| Flag |
Mile |
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0.0 |
START at the Whitewater Center's lower parking lot near it's intersection with Hwy 64 |
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0.05 |
RIGHT across the lower bridge (not shown on map) |
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0.1 |
LEFT thru the picnic area on river left, up the paved walkway |
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0.4 |
STRAIGHT onto the Bear Paw Loop (light green blaze) which enters the woods immediately
past the upper bridge |
| 1 |
0.7 |
Sharp RIGHT onto Bear Paw Loop (light green blaze), go counter clockwise around Bear
Paw |
| 2 |
0.9 |
RIGHT on Chestnut Mtn (tan blaze) (old forest service road) |
| 3 |
1.1 |
RIGHT at intersection with 1330A double track road (still Chestnut Mtn) |
| 4 |
2.0 |
LEFT up hill on singletrack |
| 5 |
3.3 |
Cross small creek |
| 6 |
3.5 |
Left onto old forest service road |
| 7 |
3.8 |
Cross another small creek |
| 8 |
3.9 |
Cross a small grassy field, bear RIGHT down Thunder Rock Express trail (green blaze) |
| 19 |
5.2 |
LEFT (downhill) onto the gravel access road |
| 20 |
5.3 |
LEFT (uphill) onto FS45 (main gravel road) |
| A |
6.0 |
LEFT on West Fork (look for a sharp uphill turn to the right with a flat, open area to
the left - trail is fairly hard to see) (white diamond blaze) - watch for the very chunky
gravel where West Fork intersects with FS1330B |
| 9 |
7.3 |
RIGHT on FS1330B (Chestnut Mtn - tan blaze) |
| 10 |
7.8 |
LEFT onto Quartz Loop Trail (gray blaze) near the bike trail sign just before FS221 |
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Go around the TVA gate (yellow) |
| 17 |
8.0 |
LEFT at split to ride the Quartz Loop clockwise (gray blaze) |
| 18 |
8.9 |
RIGHT to stay on Quartz Loop trail (gray blaze) |
| 17 |
9.4 |
LEFT back to the 1330 Bypass Connector |
| 16 |
9.5 |
LEFT onto Quartz Loop/1330 Bypass Connector (yellow blaze) |
| 15 |
9.5 |
LEFT onto 1330 Bypass (orange blaze) |
| 14 |
10.3 |
RIGHT onto Chestnut Mtn Trail (FS 1330) (tan blaze) |
| 12 |
10.4 |
LEFT onto River View Loop (blue blaze) |
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Wind around River View Loop (there is one place where there are two ways to go - they
return together shortly so take your pick) |
| 13 |
12.1 |
RIGHT onto Chestnut Mtn Trail (FS1330) (tan blaze) |
| 2 |
12.8 |
LEFT onto Bear Paw Loop (light green blaze) |
| 1 |
13.5 |
Sharp LEFT onto the Bear Paw connector to the WWC |
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14.0 |
FINISH at the wooden gate at the river left picnic area |
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