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The Tornado Single Trax Trail System is located in Kanawha County, WV and is the first single track only trail system. This trail system is roughly 35 miles and open to dirt bikes and e-bikes. The trailhead parking area is located at 7900 Smith Creek Road, Tornado, WV 25202. Permits, merchandise, restrooms and area information are available at the Coal River Group Welcome Center, located .5 miles from the parking area, at 181 Pettigrew Lane, St. Albans, WV 25177. This Welcome Center is open from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Direct link to trail map --

Maybe we'll have to get out there before the quads find their way onto the "single track only" trails.


~Patrick

That's great! Sent info to my buddies. Will see if we can make it there this fall.

Hmm, little bit closer than Matewan

awesome

Sweet, go ride now cause within 2 years, it will get beat to death I bet! Buffalo MTN ST is all torn up now.

Firebolter wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:07 am Sweet, go ride now cause within 2 years, it will get beat to death I bet! Buffalo MTN ST is all torn up now.

Yep, especially since the quads have ridden all they can ride until they get to something impassable (for them). So many ST trails have become out-and-backs for those people. ><


~Patrick

phoo wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:53 pm

Firebolter wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:07 am Sweet, go ride now cause within 2 years, it will get beat to death I bet! Buffalo MTN ST is all torn up now.

Yep, especially since the quads have ridden all they can ride until they get to something impassable (for them). So many ST trails have become out-and-backs for those people. ><


~Patrick

I have heard newer riders complaining that single track is “too hard” and they dont like it. I remember explaining to them that if the single track is too easy than usually quads can ride it too, and it just becomes another piece of double track

Link from Firebolter:



That looks like it alternates between "not single track" and "wtf is the trail?" I hope it's better in person. Some of it looked pretty good, but a lot of it... I don't know.


~Patrick

A couple of us are planning to give it a go on Nov 23-24

phoo wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2024 10:04 pm
That looks like it alternates between "not single track" and "wtf is the trail?" I hope it's better in person. Some of it looked pretty good, but a lot of it... I don't know.


~Patrick

Yeah, when I saw that video, you can see the little backhoe they used to make trail. Laying trail that wide just makes it Quad trail and not real single track. There will be quads all over that trail system, they make the trail too DAMN wide in my opinion.

For families and such, I get it, you can have a lot of varied skilled riders be able to ride them, but for real trail riders, I think I'd rather go to Kairos or the like- or go to Michigan! Or do a mega trip to Moab and Idaho! Now that is SINGLE TRACK!