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singletrack

/ ˈsɪŋɡəlˌtræk /

noun

  1. an off-road trail used by cyclists, wide enough for only one bicycle at a time
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Racers run across islands and peninsulas, on singletrack trails, roads and rocks, with swimming sections breaking up the running portions.

The final quarter-mile of trail to the beach is rough singletrack, but parks officials are applying for grants to upgrade the trail surface to meet federal standards.

The organizers of the Big Hurt know this confluence well, and concocted one of the state’s most intriguing multisport adventure races of the summer: a 15-mile mountain bike route through singletrack and logging roads, followed by 2.6 miles of saltwater kayaking, chased down with a 30-mile road bike ride and topped off with a 10K run on the Olympic Discovery Trail.

Over the course of 0.8 miles and 500 vertical feet, you’ll cross Humpback Creek again on another footbridge, eventually reaching a clearing as the narrow singletrack Annette Lake Trail crosses paths with much wider Palouse to Cascades Trail.

The trail will remain singletrack, and it switchbacks in places, so careful route-finding is necessary.

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