https://kairosresort.buckinbanjo.com/
Camping: We had one of the camp spots on the edge of the field. Plenty of space. Fire ring in the woods where one could set up tents if you don't sleep in your vehicle.
Facilities: Fairly clean and nice. 2 urinals, 2 toilet stalls, and 3 shower stalls - we assume the womens side was the same. The main office is right there. The fellow who handled our payment Fri morn was very nice and through. There are 2 maps. One w/ the double-track - these trails are all numbered. Another map w/ SOME of the single track. He spent at least 10min w/ us drawing on the map where some of the hard enduro stuff is. He told us there are single track trails jetting off the double track all over the place - he was not wrong. We could not find any gpx tracks online beforehand.
Riding:
Fri: It rained pretty hard Fri morning (remnants of Elsa) but cleared up by noon and we hit the trails. Was never really 'lost' but we wandered around a bit trying to make sense of the 'maps'. The rain turned anything that was clay (I grew up in southern VA and understand red clay well) into impassible sections. You could just sit and spin on a simple smooth but shallow incline. Rockier sections didn't have this problem and there was a ton of roots in the woods w/ traction. But it made for an entertaining start of the day. There were some rain filled ruts from the prior hard enduro races but in general really good flowing tracks. We did send one guy down a hill we couldn't get him back up (steep and slick). We decided to abort after looking at my GPS and sent him farther down the hill in the direction of the river & road. It again hit home that everyone should have a phone/gps/radio. This was not the first time we had to split the group. Lots of good climbs. GREAT creek sections to ride in.
This pretty much sums up many of the trails:
Overall: *REALLY* nice property. Its 1500+ acres on three ridges and multiple creeks. There were very few other bikers. More quads and a even more jeeps parked. We only met a couple vehicles on the trails and saw one pair of bikers. Seemed like we had the place to ourselves (weather forecast may have scared some off?) Will DEFINITELY go back when its a little cooler and drier. Only real complaint is the single track isn't marked at all. If we can find gpx tracks online (or develop further our own) it will be much easier to navigate.
They really are on top of the new river. Will bring kayaks next time and spend a day on the river.
We're still going through some of the pics and will try to post more here.
I probably went through a half tank of gas. The trails aren't straight/long like Hatfield. They snake up down the ridges many times vs one climb and keep going @ HM. Think more like Mountain Ridge - trails zig over every square ft of that property.
He spent at least 10min drawing and explaining all the hard enduro squiggles ALL over it.