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Mountain Biking in Southern California |
A pretty comprehensive listing of trails in the area may be found at Socalmtb.com. This site gave me a few ideas, along with routes described in some excellent trail books.
Verdugo Mountains (from the West End) trail, north of Burbank.
Verdugo Mountains (from the East End) trail, Glendale.
Sawpit Dam trail, in the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Monrovia.
Mt. Lukens trail, in the Angeles National Forest, north of La Crescenta.
Mt. Wilson Toll Road & Inspiration Point, in the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Pasadena.
Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood Sign and 3106 Ledgewood Drive, mainly a street ride in the Hollywood Hills.
Towsley Canyon, Santa Clarita Valley, a single track loop.
From the Valley to the Beach and back a long loop over the mountains to the beach, back through Beverly Hills (for total masochists only!).
From the Valley to Sunset Blvd and back via the Backbone Trail and Farmer's Fire Road/Sullivan Canyon. Some great single track in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Santa Clara Truck Trail up in the mountains above Sylmar
Wilson Canyon & back down May Canyon loop also in the mountains above Sylmar
Monrovia to Red Box via the Red Box/Rincon Trail in the San Gabriel Mountains above Pasadena
Monrovia to Rincon via the Red Box/Rincon Trail in the San Gabriel Mountains above Monrovia & Azusa
San Gabriel River West Fork, Cogswell Dam & Red Box/Rincon Trail starting from Highway 39
Mount Gleason loop from Aliso Canyon in the Angeles National Forest, starting from near Acton
East Canyon in the Saugus area, just north of the San Fernando Valley - a steep fireroad where I ended up trespassing in an Oil Field!
The upper section of Highway 39 West Fork to Islip Saddle
The Old Ridge Route an historic old road north of Los Angeles
The Castaic Lake Loop north of Los Angeles
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