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Gravel Riding at Mohonk Preserve
On Saturday Jordan and I decided to go on a Gravel Adventure down in the Catskills! We drove the 1.5 hours to Mohonk Preserve to ride some of the bike-friendly trails. It was a beautiful day, so everyone else had the same idea. We drove around the area looking for a parking spot for about 30 minutes until we found one at the Mohonk Visitor Center. I went inside and one of the workers recommended a nice 12-mile route for us! It involved a tiny bit of road riding to get to the starting point of the Undercliff Trail, but totally worth it. The gravel carriage trails at Mononk are…
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Mountain Biking at the Mohonk Preserve
Last week Jordan and I had a rare day off–so we decided to go down to New Paltz to mountain bike at the Mohonk Preserve. The park borders Minnewaksa, where I ran the half marathon last weekend. Mountain biking is only permitted on the carriage trails, and paying the $17 biking fee for a day pass gets you access to the trails at Mohonk as well as Minnewaska! We got there too late in the day to check out all the trails, but we did ride on the main carriage trail along the ledge. It was gorgeous! Also, we saw many people rock climbing ! Pretty cool, but not something…
