Mountain Biking in Southern California

Index

• General
• Inyo County
• San Luis Obispo County
• Kern County
• Santa Barbara County
• Ventura County
• Los Angeles County
• San Bernardino County
• Orange County
• Riverside County
• San Diego County
• Elsewhere in California: the San Francisco Bay Area, and other parts of northern California

General

• The "SoCalMtB" page includes a listing of several trails, organized by county
• "SocalTrailRiders"
• "Bill's MTB Trail Reviews and Pictures"

Inyo County

• Death Valley National Park
  • An overview of possible paved and dirt road rides (no legal singletrack)

San Luis Obispo County

• Montana de Oro State Park (Los Osos)
  (See also several photos from Anne "The Lego Tiger")
• The "Cal Poly Wheelmen" cycling team, in San Luis Obispo (includes mountain biking)
• "Central Coast Concerned Mountain Bikers" (CCCMB)

Kern County

• The "Cannell Plunge" (near Kernville)
• The "Southern Sierra Fat Tire Association" (Bakersfield), including local trails, and the annual "Keyesville Classic" event (held each March)
• The Keyesville Recreation Area
• The annual "Kernville Fat Tire Festival"

Santa Barbara County

• The Buckhorn Trail (near Santa Barbara)
• Gaviota State Park (west of Santa Barbara)
• Los Padres National Forest
• The annual "Firestone Walker MTB Weekend"

Ventura County

• Mountain biking in Point Mugu State Park
• Wildwood Park (near Moorpark)
• Conejo Valley open space (near Thousand Oaks)

Los Angeles County

• S.H. Shieh's list of L.A. County bike trails
• Photos from a ride in the Angeles National Forest, near Mt. Pacifico
• Mountain biking near Malibu
• Several photos from mountain biking at Cheeseboro (Calabasas)
• The Concerned Off-Road Bicyclists Association ("CORBA") promotes mountain biking in the Santa Monica mountains
• The Pasadena Mountain Bike Club
• The "Caltech Velo Club" (Pasadena) has several organized rides
• Brett Bymaster describes the Echo Mountain and Chantry Flats trails in the San Gabriel Mountains
• The "South Bay Mountain Biking Club"
• "Palos Verdes Trail Riders"
• Mountain biking on Santa Catalina Island

San Bernardino County

• Tommy Goggia's photos of downhill racing at Big Bear
• Box Springs Mountain Park (Grand Terrace)

Orange County

• The SHARE Mountain Bike Club in Corona del Mar
• Many more pages describing Orange County MTB trails: Greg A's; Mark Ross's; Bryan Rourke's
• The "RADLess Mountain Biking Group" page lists several trails and upcoming events in Orange County
• 3-D overviews of trails in Crystal Cove State Park (requires VRML viewing software)

Riverside County

• The Dunn Road ride near Palm Springs
• Keith Flood describes a trail in Palm Springs
• Mountain biking near Idyllwild
• Some rideable dirt roads in Joshua Tree National Park

San Diego County

• "San Diego Mountain Biking Association" (including a list of legal riding areas)
• Mission Trails Regional Park
• Bike trails at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park (40 miles east of San Diego, off I-8)
• The Cuyamaca to Noble Canyon ride (near Julian)

Continue north to the San Francisco Bay Area, or elsewhere in northern California

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