Brunswick Nature Park, Wilmington, NC

[kconner]

Spending the weekend at the beach in North Carolina with the wife's side of the family, so I loaded up the mountain bike and brought it along since I haven't gotten any trail time in at home. My buddy Steve brought bits and pieces of a bike, so we spent the better part of two nights building up his new Sette hardtail Frankenbike. I don't have any pictures, but he recently got a brand new 26" Sette Reken frame, and loaded it down with components that had been cannibalized from at least 3 older bikes. Once that task was finished, we got in touch with The Trail Mayor from Cape Fear SORBA and set up a ride time at Brunswick Nature Park outside of Wilmington.

Brunswick Nature Park is a fairly new park that is owned by the Coastal Land Trust and run by Brunswick County Parks and Recreation. BNP is a multi use facility and has trails and other facilities dedicated to hiking, running, mountain biking as well as equestrian use. Cape Fear SORBA currently has 6 miles of dedicated MTB trail arranged in a stacked loop system, with many more miles in the planning stages, including a skills area and pump track. The current trails have a similar feel to the Canal Singletrack....sandy with little elevation change, but with lots of short, steep ups and downs. They've also installed some nice features, including skinnies, drops, jumps, and some gnarly rock gardens. All "trail features" have ride arounds as well.


Steve jumping off one of the wood ramps with his new/used Frankenbike


The start of the second rock garden


It goes on....and on.....


It even has multiple lines depending on your taste


Same spot, different angle. The ledges on the left are pretty cool.


The trailhead has his/her bathrooms with running water, a shower, and a bike repair station well equipped with common tools

Cape Fear SORBA really did a great job with this trail, and their hospitality was first rate.  Looking forward to visiting in the future and sampling the new trails!

[dgaddis1]

Very cool, thanks for the pics! Do they have much other riding in the area?

[kconner]

I wish I would've thought to take more pictures of this trail, but it was too fun to stop! Cape Fear SORBA also maintains Blue Clay in the Wilmington area, but it was closed due to wet conditions. Blue Clay is supposed to be more technical with some elevation (it's built into the side of an old landfill). UNCW is supposed to have trails, but Singletracks.com has them listed as closed, although I'm not sure why. Don with CFSORBA mentioned them in passing but I forgot to ask what the deal was with UNCW. There's a looser group that maintains and builds trails on Camp Lejeune outside of Jacksonville. We are actually closer to Lejeune, and rode these trails last year, but the problem is that since they're on the Marine base, you have to have a sponsor to gain access (most users are either active duty Marines or retirees). Luckily, we were able to find someone to sponsor us last year. These trails are all hand built and are rough and rooty....think Keg in hard pack sand. Also lots of fun, but the access issue for civilians is a pain.

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