Suggested Bike Routes

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For your enjoyment and safety, get a copy of Shawangunk Bicycle Routes, a free brochure and map available at the Mohonk Preserve Visitor Center, from Rangers in the field, or at the Minnewaska State Park Preserve entrance. Ask a Ranger for biking directions. Follow links for directions to trailhead where the ride starts.

KEY:   Easy      Moderate      Strenuous

Northern Preserve

 Trailhead: Spring Farm

Route	Roundtrip	Level
Climb up the ridge to Bonticou Crag	2.5 miles
Up to the top of the old ski run on Guyot Hill	3.5 miles
Over hill and dale to Table Rocks	4.0 miles

Southern Preserve

Trailhead: West Trapps

Route	Round Trip	Level
Do the Undercliff/Overcliff loop	4.5 Miles
Link to Minnewaska Park entrance via Trapps Road	3.0 Miles
Meander along Oakwood Drive (includes the Undercliff/Overcliff loop)	8.5 Miles

How can I help make sure that these bike routes are here for years to come?

• Please share with us the responsibility for keeping this a beautiful and peaceful place.
  
  
• Become a Mohonk Preserve member. Be our partner in preserving the Ridge!
  
  
• Volunteer as a trailkeeper, backcountry patroller, bike patroller or interpretive guide.
  
  
• Consider membership in the Gunks Mountain Biking Association (GUMBA) and International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) to support advocacy for environmentally sound and socially responsible mountain biking.
  
  
• Donate to the Thom Scheuer Memorial Fund for Land Stewardship, which is used to maintain the Preserve's carriage roads, trails and trailheads.