Greenwood 7km Blue Mountain Bike Loop

This is the first of five loops in the trail system in the Ballyhouras and is called the Greenwood loop. This trail takes you through the lush hillsides underneath Seefin Mountain and Black Rock and is used as the outward and inward legs for the rest of the trail network.

This blue grade trail is graded moderate, with numerous difficult sections along the route and is the perfect introduction to mountain biking with easy climbs and fun singletrack descents and is the shortest of all the loops giving a great flavour of the Ballyhoura Trails. It is essentially one gradual climb followed by one long descent with all but 1.5 km of the loop on narrow, twisty singletrack trails.

The singletrack trails are all very narrow (not more than 1m wide) and have very variable surfaces including, loose rocks and gravel, mud, water and protruding roots. There are also likely to be encroaching vegetation and trees throughout.

For bike hire contact Ballyhoura TrailRiders.

Trail Start & Finish Point: Ballyhoura Mountain Bike Trails Car Park

Trails: Calling Huey, Ear to Ear, The Beast, Green Machine, The Snake

Length: 7km with 100 meters climbing

Time: 30 to 90 minutes

Degree of Difficulty: Moderate to difficult

Metres Climb: 110m

Trail Waymarking Colour: Blue Circle

• Contact: Trailriders
• Ballyhoura Trails, Glenosheen, County Limerick, Ireland
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