which is better Kennerdale or Moraine

[SBurns]

I'm planning on ride at one of the 2 listed above and Maybe both... Which one would you recommend and why.

Thanks

[wooglin-at-home]

I would ride at Moraine because the chances of spotting the rare, elusive and shy Glacial Erratic are much higher there.....

[bubbaZ]

A bit late for you maybe, but I rode both on two consecutive weekends last month (late August/early Sept.) and Kennerdell is much better.

Moraine is way rocky and as far as I can tell there's only one loop (purportedly 6 miles). I had a lot of trouble with it because I couldn't keep my speed up enough to get through most of the rocks, it was very tiring. Gigantic boulder fields and not enough fun. I hear it's nice if you can ride it real fast. I also hear it gets very wet, but it wasn't when I was there.

Kennerdell is not so rocky, gorgeous terrain and scenery, and has a lot more trails. We went with a map from mountainbikepittsburgh.com and we did have some troubles and got lost/off route (still on hiking trails, but not very rideable ones) for a long time. We had planned to post a ride report with more info to that site but I don't think it's happened yet.

If I recall correctly, both have a strange lack of serious uphill/downhills, though I think Kennerdell has more hills.

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