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Heartbreak Ridge // Ultimate MTB Shuttle

West North Carolina is known for some extraordinary mountain biking.There is Pisgah with its raw and beautfiul unforgiving network of trails. Dupont and its mellower, fast trails that cater to pretty much everyone. Plus numerous bike parks like the Riviter and Ride Kanuga. Most of these trails require some sort of climbing. Fomr 15 minute climbs to insanely long 1.5 hour climbs that seem to never end. One of those climbs I did recently in preperation for an endurance race. It was to get to the top of Heartbreak Ridge via Curtis Creek road and the Blue Ridge parkway, and then descent down for 35 minutes back to my truck. This took me over 3 hours with an elevation gain of 4, 500 feet. Of course this is not everyone's cup of tea. Another, a little shorter route, but still very demanding is to take Old Mitchell Toll Road up and descend down. But what if you didn't want to climb Can you shuttle Heartbreak Ridge? My brother and some of our friends came out to North Carolina to do some riding. They wanted to hit one of Pisgah's greats and asked me about an easier ride with not a lot of climbing ride. So I gave it some thought and then it hit me. Shuttle Heartbreak Ridge! It just made sense! They were already pretty much staying at the bottom of Heartbreak ridgeat an Air B and B Its a 2,100 foot descent in just 4 miles. Mixed with rocks, roots, tight rododendron forests and spectacular views, as you drop down from the top of the blue ridge parkway at 4,700 feet to the bottom, where you merge with Star Gap and its 13 steep, sharp switchbacks. Heartbreak Ridge is one of those trails you hear about. You never actually do it though. It's hard. Like really hard. It requires an extremely long day in the saddle with over and hour and a half of climbing. Both Curtis creek road and Old Mitchell toll road routes are over 25 miles long. Now if you're going to try this know that shuttling means you have to drive an hour to get to the top of the blue ridge where the decent starts, and then have that person drive all the way back down an hour to meet you. Basically you need a really good friend. Or in our case. My mom After descending for forty minutes we arrived at the pick up spot. My mom wasn't there yet so we decided to take a swim in Mills Creek. Ah, nothing better than spending time with family and friends on a mountain. I hope you all enjoyed this video as I enjoyed making it. I never really ask but if it is your first time here, or you haven't done so yet, please consider subscribing for more of my fun advenutures. Heck, give it a like too if you can now that I got you here. Till the next one. I'll leave you with a short video I made of my hike to Grandfather mountain that you should also check out if you are ever in the area. See ya'll later. Boom! Subscribe for more!    / benduro   Let’s connect: Instagram – Benduro_mtb Facebook - Benduro #heartbreakridge #pisgah