Just an update. As of 10/14 trail is in very good shape. They had a race 9/14 and must have cleared trail. Thanks to those who did so.

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St Joe loop on road bike.

This Trail has been fully cleared and is in excellent condition as of the date of this review. While there are several large holes where trees were uprooted 1 year ago they have been routed around and through and are disappearing back into the forest. This trail is probably one of the best in the midwest and all 23 miles can be hammered out in under 4 hours making for a very fast enjoyable ride with long flowing downhills lasting many times for over a mile.

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DD trailhead south to terminus and loop back on forest road cutting back onto the trail at a road crossing 2 miles south of the trailhead.

A detailed map of this route is hosted by local MTB group GORC here:

http://gorctrails.com/images/maps/middlefork_loop.jpg

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North/South Trace Creek section, Berryman, Council Bluffs, Courtois section

This is a great trail. Long, windy, mostly smooth singletrack in the Ozark hills. You can access the trail from the normal trailheads or from Council Bluff Lakes. Middlefork is an out and back. One way it is roughly 23-24 miles. Make sure you bring plenty of water, food, and equipment as there are no pit-stops during the ride. If you have a water purifier I would recommend that as well. The trail is amazing, with killer downhills and grinder uphills. Plenty of creeks along the way to cool off as well.

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Either way

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Council Bluffs and Berryman

Ok, let me say this trail is out of order until a full fledged trail clearing is underway. We just rode the full 25 miles, from DD to Hwy J. There is trees down everywhere. Overall it seemed like it would be a great trail, we were off our bikes most of the time though. The downhills are sweet, to say the least but do expect to do some serious climbing. I ran a 32x17 singlespeed gear and got my butt handed to me. If you're not going up you're going down on this trail. Most definently recommend to ride Summer of 07. Should be prestine by then. We're going back that's for sure. I recommend riding Counsil Bluffs on day and Middlefork the next.

I love this trail. Having riden Berryman, Womble, Council Bluff, Landahl and others, I rate it right up there with them. It's different from all of them though. It's very fast. It has nothing technical on it but the creek crossings. The downhills are just awesome. That's the reason to ride this trail, the downhills. They're as fast as you want them to be.

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I'd recommend fromt the north to the south, in that you climb through the one ugly clearcut section and then enjoy another great downhill. You could start either from Council Bluff Lake or the Highway DD trailhead.