Rosaryville State Park, MD — MTB trail

[jabberwocky]

Rosaryville is a fun trail. I don’t ride it often because its a stretch from Reston (and if I’m driving an hour to ride, I have other places I’d rather go), but its a flowy, fast trail.

[GuyContinental]

@jabberwocky 37324 wrote:

Rosaryville is a fun trail. I don’t ride it often because its a stretch from Reston (and if I’m driving an hour to ride, I have other places I’d rather go), but its a flowy, fast trail.

Yup, distance/benefit is my issue with it too. When I lived in Capitol Hill it was my go-to night ride with the MORE crew. Still, it’s maybe the best beginner trail in the area so I intend on dragging my kids out there when they are ready. Would probably be a ton of fun on CX as well…

[jabberwocky]

@GuyContinental 37335 wrote:

Yup, distance/benefit is my issue with it too. When I lived in Capital Hill it was my go-to night ride with the MORE crew. Still, it’s maybe the best beginner trail in the area so I intend on dragging my kids out there when they are ready. Would probably be a ton of fun on CX as well…

I would personally rank Laurel Hill and Wakefield above the Rose for beginners. Rosaryville is super non-tech, but its a ten mile loop without many options for bailouts, and it does have a decent amount of elevation gain. Laurel Hill and Wakefield both offer beginner level terrain, but with fewer hills and shorter loops.

Laurel Hill is my go-to for beginners these days. Lovely trails, lots of mileage options, not a lot of elevation gain.

[Greenbelt]

Another video — this time featuring Dirt’s old off-road unicycle I think?
[video=vimeo;58325951]https://vimeo.com/58325951[/video]

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