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"
• Jeff’s "Mountain Biking in Southern California"

Inyo County

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

San Luis Obispo County

• "Mountain Bike 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); an "IMBA Epic Trail"
• The "Southern Sierra Fat Tire Association" (Bakersfield)
• The Keyesville Recreation Area

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

• "Ventura County Trails"
• Mountain biking in Point Mugu State Park
• Wildwood Park (near Moorpark) (see also this Conejo Open Space Foundation page)
• Conejo Valley open space (near Thousand Oaks)

Los Angeles County

• 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
• "Palos Verdes Trail Riders"
• Biking on Santa Catalina Island

San Bernardino County

• "Big Bear Mountain Biking Trail Guide"
• Mountain biking at "Snow Summit" (near Big Bear Lake)
• Tommy Goggia’s photos of downhill racing at Big Bear
• Box Springs Mountain Park (Grand Terrace)

Orange County

• Some trails in Orange County (from "biketrails.com")
• The SHARE Mountain Bike Club in Corona del Mar

Riverside County

• Some rideable dirt roads in Joshua Tree National Park

San Diego County

• "San Diego Mountain Biking Association"
• The Big Laguna Trail (Laguna Mountains) (See also Jason Van Horn’s ride report)
• 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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