loop	Oct 25, 2022 @ 8:50am Oct 25, 2022
	Explorer loop Descent	Oct 21, 2022 @ 3:07am Oct 21, 2022
	Explorer Loop Upper	Oct 21, 2022 @ 3:07am Oct 21, 2022
	Hard Times Spur	Oct 16, 2022 @ 1:22am Oct 16, 2022
	Hard Times Connector	Oct 14, 2022 @ 12:53am Oct 14, 2022

Bent Creek Up & Easy Circuit route

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