Newbies should also check out the new 9.5-mile Hubbard-Perkins Loop Trail in the northwest corner of Fahnestock State Park. “It’s great for people that want to get into the sport and want to try some super easy flow trails and then maybe an intermediate trail,” he said. But he adds that the forest is also an ideal location for those who are new to mountain biking. “You could go on and on forever there,” says Dave Roberts from Bikeway’s Wappingers location. The park’s massive size is its biggest draw. Nicknamed the “Buffer Zone” because it separates Stewart International Airport from the village of Maybrook, Stewart State Forest sports more than 40 miles of mountain biking trails within its 6,700 acres of wetlands, fields, and forests, as well as trails for hiking, horseback riding and-heads up-access to deer hunting in mid-September. Stewart State Forest | Newburgh | New Windsor (And if you still want to build sick ramps in your backyard, don’t worry, we won’t tell your mom.) To help you out, we asked a handful of bike shop owners and trail builders where they like to go mountain biking in the Hudson Valley when they’re not working. “We have 100 areas with 10 miles of trails.” “We don’t have one mega mountain biking area here with a thousand miles of trails,” said Mike Newman of New Paltz’s Bicycle Depot. That means there’s probably a killer trail system near you right now, although keeping track of them all can get overwhelming. Thanks to an ever-growing number of collaborations between the State of New York and regional nonprofits, the Hudson Valley has seen a huge investment in the creation and redesign of mountain biking trails over the past few years. The days of having to build dirt ramps in your backyard are over.
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