Place: Mountain Creek Bike Park, Vernon, NJ
Ridden: October 2015
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Mountain Creek Bike park is a 49 trail primarily downhill orientated bike park in Vernon, NJ. It is located on Mountain Creek ski resort and lodge; thus during the summer the ski slopes become mountain biking trails.
The trails have a great range of ability levels; beginners will feel comfortable here and advanced riders will find trails that challenge them. In addition to the downhill trails, there is a pump track, progressive drop practice area, skills zone, and about 10-15 miles of XC trails.
Due to the wide nature of trails and difficulty levels, we were able to ride our XC bikes here. Sure, our Lust Advanced 0 and Anthem Advanced SX looked a little out of place along side all the downhill bikes, but they could handle a large majority of the trails. Using our own bikes was a good way to work on skill sets and techniques that would come in handy for races and technical riding.
All in all a great place to practice skills and feel comfortable with speed. Definitely somewhere all types of mountain bikers should visit, downhill bikes or not, because it is a great place to practice various skills that will come in handy anywhere.
For more info on Mountain Creek, here is the website http://www.mountaincreekbikepark.com/?_ga=1.193292525.136802666.1446480047
- words by Jess
- video by Joël
