Today we're riding the upper loop at Flat Rock Ranch. In short....it rocks! Sorry for the lame pun.

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Today I’m going to Flat Rock Ranch for my first time with Chris who you may recognize from last week’s Walnut Creed video. Located in the small town of Comfort in the Texas Hill Country, this place is a huge destination for mountain bikers. It’s a privately owned park that doesn’t allow hikers or pets and features 28 miles of trails with gorgeous views, lots of hill climbs, long downhill sections, technical single track, and plenty of challenges to test your abilities. It does have a $10 entrance fee, but I think it’s a very fair price for what you get. There are two main loops here….the upper and lower loop. Chris and I did the upper loop which ended up being the more difficult one. Having heard tons about this place from many people I was anticipating tons of flowy singletrack, and I would have gotten it….if we did the lower loop. Instead we were greeted with climbs….lots and lots of climbs. While a Colorado viewer would scoff at the 600 feet of elevation change, to a San Antonio rider it totally took my breath away. Once you get to the top however the views are totally worth the climbing….plus you get to descend the other side. Flat rock ranch is labeled fairly well with colored arrows so you stay on the same trail system, and they actually have signs to warn you of drops. We came to a somewhat intimidating drop and debated for a minute to try it. Doesn’t look all that bad from the top, but looking from the bottom makes your heart drop just a bit. We went for it anyways and no one died.
Afterwards we came to a split in the trail with a sign for Black Sheep. What obviously started as a climb led to our favorite section of the day. On to more climbing!
Like chunky stuff? You got it! This place also features lots of pedal strikes, so keep your pedal placement in mind. Something I neglected to do here.
Definitely put on some sun screen and pack extra water in your car. The ranch has very limited shade and nowhere to fill your pack that I saw.
Flat Rock Ranch offers a ton for all types of riders. We covered about 7 miles on this trip, so I’m excited to go back and explore more of this hill country gem. It was only about 45 minutes from San Antonio and around 2 hours max from Austin. If you are coming from further away they even offer camp sites and a lodge to spend the weekend in. So if you are coming to Texas, make sure Flat Rock Ranch is on your to do list. If you enjoyed this video please don’t forget to give it a thumbs up and consider subscribing if you aren’t. A new adventure on wheels awaits you weekly and we’d love to have you here.
Thanks so much for watching and until next week, stay rowdy within reason.