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Trail Description:
This is one of the most technical rides in the state. Definitely not for the faint of heart. Slick rocks, big drops and ripping singletrack all await you. If you're looking for a challenge, this is your ride.
How to get there:
Follow Route 206 to Amwell Road. Turn left onto East Mountain Road. Follow East Mountian Road for about 2 miles. The parking lot ant trail head ore on the right.
Additional Notes:
A map is available at the trailhead.
| Posted by: borolocal on 7/7/2009 |
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this area is great for hiking bouldering and biking. there are multiple trails ranging in difficulty and even trails up the pipeline (which cuts the park in half) that lead out to other trails less known and on to nearby roads such as featherbed lane which leads to zion. i mention this because you can ride around the hilly area of town by the sourlands, go up the pipeline cut out onto zion and ride elsewhere in town such as bouldering spots on longhill road. excellent area however it does get quite difficult in some areas and keep a close eye for jutting rocks, new ones often seem to appear...
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| Posted by: Schoon on 7/8/2007 |
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Make sure you have some riding skills before you try this place. It's a great place but you can really get banged up fast. Lots of loose rocks and logs. Very nasty after a rain.
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| Posted by: anthony on 10/30/2006 |
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me and my buddy rode sourlands on sunday. its a
pretty good mtn, we hiked up the trial to the right (i
think its the hardest trail there) and rode down to
the pipeline. we took the pipeline down a little than
took the first trail to the right. the pipeline was fast.
i smelled my brakes burnin at the end. haha.
so all and all its pretty technical and fun. i just dont
like all the hikin. but we found some fun bolders to
play on along the way. next time we are gonna take
the hard trail down.
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| Posted by: john on 1/20/2006 |
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this trail is in hillsborough township not hopewell.
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| Posted by: continued on 4/1/2005 |
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pedestrians with dogs, yes there are, and be wary since some people with low IQs don't like to abide by the "all dogs on leash" law. Weekends are more busy...show up on a weekday in the morning or afternoon & you should have most of the trails to yourself. This is a great park that has something for beginners to experts.
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| Posted by: Xeokym on 4/1/2005 |
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I live only a few miles from this park & I ride there a lot, with a hardtail. What people fail to mention is that there are 3 different trails, and the shortest one is pretty easy, albeit steep at times. It might be "wheelchair accessible" but I never saw anyone pushing a wheelchair or stroller there...it'd be ridiculous. The other trails (medium & longest) are much more rough. There are plenty of rocks, roots & mudpits for technical riding, despite the fact that they made wooden plankwalks over the more squishy areas. After a rain, count on a LOT of mud. 90% of the trails are in shade, the forest is beautiful & full of wildlife. There's a gas pipline cutting through the middle of the park that is primo downhill fun!! Make sure your brakes are in order! There are a few jumps too, and sandpiles. Deep in the woods there's a stream & lots of nice spots to take a rest break at. No bathrooms along the way (unless you count a tree as a bathroom). As far as the park being full of
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| Posted by: jacob on 7/7/2004 |
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this is definitly not ony for experts seeing as one of the trails is wheelchair acssesable
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| Posted by: Liam X on 9/28/2003 |
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You know what, it stinks when some self appointed bike guru tells beginners and intermediates to stay home, etc. Six years ago, I bought my first mountainbike and with an ambitious buddy rode out to sourlands and spent a month learning to ride (we didn't know about chimney rock, round valley, hartshorne yet)! We bruised or hips, arms and ribs. Sweated Blood, and learned to ride over big rocks by actually riding over big rocks.
Listen up all you novices/intermediates, every trail is for you, and you'll only get better by riding harder trails...use your head and the rest is easy. Nothing in the whole state of NJ is death defying so start putting Sourlands in your bi-weekly riding routine and don't let some average mountain-biker braggards scare you away from getting better at this great sport!
I ain't saying sourlands ain't hard ('cause it is), but hard is why we ride (sometimes).
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| Posted by: Alex on 2/2/2003 |
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This place is awesome. I've been there more times than I can count and I've had a blast every time. It does get slippery after a rain so go when its dry if you can. If you take the trail at the base that is right behind the small hut, expect to carry your bike when you get a good 1/4mi to 1/2mi up because it's really rocky. When you get to the top though, its very technical descent back down in about a 5 mi loop. you gotta go
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| Posted by: Bill on 8/3/2002 |
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Lots of rocks.
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