Mount Laurel State Park
by Mitchell Sprinsky on Mar.18, 2006, under New Jersey
Around 11:00 I found myself bored, so I figured time to go for a ride. I didn’t feel like going very far, so I decided to head around the corner to Mount Laurel State Park. This is the latest adopted trail system by NJMBA-DRC and although they have not worked on it yet, it gets a lot of use by joggers. It may only be 20 acres with a trail thats 2 miles long, but those two miles are either up or down with lots of technical challenges thrown in. Six miles here (three laps) is a workout. The logovers are huge and frequent and there’s even a couple of rocks, which is very unusual for this area. This will be my alternate workout during the week once the days get longer. One night road, the next dirt.Trailhead right to a climb:
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The park is named for the Laurel Oaks that grow only on this hill. Very strange.
Logs, logs, and more logs.
You either go up the hill or down it. It’s steep and short.
Log pile on a climb.
Perhaps the only rocks in South Jersey and on a very steep downhill. Fun!
More singletrack.
Doing the DH. I finally figured out how to time myself just right with the self timer.
Another DH with a bit of a jump.
Coming over a massive log pile.
Another logover.
The last downhill.
