Santa Margarita River Trail

A while back I revisited the Santa Margarita River Trail and shot some video. The placed has changed a bit with the primary thing being some “improvements” to the south side that has “tamed” some of the trails a little and made them slightly wider. To the east of the preserve the Red Mountain and … Continue reading “Santa Margarita River Trail”

Wet Trails Rating

UPDATE: Since this page went live in 2008, the San Diego Mountain Biking Association liked this rating system well enough to use it as well.   While I will occasionally update this page, SDMBA has representatives all over the county and are in a much better position to stay on top of these ratings.  SDMBA’s Wet … Continue reading “Wet Trails Rating”

Herkey Creek and May Valley

Springtime riding around Idyllwild is some of my favorite stuff around SoCal.  Unfortunately due to some ill-timed (like there is ever good-timed) injuries and a horrible bout of poison oak,  I missed the spring riding in the area.  Even though I knew it was going to be hot I met one of my regular riding buds … Continue reading “Herkey Creek and May Valley”

Tis the Season for Rain

Okay I’m getting a bit stir crazy with having to take some time off the bike as well as all the rain.   Folks please give our wet trails some recovery time after these rains.    Here are excerpts from a couple years of this topic being float around on some the various forums sites.    Most folks … Continue reading “Tis the Season for Rain”