My riding partner, Aaron Kovics and I made this a three-day mountain bike excursion. We got rooms in the town of Jim Thorpe, at Victoria Ann's Bed and Breakfast. This Bed and Breakfast was unusually and unique, it truly captioned the rustic world of a time gone past. Another plus to Victoria Ann's was the price, at $85 per night and a room with two beds, so that Aaron and I only had to share the trails.
In the course of three-days we covered five different trails and 60 miles. Our First stop was Blue Mountain Sport, where we picked "A Guide to Mountain Biking in Jim Thorpe & the Western Poconos by David Matsinko" for $7.95. The guide provided nineteen trails with maps. The people at Blue Mountain Sport were very helpful in providing detailed direction to the lesser know trails as well as insight to the wild life issues. Wild life issues like the North American Rattler Snake and local Bear population.
Thursday afternoon we started out on the Deer Path 2 trail, which was freshly cut this spring according to Blue Mountain Sport. The trail was certainly fresh cut single track because in some locations the brush was thick and most of the trail was still soft pack. The trail was mostly flat for the first quart. The next quarter was a winding rocky descent.
If you should ride Uranium Road, which runs beneath power lines. Try planning to make the ride either on a cool day, or a cloudy day. With no shade from the trees we felt like two roasted nuts.
The Broad Mountain Loop has some great scenic overviews.
Buzzard's Point also offered a great scenic overviews, just be careful not to fall off the edge.
The Pine Tar Trail got our hearts racing, and it wasn't because of the cool downhill's. I was leader up a short rocky climb. Aaron was less than a bike length behind me. As I climb over a small group of rocks, we suddenly heard the rattle of a North American Rattler Snake. I looked back over my right shoulder, it was just behind my rear wheel and next to Aaron's front wheel. Okay, we screamed like school girls and rode like thieves in the night.
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