Challenge Race Course

Chestnut Mtn Easy
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Challenge Race Course
Chestnut Mtn Int +
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Tanasi Mountain Bike Trail System
Ocoee Whitewater Center
Cherokee National Forest

Chestnut Mountain Trail Descriptions

Tanasi Challenge Race Course - Intermediate +

Chestnut Mtn Trails - Topo Map Chestnut Mtn Trails - Line Map

 

Flag Mile  
  0.0 START at the Whitewater Center's lower parking lot near it's intersection with Hwy 64
  0.05 RIGHT across the lower bridge (not shown on map)
  0.1 LEFT thru the picnic area on river left, up the paved walkway
  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
    Go around the TVA gate (yellow)
16 7.95 RIGHT onto Quartz Loop/1330 Bypass Connector (yellow blaze)
15 8.0 LEFT onto 1330 Bypass (orange blaze)
14 8.8 Left onto Chestnut Mtn Trail (FS 1330) (tan blaze)
2 9.7 STRAIGHT (bearing right) onto Bear Paw Loop (light green blaze)
    Continue down the singletrack until you cross a small bridge and you will see the intersectin with the Bear Paw connector
1 9.9 LAP STRAIGHT (bearing left) up and around the Bear Paw Loop to begin a new lap
1 9.9 LAST LAP - RIGHT down the Bear Paw connector
  10.4 FINISH at the wooden gate at the river left picnic area
     

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