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Dupont State Forest IMBA Epic Route (DuPont Dupont State Forest Dupont State Recreational Area)

Mountain Biking Trail

Hard
36.01 mi
4,595 ft
This IMBA Epic route through Dupont State Forest is undoubtedly epic in length—not for the faint of heart!

Dupont State Forest is a massive 10,400-acre forest just outside of Brevard, North Carolina that has become one of the most popular and highly-acclaimed trail systems in the United States. With a seemingly endless array of trails and dirt roads in this area, the options are endless—and this epic route is one of the best ways to survey the entire forest.

While this sometimes convoluted route appears to survey the entire area, some key favorite trails are left out. For even more mountain bike rides in Dupont, be sure to check out the other route options published in FATMAP.

Dupont is located right next door to the famous Pisgah National Forest, but it's important to note that Dupont is distinct from Pisgah. For riders coming to the Brevard area, it's useful to think of Dupont as "Pisgah Lite." While most of the trails here aren't easy, some of them are very beginner friendly and flowy, and the more difficult trails will entertain advanced-level mountain bikers—all without being as gnarly or as intimidating as the Pisgah National Forest.

Dupont is probably best-known for two things: the gorgeous waterfalls, which this route visits, and the iconic slickrock balds with views of the entire region (which this route also visits). The slickrock balds are reminiscent of riding the iconic Slickrock Trail in Moab, but with an East Coast flavor—and on a mountainside slant! Some riders could easily spend all day sessioning these otherworldly trails.

The slickrock balds make up some of the more challenging trails in the area but for riders who aren't up to the thrills and chills of high-speed rock slab ripping, there are so many beautiful doubletrack trails and dirt roads meandering through this forest that you could easily construct a laid back gravel grind, or a gravel grind that's not-so laid back with epic mileage.

The sky is the limit in Dupont State Forest, which is probably why mountain bikers come back again and again... and again.

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Written by Greg Heil
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Route and Elevation

Segments

NameDistanceElev. Diff.Avg. Grade
Hooker Creek ReRoute 20150.92 mi-184 ft-0.7%
Hooker Creek Downhill Reroute 2015 0.43 mi-187 ft-8.1%
Hooker Creek down and up0.82 mi-177 ft-0.8%
Hooker Creek 2015 Downhill 0.40 mi-164 ft-7.6%
Baka Gaijin0.23 mi-112 ft-9.0%
Hooker Downhill0.38 mi-167 ft-8.1%
Hooker Creek Climb to Ridgeline intersection 2015 reroute0.40 mi154 ft7.0%
Hickory Mt ccw DH0.53 mi-240 ft-8.5%
Boundary/Guion Trail at Hickory MTN Rd0.41 mi33 ft0.5%
Rifle Trail descent0.42 mi-157 ft-6.9%
Guion Farms/Tarklin Branch to Wintergreen Falls1.24 mi-177 ft-2.1%
Grassy Creek climb0.76 mi259 ft6.4%
Joanna Road climb1.23 mi404 ft6.2%
TURKEY KNOB TO REASONOVER CREEK1.74 mi-141 ft-1.3%
Turkey Knob DH to Reasonover intersection1.31 mi-135 ft-1.7%
Reasonover Creek Lake Julia side downhill1.64 mi-358 ft-3.4%
Reasonover DH (End Ridge Past Last Switch)1.34 mi-371 ft-5.2%
Reasonover Creek DH to Summit Lake1.11 mi-351 ft-5.9%
2016 Reasonover CW Summit to R-Over Creek0.65 mi-220 ft-6.4%
climb to airstrip0.54 mi154 ft5.4%
Take Flight0.20 mi-39 ft-2.6%
TPB Airstrip0.61 mi-157 ft-4.7%
Airstrip Trail DH0.40 mi-121 ft-5.6%
Corn Mills Shoals from Bridal Veil Falls to Laurel Ridge1.00 mi223 ft4.2%
CM climb to Laurel Ridge0.50 mi236 ft8.9%
Just Slick Rock at Corn Mill Shoals0.26 mi157 ft11.3%
corn mill DH laurel to shoals junc0.35 mi-115 ft-6.1%
Corn Mill Shoals Little River crossing to Burnt Mnt0.22 mi26 ft0.2%
Burnt Mtn Climb0.82 mi256 ft5.6%
Cascade Lake Rd Climb0.68 mi315 ft8.7%
Burnt DH0.52 mi-243 ft-8.7%
Burnt Mountain DH0.56 mi-246 ft-8.3%
Burnt downhill0.53 mi-246 ft-8.7%
Burnt DH Final Drop0.18 mi-144 ft-14.5%
Burnt Mountain DH Rock Garden0.18 mi-112 ft-11.2%
Dupont - Cedar Rock Climb (CABS)0.95 mi387 ft7.6%
slickrock climb: powerline to sign0.69 mi338 ft9.2%
Cedar Rock DH (Right from the top)0.58 mi-390 ft-12.7%
Little River Trl Cedar Mtn to Burnt Mtn0.56 mi43 ft0.8%
Corn Mill from Burnt Mtn to Parking Lot0.68 mi75 ft1.0%
Longside to Pine Tree Tr.0.76 mi105 ft2.0%
Pine Tree to Stanton1.70 mi-243 ft-1.1%
Pine Tree DH0.83 mi-240 ft-5.4%
Sheep MTN from Cascade to Staton Rd1.14 mi-233 ft-3.3%
sheep met downhill from right turn to staton rd1.02 mi-240 ft-4.3%
Triple Falls and get back up0.03 mi33 ft20.6%
Jim Branch climb (to the rock)0.68 mi292 ft8.0%
Jim Branch Climb to Four Way Intersection1.16 mi305 ft4.8%
Jim Branch Climb1.18 mi315 ft4.5%
Buck Forest Rd - Jim Branch to Hickory Mtn Rd0.94 mi121 ft2.1%