Mountain Bike

20.9 miles

Distance

1,269 ft

Climb

-1,272 ft

Descent

211 ft

High Point

Full route for 2021 Granite Fondo

* Clark Kent --> Divide --> Spar
* Lower Attic --> Chimney--> Osprey downhill --> straight on Attic until you reach Time Flies

* Time Flies and Time Out clockwise --> Right on Schnitzel --> Straight (stay right) on Attic to Fire Escape --> down Fire Escape --> Flat Lake to Duck N Run

* Duck N Run to the Bridge.

* Clockwise around West Pine, Nora, Warren, Joe Cracker --> left on In N Out. You will exit onto a grassy park.

Go left (uphill) on Norawarren Drive --> right on Herring Cove Road --> right on Sarah Drive to the end of the street. Go down Orange Jelly and Granitude.

* Regroup at bridge (Pit Stop), to clear descending riders on Granitude.

* Start return by climbing Granitude, ride CCW loop with Herring Cove Road and West Pine back to the bridge.

* Duck N Run --> Flat Lake --> Lou's Basement CCW --> upper Attic back to Spar --> Divide
* Take Conquer on return to Hartlen Park

Detailed Description

Granite Fondo 2021 - full monte is a 21 mile popular intermediate route located near Halifax Nova Scotia. This mountain bike only route. This route includes 24 trails. This route climbs 1,269 ft with a max elevation of 211 ft then descends -1,272 ft.

Local Trail Association

McIntosh Run Watershed Association (mcintoshrun.ca)

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Past Events

- 14 Nov 2021
Granite Fondo
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Trails in Route

	Clark Kent				2,654 ft
	Divide				3,130 ft
	I/O				1,017 ft
	Chimney				646 ft
	I/O				289 ft
	Osprey				2,618 ft
	Time Flies				4,439 ft
	Time Out				4,160 ft
	Warren				1,188 ft
	Joe Cracker				1,010 ft
	In-n-Out				5 miles
	Orange Jelly				2,142 ft
	Granitude				1 mile
	Orange Jelly				2,182 ft
	In-n-Out				984 ft
	Upper West Pine				1,240 ft
	West Pine				1 mile
	Duck 'n Run				1 mile
	Flat Lake				1 mile
	Lou's Basement				2,749 ft
	Conquer				410 ft

Details

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Riding area

McIntosh Run
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Blue
eBike Allowed

No
Ridelogs

25

More Stats for Granite Fondo 2021 - full monte mountain bike route

Avg time

1 hr 44 min
Altitude change

-1 ft
Altitude min

29 ft
Altitude start

164 ft
Altitude end

164 ft
Grade

-0%
Grade max

-17.3%
Grade min

16.8%
Distance climb

7 miles
Distance down

8 miles
Distance flat

6 miles

Directions

Walk northeast on Clark Kent.
Continue for 600 meters.
Turn left to stay on Clark Kent.
Continue for 200 meters.
Turn left to stay on Clark Kent.
Continue for 100 meters.
Bear right onto Divide.
Continue for 200 meters.
Make a sharp left to stay on Divide.
Continue for 400 meters.
Keep right to stay on Divide.
Continue for 600 meters.
Bear right onto The Attic.
Continue for 500 meters.

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trail	date	description
Duck 'n Run	Sep 6, 2024 @ 1:15pm Sep 6, 2024	Overgrown vegetation lopped & trimmed back, sight lines opened, drains cleared, rocks picked & re-seated. From ramp at junction with Flat Lake Loop to Duck Creek boardwalk. reporter
Granitude	Aug 29, 2024 @ 12:46pm Aug 29, 2024	Overgrown vegetation trimmed back, sight lines opened, rocks picked & re-seated. From above Boulderama junction, where we ended Tuesday's session, to Lower W Pine / McRun bridge junction. Continued up Boulderama to Orange Jelly junction, then OJ back to Granitude. OJ and Granitude are now complete reporter
Orange Jelly	Aug 29, 2024 @ 12:46pm Aug 29, 2024	Overgrown vegetation trimmed back, sight lines opened, rocks picked & re-seated. From above Boulderama junction, where we ended Tuesday's session, to Lower W Pine / McRun bridge junction. Continued up Boulderama to Orange Jelly junction, then OJ back to Granitude. OJ and Granitude are now complete reporter
Flat Lake	Aug 18, 2024 @ 11:51am Aug 18, 2024	Overgrown vegetation lopped & trimmed back, rocks picked and re-seated, drains re-opened. From Flat Lake to junction with Duck 'n Run reporter
Upper West Pine	Aug 16, 2024 @ 10:59am Aug 16, 2024	Trimmed, lopped and removed overgrown vegetation, picked and re-seated rocks, opened drains between In 'n Out and the Notch reporter