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An plans to for visiting Ballyhoura when finished?

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  • 31-01-2007 10:23am
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    Drapper
    Registered Users Posts: 3,812 ✭✭✭


    One of the best things to come in 2007 for mtbers!

    http://www.ballyhouracountry.com/bhsection.asp?bhl1=Tourism&bhl2=Features&bhl3=Features&sloc=&rrn=847


    Ballyhoura MTB Centre - Opening Summer 2007
    Ballyhoura Mountain Bike Centre
    A unique opportunity to enjoy Ireland’s outdoors by mountain bike has been announced in the Ballyhoura Mountains in East Limerick and North Cork. The development of the Ballyhoura Mountain Bike Centre will see a trail system being developed starting and finishing at a new trail head near the village of Ard Patrick in East Limerick. A full range of visitor services will be provided at the trail head such as car parking, bike wash, showers and toilets. Use of the trails will be free with small charges applying to the other visitor services provided.

    The mountain bike trails will be the enthusiast bike riders dream with 3 world class trails, 91 km in total, of way marked routes using a combination of forest roads and new built single track trails. The trail system will be designed by the worlds leading trail designer Dafydd Davis who has designed some of the most exciting and challenging trails known to mountain bikers across the globe. There will be three trails in all with each of the circular loops offering a different experience, length and level of difficulty.

    The Trails
    Loop 1 – 16 km, short and almost entirely on single track which climb gently and have exciting but not too technical docents.

    Loop 2 – 27 km, moderate length with more challenging climbs. The majority of the trail is single track with approx 7km on forest road.

    Loop 3 – 48 km, a long trail with most of the climbs on forest roads and all of the descents on single track.


    The project is a collaboration between Failte Ireland, Coillte, Cork and Limerick County Councils and the JP McManus Foundation, Ballyhoura Development and Shannon Development and is due for completion in September 2007.


    www.ballyhouracountry.com


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