Riding Pisgah's Newest MTB Optimized Trail! HeartBreak Ridge Upper + Lower + Kitsuma

Riding Pisgah's Newest MTB Optimized Trail! HeartBreak Ridge Upper + Lower + Kitsuma | Old Fort, NC

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Күн бұрын

NEW TRAIL DAY!
We called Mountain Top Shuttles expecting your standard run down HeartBreak Ridge, and to our surprise, he invited us to check out Lower HeartBreak Ridge before it even opened to the public!
After being dropped off on the Blue Ridge Parkway, we descended over 5000 feet into Old Fort! We dropped down over the rocky, rooty terrain of Upper Heartbreak, and then we flowed down over berms, doubles, step-ups, and step-downs of Lower Heartbreak!
And just to eeek out a few more miles of DH, we decided to tackle Kitsuma while we were there.
It's being touted as the Longest MTB Descent on the East Coast. I'd buy that.
00:00 Intro
00:27 Ride Stats
01:01 Old Marshall Toll Road
01:45 Upper HeartBreak Ridge
04:19 The Stoke is High
06:16 Making New Friends
06:40 Star Gap East
07:42 Lower HeartBreak Ridge Climb
08:33 Lower HeartBreak Descent
10:53 Lower HeartBreak Trail Review
11:46 Kitsuma
16:45 Thanks Mountain Top Shuttles!

Пікірлер: 37

@KYMXRacer 3 ай бұрын

Nice video! I’m headed to NC for a few days and planning on doing this route. I also have a big route planned in south Pisgah. I’m going to shuttle to the top of Pilot rock, descend to club gap, buckwheat to Bennett gap, climb back up clawhammer to upper upper black, descend into Avery creek, then pedal back up to the top of lower black, descend, and finish the ride with a sycamore cove loop. Should be around 36 miles and 5500-6000’ of vert. Can’t wait!!!

@DustyTrailsMTB 2 ай бұрын

Damn bud! That's a huge day! You're gonna knock off the best of Pisgah is one day! Get it!

@mstott22lax Ай бұрын

Legendary. G5 collective is amazing!!!

@byelick 2 ай бұрын

Great video! It got me excited to go back. The new section looks FAST! A few weeks ago we rode up Heartbreak, took HBR Upper to Star Gap, then rode up the fire road to Kitsuma. Kitsuma was kicking my butt at the end.

@123goooooooo 2 ай бұрын

Nice to hop in with you all!

@DustyTrailsMTB 2 ай бұрын

🤣 Dude! I swore you told me your name was spelled DUY, but my wife told me I was wrong! Sorry about that homie! And yeah, it was great riding with you!

@steve_exclamationpoint 3 ай бұрын

Gonna have to put that on the list for next trip down there!

@DustyTrailsMTB 2 ай бұрын

It would have been worth it just for the upper section. That lower is a cherry on top!

@hstravis 3 ай бұрын

That was quick!

@DustyTrailsMTB 2 ай бұрын

I had to move on this edit to keep it relevant! It was stressful!

@WanderingWheeliesMTB 2 ай бұрын

Nice riding! Im headed out here very soon to ride and make a video myself! Stoked to check out the new lower heartbreak! Keep up the riding, your videos are cool too!

@DustyTrailsMTB 2 ай бұрын

Thanks bud! You're gonna have a blast! It's such a fun rip. Have you done the upper before?

@WanderingWheeliesMTB 2 ай бұрын

@@DustyTrailsMTB I have done upper many times! It's a classic! I'm a local to Asheville and I've raced the Pisgah Enduro a few times which has Upper HB and Kitsuma! Would be sweet if they added lower HB to that race. Are you local? Would be awesome to run into another MTB KZfaqr in the wild, ha!

@VisualSOLUTIONSMedia 18 күн бұрын

Excellent ride and video!!! How long did the climbs take/total?

@thomasfinch5605 13 күн бұрын

Getting every dollar worth outta that fork

@MTBSelfieStickGuy 3 ай бұрын

Looks like it ripppps

@DustyTrailsMTB 2 ай бұрын

🤏

@XCBen 2 ай бұрын

I've got to hit that new lower! Have rode the upper many times. Lots of them were during the race you were talking about. That race is called ORAM (Off- road assault on Mt Mitchell.)

@coryartrip8142 2 ай бұрын

6:55. Everyone went OTB there at ORAMM last year.

@emayette12 2 ай бұрын

Did this yesterday only I earned my downhill by riding up Curtis creek and the parkway.

@DustyTrailsMTB 2 ай бұрын

Hell yeah bud! Thats a ride you should be REALLY proud of! Kelly, (in this video) parked at the top of Kitsuma, pedaled up the Old Mitchel Toll Road to the top of HeartBreak. After descending all that, he then climbed up Kitsuma with us Descended Kitsuma, and pedaled back to the Kitsuma Peak Parking Lot where his car was. Dude's an animal.

@kellymurphey1 3 ай бұрын

🎉🎉🎉!

@DustyTrailsMTB 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this happen bud!

@VDUBZ08 Ай бұрын

Wow you were cookin! Looks like a blast! Do they allow e-bikes there? My 100mm CC bike probably wouldn’t like all that chunk.

@injector221 3 ай бұрын

You finally got rid of the noise on your bike. So much nicer now. What ended up being the noise?

@DustyTrailsMTB 2 ай бұрын

Hahah. Its been a journey! I put this video out ahead of schedule for relevancy, but that means I'm working on videos from earlier this spring that are still noisy! Lol

@jinavl Ай бұрын

ya that climb is a mother fudger..did it yesterday after 3 days of riding..yup no ride today..lol

@DustyTrailsMTB 25 күн бұрын

So brutal, right? Worth it tho.

@jinavl 24 күн бұрын

@@DustyTrailsMTB totally 1000 percent worth it..super good coming down

@JacobBulls-ue6dn 2 ай бұрын

I'm sure I'll get some hate for this, but are ebike laws enforced around these trails? I just moved to NC from WA and want to ride here, but as far as I know, ebikes are not allowed. What would happen if I rode mine anyway?

@sfade6217 2 ай бұрын

Nope. Not in Pisgah anywhere

@JacobBulls-ue6dn 2 ай бұрын

@@sfade6217 As in they aren't enforced?

@jeremypollard2548 2 ай бұрын

What are you riding?

@DustyTrailsMTB 2 ай бұрын

2023 Trek Fuel EX 9.8 (Gen 6)

@livefreeandshred9818 2 ай бұрын

Rode it last year and it was awesome. It was NOT like this.

@DustyTrailsMTB 2 ай бұрын

That's so interesting, I'd like to know more! My understanding is that the upper section of HeartBreak, which is the first part of my video, has not been changed. The lower section is a brand new trail, and so I'm not sure how you would have ridden it last year. What exactly did you ride?

@tweaker_on_a_bike9809 Ай бұрын

Definitely not the longest continuous downhill. There's several climbs on this trail. Including about a 20 minute climb. The new lower heartbreak is fucking boring too. It's sad that they keep building these bullshit sidewalk trails. Next time you do this I suggest poaching bald ridge hiking trail before you drop into heartbreak.