PA - Flat Rock - Shared Use - Michaux forest - Mountain Bike Trail Review with Map and Pictures

Flat Rock Shared-Use Trail.  Get the map the forest service provides (from
pine grove furnace).  The numbers I marked correspond to the map numbers.
However, the map is in error so x-ref with my map.  These trails are NOT
ATV, they are bike, hike, and horse.  It starts in the ATV/Snowmobile/Flat
Rock parking area of Shippensburg road.  Begin on the snowmobile trail out
of the parking area.  When you reach intersection 1, go right.  Cross under
the power lines.  The trail is blazed with red paint.  After some flats
you'll head downhill.  Fast and loose with some baby jumps.  Just before
hitting the road the trail will fork and head right (uphill).  Get your
climbing legs ready.  Follow the trail until it hits doubletrack, then climb
the doubletrack, but keep an eye out for a singletrack on your right.  I
think this is where #2 is.  Now, the climbing gets tougher, but I only had
to push one short section because it was really loose.  The climb will top
out and you will ride almost through a campsite.  Just past the campsite the
trail goes downhill.  WATCH YOUR SPEED or you will miss the quick left that
switches back towards the campsite.  The trail looks like it just goes to
the campsite, but if you take it, you will find red blazes and some fine
singletrack.  The next few miles are a excellent mix of tech, climbs, narrow
lines, rocks, and downhill.  You will cross a doubletrack midway which will
have a #17 marker.  The trail ends near the lake and is at least as good as
the 3 mile trail, if not better.  You can ride across the dam, but it does
not link up to the other side.  Ride the road around the lake, taking a left
at the gate, then go another mile or so, then go right.  Climb this dirt
road past #8 and ride towards #10.  Prior to #10 is a doubletrack which you
take a short distance then take the first right onto singletrack, then take
a left at #10 (another singletrack goes right).  The trail between #10 and
#8 is fun, but not terribly long or rocky.  There is one sketchy jump midway
down where I damned near crashed into the huge ant hills that are common in
the area.  The jump is not large, but the landing is loose.  After you get
back to the road climb and the follow the map.

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