I recently purchased a mountain bike and took it to Lost Valley for my first ride on it. I went with 2 seasoned mountain bikers and had a blast. There was a good amount of people on the trail and they were all really nice and respected the other people out on the trail. Lots of really nice single track and some double on your way in and out of the park. I wrecked twice just starting into the first 2 switchbacks but I had no idea what I was getting into. Overall best trail I have been on, but I guess that makes sense because its the only one I have been on. read more

Lost Valley Mountain Bike Trail - Mountain Biking Near Me - Defiance, Missouri

Good trail, it says on the entrance sign "hiking and biking" trail, but no matter you enter this trail a which type, you got to be careful of the other species bikers or hikers. This makes it more fun and adventurous any how. The topology of the trail path is "8" with three possible loops. The longest is 10 miles. It goes up all the way to the top hills and may get a little tough for kids and seniors there, but not impossible and all doable. Don't forget your OFF spray! Lots of mosquitoes inhabitants on your way at Lost Valley trail! read more

I recently went on an approx 10 mile hike at Lost Valley. It was February, and temperatures were hovering around the freezing point. We started the hike at 9 a.m. And finished by 2:30 p.m.. Overall this was a really fun hike. Not too much elevation, there is a long loop and short loop, we did the longer. There are some old homestead areas were you can see telephone poles, old water piping and even an old decommissioned bridge. This would be perfect for your novice to moderate hiker. More advanced hikers might become bored, but life is what you make it. We saw some wildlife, live springs and it had great mushroom hunting. We did encounter some mountain bikers, and a few people with dogs. One of the mountain bikers had three dogs, none of them were on leashes, this was a bit annoying but the dogs were friendly. We will definitely go back, maybe sometime in the fall. Hike on, and remember to clean up your mess so we can all enjoy the same wondrous forest without trash and junk around. read more