11.17.13 Big Schloss Epic | FREE Event #9 in Virginia's MTB Endurance Series

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35.15 miles / 6376 feet of climbing

This incredible new VES route features the northernmost section of the VA MTB Trail http://virginiamountainbiketrail.com/ and finishes with the legendary Big Schloss downhill.

Start Time: 9am
Start Location: Little Stoney Creek 571 Trailhead on Route 92 http://is.gd/2jEG7p
Driving Directions to the Ride Start: www.tinyurl.com/bigschloss
GPX File: LINK (Drawn course, not and actual ride GPX)

<< Click here to download the Map & Route Guide PDF, then print it on 11x17 paper. 

Extraordinary VES maps created by Bill Hazlegrove.
www.hazlegroveagency.com 

Cue Sheet: Big Schloss Epic | FREE Event #9 in Virginia's MTB Endurance Series
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Parking - Ride Start/Finish at the Little Stoney Creek 571 Trailhead on Route 92 http://is.gd/2jEG7p

0.00 From of the trailhead climb the Little Stoney Creek Trail 571 for 3.54 miles (climbs 1453’)

3.54 Right onto Tuscarora Three Ponds Trail 1013.1 for 0.92 miles (+103’ -393’)

4.46 Left onto Racer Camp Hollow Trail 1036 for 2.72 miles (+237’ -821’)

7.18 Left onto Old Mailpath Trail 1037 for 1.09 miles (+103’ -375’)

8.27 Right onto Wilson Cove Trail 1014 for 2.07 miles (+349’ -204’)

10.34 Left onto Vances Cove Trail 400 for 1.33 miles (+12’ -266’)

11.67 Continue on Vances Cove Trail 400 for 1.98 miles (+33’ -250’) *

13.65 Left onto Paddy Cove Lane for 0.10 to Vances Cove Road 93

13.75 Right on Vances Cove Road 93 for 0.27 miles to Gate

14.02 Gate - go straight around gate and continue on Vances Cove Road 93 for 0.13 miles

14.15 Left at T intersection 93 for 2.30 miles (+351’ -48’) to Gate

16.45 Gate - go straight around gate for 0.22 miles to T intersection

16.67 Left at T intersection (Cold Spring Gap Road) for 0.19 miles to 55

16.86 Left onto 55 for 0.78 miles (+275’ -34’)

17.64 Left onto Tuscarora County Line Trail 1013.3 [The beginning of the Virginia Mountain Bike Trail!] for 4.15 miles (+920’ -661’) to Gerhard Shelter and 902 Trail Intersection

21.79 Continue Straight on Tuscarora County Line Trail 1013.3 for 3.71 miles (+399 -1211)

25.50 Left onto 505 for 0.41 miles (+36’ -88’) to Gate

25.91 Gate - go straight around gate for 0.17 miles and look for Tuscarora Pond Run Trail 1013.2 on the right

26.08 Continue on the Tuscarora Pond Run Trail 1013.2 climbing for 4.11 miles (+1820’ -66’) to the summit of Mill Mountain where the trail becomes the Mill Mountain Trail 1004.

30.19 Continue on Mill Mountain Trail 1004 for 2.68 miles (+148’ -703’)

32.87 Left onto Big Schloss Cutoff 415 and downhill 1.73 miles (+16’ -1117’)

34.60 Left onto Little Stony Road for 0.54 miles (+5’ -86’)

35.14 Parking - Ride Start / Finish 

* If at mile 11.67 Vances Cove Trail is in too rough shape to enjoy, then ...
11.67 OPTION B Left onto fire road for 0.10 mile to Vances Cove Road 93
11.77 Right onto Vances Cove Road 93 for 2.32 miles (+242’ -430’)
14.09 Paddy Cove Lane on right - continue straight to Gate