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Current Trail Status
| Status | When Updated | Who Updated | More Info |  | Help keep this info accurate by clicking the red bicycle | |
| open | 01/28 10:46 pm | DustinM |  |
| Category | Average Rating |
| Overall : |  3.5 / 5.0 based on 17 votes |
| Technical : |  2.6 / 5.0 based on 17 votes |
| Climbing : | 3.4 / 5.0 based on 17 votes |
| Freeride : |  1.2 / 5.0 based on 17 votes |
| Scenery/Wildlife : |  2.8 / 5.0 based on 17 votes |
| Flow : | 3.0 / 5.0 based on 9 votes |
On December 5th 2004, the first legal
single track in Orange County opened. Thanks to DOMBO,
Little River Park had it's grand opening and well over
100 mountain bikers attended to show their support. Kudo's
to all the effort and hard work put into these trails by
the folks in DOMBO, Orange County and Durham County Parks
and Rec, as well as all the volunteers who pitched in.
Thanks!
About Little River
This 391-acre park was acquired and had been developed jointly
by the two neighboring counties. The park is a
cooperative venture among several partners, including
Durham County, Orange County, the Triangle Land
Conservancy, the Eno River Association, the Triangle
Community Foundation, the NC Division of Parks and
Recreation, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the NC
Recreation Trails Program, the NC Parks and Recreation
Trust Fund, the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund, and
the Durham/Orange Mountain Bike Organization.
Park Hours
Jan, Feb: 8am-5pm
March: 8am-6pm
April: 8am-7pm
May to Sept: 8am-8pm
October: 8am-7pm
November: 8am-6pm
December: 8am-5pm
Closed: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Day
Contact the Park staff to see if the trail is currently open due to conditions: 732-5505
Rules of the Trail
Blue markers indicate mountain bike
trails. Over seven miles of single track trails are newly
designed, built, and ready for use! Markers are found
only at intersections and hiking trail crossings, and
therefore signal areas where riders should minimize speed
and exhibit added caution. Extra care should also be
taken at trail-heads and around the parking lot, where
multiple users of the park come together, possibly
including horse riders. The mountain bike trails are
specially designed to prevent erosion and maintain stream
and river water quality. Bikers are asked to remain on
posted mountain bike trails at all times. Biking on the
gravel logging roads should be limited to emergency
situations only. The level of technical difficulty on
trails increases with distance from the trail-head. Since
use of the gravel roads is not meant for bikers, please
plan a route that permits a return path along the
mountain bike trails. Don’t forget that the park’s gates
lock at dusk! Bikers must be aware that hikers, while not
encouraged to use the bike trails, are allowed to explore
the trail system. However, biking trails are made for
bikers, and hikers are advised to yield to riders on the
mountain bike trails. Please report any problems
encountered along the trails to park staff.
Directions
301 Little River Park Way
Durham NC
Rules, guidelines, and definitions for our TriangleMTB.com trail reviews
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I have been eyeballing this trail for years on Triangle MTB and finally rode it this past weekend. I had never heard much chatter about it and when I asked about it no one was really blown away with it.
I will say I had fun on it. I was challenged by the climbs and had a good time hitting the fast downhill sections. Technically, it is somewhere in the middle. It has more challenging hills than Crabtree but otherwise mostly easy to intermediate. The scenery was all thick forest but no beautiful lake views like Beaver, New Light or Hogg's Run. There are some really tight trail sections similar to Chapel Hill that require big dips in speed. I rode this with a friend that is new to mountain biking but is in really good shape. It was a great compromise trail for us to ride together. There was nothing out there that freaked him out posed a serious crash risk. I would recommend this to novice riders as a place to ride some real single track. You will have some fun and get a good workout. As a more seasoned mountain biker, I can see how some might think it is boring. This trail is about 30 minutes from Chapel Hill where I live and I probably would not go out there more than once a year or so for variety. |
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Not bad, in general about as easy as crabtree but with 1.5 mile of short steep hills added, I didn't find it very technical. While beaver dam's hills are not as steep they are longer and more numerous. I finished the entire trail system in about 50 mins. It was easy to find, very well labeled and not too crowded. | ||||||||||||||||||
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this trail, in my opinion, was not good for mountain biking, more like a good cross country running trail. | ||||||||||||||||||
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This is my favorite trail in the triangle area, I find it to be slightly more technical then Beaver Dam without all the log jumps. Of course there are more technical trails around but none in this area as fun to ride IMHO. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Fast and fun. A good workout after a few CCW laps. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Rode trails in both directions today. Rding the "red" loop counter-clockwise is a slow, technical, non-flowing course. Riding it clockwise made for a better, yet still challening, ride. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Not the most technical trail in the area by any means, but it does flow very well, is fast, and fun. | ||||||||||||||||||
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The first portion is tight and twisty, but then opens up a bit with a few flowy undulations and a couple of notable climbs. There are also some well-posted advanced sections with optional bypasses. This trail is professionally built and dries out very quickly after a soaking. | ||||||||||||||||||
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No offense.. This trail's boring | ||||||||||||||||||
