Pisgah National Forest, NC is the eastern US MTB Mecca.

July 11, 2007 on 7:25 pm | In Mountain |

The Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina are home to the Pisgah National Forest. This area has consistently been rated among the best mountain bike destinations in the country. Here you will find everything from rolling gravel roads to twisting singletrack with creek crossings, open-air meadows and lush forest.

The area known as Pisgah today was once part of George Vanderbilt’s private Biltmore Estate. He started Biltmore Forest School in 1898 on this land. This school was the first institute for scientific forestry in America. After his death in 1914, his wife Edith, honoring her husbands wish to preserve the land for public use, sold 87,000 acres to the federal government as a park. This land became the nucleus of Pisgah National Forest, which now contains 504,181 acres of land.

Pisgah is predominantly a hardwood forest of yellow-poplar, northern red oak, black oak and scarlet oak, although red spruce and Fraser fir grow at the higher elevations. Due to the moderate climate and varied elevation, Western North Carolina is one of the most botanically diverse regions on the planet.

We have spent years learning this area and the hundreds of miles of local trails and roads. Pisgah beckons one to take time & experience grand vistas, waterfalls, diverse foliage and scenic trails.

BioWheels is the SE’ largest reseller of waterproof Pisgah Trail Maps

Here is a great old shot of MJ & Joe Moore in 1996

Enjoy your ride!

Here are a few more Pisgah Pics’