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Trail Description:
An ego taming set of trails in a mountain biking mecca in Ontario. There are over 300 km of trails on a 50,000 acre property. There are trails for everyone and every level of skill. As an added bonus, all of the trails are very senic. Check out their mountain bike festival held annually in September.
How to get there:
Take Hwy 400 north to Barrie, Hwy 11 north to Muskoka Falls, then Hwy 118 west to West Guilford and Kennisis Lake Road (County Road 7) north to its end and follow the signs.
Additional Notes:
For more information please contact The Chamber of Commerce 1 (800) 461-7677 or massnet.com/hfmmenu.htm
| Posted by: JCM on 8/8/2007 |
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We checked this trail out this past weekend and were disappointed. It's all old logging roads with no single tracks. And lots of gravel roads connecting the trails where we choked on dust of the passing local traffic. Pick a local area of crown land somewhere and you'll get the same thing without the cost.
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| Posted by: Schtigooze on 8/24/2006 |
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I took up MTB at the hydro cut in KW this year. Have a lease in Haliburton since 1989 and have log wanted to hit this trail system. Dont waste your time unless you are there for another reason. These are not trails they are roads or muddy rocky unmaintained forest access paths that do not lend themselves to a fun day of technical riding at all. Lot's of stinging nasty bugs and the trails are often separated by miles of gravel roads where you choke on dust from other vehicle traffic.
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| Posted by: Warthog on 8/21/2006 |
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Don't Bother! If you’re into bike trails, stay at home or leave the bike and take your ATV. These are old (really old) logging roads, not maintained, and very difficult. The "something for everyone" line is a load of crap. The 'easy' trails were ACTITVE gravel logging roads, oh so much fun... The moderate and hard were all the same, mud ruts, and boulders. Our group ranged from very skilled, to average riders, we even had a couple of MUNI riders, no one liked the trails. The advanced riders went out in search of better trails and hit four dead ends where the map showed trails. Our group has ridden all over Southern Ontario, Utah, California, and B.C., these were the worse trails any of us have ever seen. We will not be going back.
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| Posted by: Tboy on 7/24/2006 |
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This trail is supposed to be one of the best Ontario has to offers. That's a load of crap. I like tight, twisty and technical single track. There was NONE of that. I like the rides in Ravenshoe, Durham, Coulsons and even Stoufville/Bayview aka mosquito coast(if I'm up for a short ride).
Normac was a very WIDE trail with a lot of loose rock on the climbs. I'm all for the challenge but at many parts, it's faster to walk than ride. At times it felt like I had to "trials" the whole way up certain tough uphill sections. I started doing this at first but realized that this was not sustainable for the 40k ride I had planned. So I ended up walking it when the uphills got too tough.
Trails were plagued with mudspots (Middle of July in a DRY summer) There were ATV ruts all over and I kinda expected that because the trails were wide enough for 2-3 of them to ride side by side.
The bridges were SUPER wide and not a challenge at all. Some bridges were broken.
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| Posted by: Spoker on 8/4/2005 |
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Very tough Shield riding with awesome scenery. Rocks, roots, mud, bugs, bears, lakes - the works. Slather on the bug-spray in summer. A good 3-hour, leg-burning loop includes linking Normac, Red, Green, Krista, Ben's, and Poacher's. Be ready to change a pinch-flat on the fly.
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| Posted by: HOg on 10/2/2004 |
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Normac was my first trail.Did it this morning, and one other. I found it very difficult. Too many round rock to slide off. Walked alot of it because of my skill level.
Maybe the pooring rain made the trail harder?
Day passes are 13.00 or 120.00 for the season.
Cant wait to go back and try more.
rated it good because it was a cool trail but way too hard for my lack of experience.
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| Posted by: HOG on 10/2/2004 |
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oh yah the map comes with the day pass at no extra charge. Check out their web site at www.haliburtonforest.com
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| Posted by: Broke on 6/27/2004 |
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Probably the best variety and number of trails in Ontario. But, the $25 day pass is totally outrageous (and then you have the nerve to charge for a map !!). Any other comparable place charges about $6-$10. Get with the program Haliburton.
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| Posted by: Bike Nazi on 9/3/2003 |
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Great cardio trails. More uphills than down. Some trails appear ungroomed but just make the trail more technically challenging especially hidden rocks on decents. Normac trail is my ideal trail-lots of rocks and roots, plenty of short, steep uphills but completely rideable. Reasonably good description of each trail at the camp gatehouse(basecamp) with maps. My only complaint is the cost of camping and day use passes.
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| Posted by: Alex on 5/26/2003 |
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Excellent place for a long weekend. If you want to enjoy it to the max, gotta camp on the premises. The lakes are simply awesome to swimm in at the end of a long hard ride! Enjoy!
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