10.5 miles
Distance
1,959 ft
Climb
-1,843 ft
Descent
1,445 ft
High Point

Park one car at the Shumway Lot and another at Cathedral area

Detailed Description
Conway Shumway to Cathedral is a 10 mile moderately popular expert route located near Conway New Hampshire. This mountain bike only route can be used one direction and has a hard overall physical rating. This route includes 5 trails. This route climbs 1,959 ft with a max elevation of 1,445 ft then descends -1,843 ft.
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19 Reviews & Comments

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Nick2qdNIP (Oct 9, 2022 at 19:49)
Trail Half Day
If your looking for an awesome steep, tire sliding, tech trail is this pretty sweet!! Some corners are very loose dirt as of 10/9/22
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RustyCranks (Aug 12, 2022 at 5:15)
Trail Quarry Trail
Chunky
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dbisson7 (May 29, 2022 at 11:23)
Trail Quarry Trail
Agree that going West to East is better. I rode it easy to west on a single speed and gassed out in the middle section -- had to stop a lot to recover! More flow west to east.
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Falco24 (Apr 25, 2021 at 11:29)
Trail Half Day
Pretty sure my friend hates me. Makes the beer worth it afterward.
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dbisson7 (Apr 23, 2021 at 18:15)
Trail Lower Stony Ridge
Really fun singletrack. Rode in April and the stream crossings took some time to find logs to walk over.
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mappermook TRAILFORKS (Oct 7, 2020 at 11:04)
Trail Lucille's (Access)
"Lucille's Climb" might be a better name for this, as it is the clear best route to climb up this area.
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Ralbert (Sep 29, 2020 at 8:58)
Trail Upper Stony Ridge
Ugh, don't bother going up this trail - totally not worth it! You are better off riding up the fire road, then linking with the Red Ridge Trail, then doing the whole of the Stony Brook descent all the way down to the fire road/ electric loop.
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mappermook TRAILFORKS (Jun 9, 2022 at 12:48)
Trail Upper Stony Ridge
Yeah that's exactly how it should be ridden. Not sure why this trail is show as starting from the bottom.
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Boliver19 NewHampshire (Jun 10, 2022 at 23:35)
Trail Upper Stony Ridge
fixed!
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mappermook TRAILFORKS (Jun 10, 2022 at 23:59)
Trail Upper Stony Ridge
You guys are really on the ball!
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Yekrut (Sep 24, 2020 at 7:39)
Trail Half Day
Agree with other reviews - this is more challenging than Senduro and on par with Charlie Don't Surf in terms of steepness. Get's steeper as you get closer to the end! Tough black trail indeed.
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mappermook TRAILFORKS (Sep 2, 2020 at 7:19)
Trail Lower Stony Ridge
What's up with all the crudely painted "red dudes" on the trees, off of this trail? lol
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NERyder (Aug 15, 2020 at 8:15)
Trail Quarry Trail
Went East to west. The start of the trail was awesome. Lots of features well spaced. The middle 50% of the trail was not very enjoyable. Think really steep very closely placed natural rollers back to back, too close to pump and really sucks the speed and momentum out of you. Not terrible but just not super great for flow. Too close to pump or peddle wel if your on a modern long trail bike. Still the middle was ok and probably would have been better going west to East. The end (west) of the trail was better than the middle but not as fun as the Far East side
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RocketKid (Jul 27, 2020 at 10:54)
Trail Quarry Trail
Technical trail. Very rocky/rooty with dips. Wasn’t the greatest going easy to west.
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nmerksamer (Jul 20, 2020 at 17:10)
Trail Half Day
Definitely not a blue. It’s a more difficult descent than Senduro, so I would probably rate it as a tough black.
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Addisonholtz (Jun 12, 2020 at 19:32)
Trail Quarry Trail
Rock Roll, Rock Roll, Rock Roll. Sick trail.
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Jsaper (May 20, 2020 at 18:16)
Trail Quarry Trail
Slow techy route with a million roots.
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Yekrut (Apr 17, 2020 at 7:21)
Trail Quarry Trail
Would recommend riding this starting from Lager's Lane, trail has much more flow in that direction.
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Thosmart (Sep 3, 2018 at 12:03)
Trail Upper Stony Ridge
The top of White Horse is beautiful with lots of exposed rock to ride around on.
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More Stats for Conway Shumway to Cathedral mountain bike route
  • Altitude change
    116 ft
  • Altitude min
    479 ft
  • Altitude start
    479 ft
  • Altitude end
    594 ft
  • Grade
    0.2%
  • Grade max
    -56.2%
  • Grade min
    37.2%
  • Distance climb
    6 miles
  • Distance down
    4 miles
  • Distance flat
    4,452 ft
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