9 miles
Distance
1,664 ft
Climb
-1,610 ft
Descent
01:04:02
Avg time
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Left Loop Details

  • Riding Area
    Tsali Recreation Area
    Bryson City, North Carolina
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Global Ranking
    #19601

Longest Tsali trail. Starts with a roller coaster ride along the lakeshore that you can control! Trail dips into a cove, crosses a creek, then emerges to zoom along the lakeshore time and again. Toward the overlook, the trail moves into the interior hills of the peninsula. Here, there are rolling sections, and 2 relatively long climbs, followed by 2 steep downhills; the second downhill has several great jumps. Further on, a very muddy creekside climb is followed by a fast, rolling cruise that connects to Overlook Loop (see description below). Loop is completed with a ride along County Line Road (doubletrack/gravel) which is shared with Right Loop.

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More Stats for Left Loop bike trail
  • Altitude change
    54 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,700 ft
  • Altitude max
    2,012 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,804 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,858 ft
  • Grade
    0.116%
  • Grade max
    -103.929%
  • Grade min
    47.465%
  • Distance climb
    4 miles
  • Distance down
    4 miles
  • Distance flat
    4,778 ft
  • Avg time
    01:04:02
  • Avg reverse time
    01:05:14
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Status:
on Oct 29, 2017
Avg: 4 (3 votes)

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Activity Type
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Directions to left-loop trailhead (35.406449, -83.584059)
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Left Loop Trail Reports

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Oct 29, 2017 @ 11:06am
Oct 29, 2017
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Overgrown vegetation was cut back on 2 miles of Left Loop
Aug 19, 2017 @ 6:45pm
Aug 19, 2017
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Aug 19, 2017 @ 3:55pm
Aug 19, 2017
Left Loop, My City

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