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Mountain Bike Forest Lea
The Forest Lea mountain bike recreation trails are developed and maintained by volunteer riders in the Ottawa Valley. RIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK!! trails are located at 1846 (the end of) Forest Lea Rd., West of Pembroke, exit S. off Hwy. 17, travel 5 km to end of pavement. A trail map is posted to the right of the xc ski club cabin, where the mtb trails start. Trail news updated on this site regularly. Please consider making a contribution to support these trails - details at the links below.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Monday, July 03, 2023
trail update
All trails in good shape. The regular torrential rain leaves puddles but otherwise generally dry. Deer flies are out in force...
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Bear sighting
A baby bear was spotted near Bikes Go Up. Cute, for sure, but momma bear may not think much of getting between her and baby. Make noise while riding, if you see a bear turn around.
Trails in good shape and lots of bugs out.
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
trail conditions
Things are drying up nicely now that the leaves are out. Trails are tacky and still some wet spots. Trilliums are up and about to flower. Black flies have arrived, although pretty mellow still.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Trail conditions
Snow is almost totally gone, and the trail is dry in places and very wet in others. The gravel road is likely the messiest, especially with regular rain keeping puddles full.
Riding is ok - if you are sinking then please turn around and road ride; if you know how to head straight back to the pines then do that - they are dry.
We've been waiting for things to dry up before spring clean up. If you come across any downed branches please throw them off the trail. Anything you do to clean the trail speeds up the whole process.