26 West Mountain Bike Park

June 9, 2008

Mountain Bikers — This weekend will mark the opening of North Carolina’s first, and the southeast’s only lift-assisted mountain bike park! Our good buddy Ryan Taylor, aka Huh, has spent the last 2 years pushing this through the proper channels to ensure dirt mongers in the southeast will have a legal, safe, and sweet place to hone their descending, jumping, and big mountain riding skills. The park is designed and built by Ryan, and will open with 6 trails of varying difficulty to start, with more trails being added as the season unfolds. There is a full fledged downhill course, unique in it’s combination of tight technical singletrack, bermed 180 degree turns, and tabletop jumps! If it’s Huh-approved you know it’s sweet!

Ryan has been working hard to get this going this soon….he had just been given clearance to start digging about 6 or 7 weeks ago. Anyone who has ever done any trail work can appreciate how much work is involved in a project like this; the more folks that come out and ride the park, the better the trails will ride, so please plan an outing to 26 West to check out some great bike riding in a beautiful part of the state.

Directions: From the Winston area, take I40 west to Asheville, then follow 240 past downtown. Look for 26 west and follow for about 25 minutes until exit 3; you will see the Wolf Ridge ski mountain signs. At the bottom of the exit turn right onto Bear Branch road, and another right onto Hwy. 23. Then take your first left onto Laurel Valley Road, and then another quick left onto Puncheon Fork Road. Turn right onto Wolf Ridge Road at the Breakaway Village sign and you’re there!

3 Responses to “26 West Mountain Bike Park”

  1. Is 26 West still open?

  2. closed until june 2010. http://www.exploreasheville.com/what-to-do/activity-details/index.aspx?guid=20007f6b-6e3a-433b-b268-7d1bd769d187

  3. That link just says error. Why is the park closed?

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