Ridge Trail Medium Ride

The Strava route below can be copied into navigation tools such as BikeGPS. https://www.strava.com/routes/25026701

Ridge Trail – The Medium Ride Turn by Turn:

1. From the Saratoga Gap parking lot at the intersection of State Route 9 and 35, cross State Route 9 to the trail head and take the Saratoga Gap Trail 2.0 mi. single track, rolling.
2. At the 2.0 mile point, the trail ends at State Route 35.  Cross the highway to continue on the Hickory Oaks Trail.  Climb the initial hill, then bear right to stay on the Hickory Oaks Trail. When the trail forks, bear left to the Turtle Rock lookout.  Total 0.2 miles, dirt road and single track, climb. 
3. Continue past the lookout to where the trail rejoins the opposite fork and turn left to stay on the Hickory Oaks Trail going north.  0.7 mile, dirt road, rolling
4. Right on Long Ridge Trail. The trail is single track for a short distance, then merges onto a dirt road.  Continue on the dirt road to where there is a stone lookout bench on the left.  0.7 mile total.  Single track, then dirt road, rolling
5. Veer right to stay on Long Ridge Trail. 1.3 miles, single track, rolling
6. Left on Peter’s Creek Trail, 0.1 mile, single track, flat
7. Left on Chestnut Trail, 1.6 miles, single track, rolling
8. Chestnut Trail ends at Tree Farm Trail, where you will emerge from a forest into a Christmas tree farm.  At this point, turn around and retrace your route on the Chestnut Trail, 1.6 miles, single track, rolling
9. Right on Peter’s Creek Trail, 1.5 miles, mostly single track, climb. 
10. Left on Long Ridge Trail Within 300 feet there is a fork.  Veer right to stay on Long Ridge Trail 0.2 Narrow Path, descent
11. Left on Hickory Oaks Trail, until you reach the fork. Bear left at the fork to stay on the dirt road, bypassing Turtle Rock lookout. Continue on to State Route 35. 1 mile total, dirt road, rolling 
12. Cross State Route 35 to continue on Saratoga Gap Trail 2.0 miles, single track, rolling. 

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