Trail Wanderlust
The 5,312 acre Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve, located in the extremely scenic mountains between Santa Yasbel and Julian about 40 miles northeast of San Diego, is one of the prettiest preserves in the county I have seen to date. While fire roads exclusively make up the designated trail system here, you will most likely … Continue reading “The Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve”
Since recovering from a heart valve replacement last year I have been noticing that the heat does not crush me like it used to do. To test this theory, I decided to ride the Upper San Ysabel Truck Trail and ascend Black Mountain in Pamo Valley. I purposely started a little later in the morning … Continue reading “Black Mountain (Ramona)”
This has been a pretty awesome week. Sunday I did my first MTB ride since my heart valve replacement surgery in November. The big litmus test was having enough upper body strength to lift the bike up onto my over the bed truck rack on my truck. I had also been doing some tooling around … Continue reading “Back in the Saddle!”
The last couple of weeks January was a busy time with lots of non-biking goodness. I had been getting in some rides but they have been pretty utilitarian in nature. Such was the case on February 4th when I got in spin at Lake Hodges. I started out on the north side near at the … Continue reading “Lake Hodges and Knee Injury”
Fresh back from working in the Puget Sound area it was time to hit up some of the local stuff. I got up at O-Damn Early to hit up a new bit of trail and the Black Mountain Truck Trail near Ramona. Ramona this time of year can get really toasty and Pamo Valley can really … Continue reading “Black Mountain – Coast to Crest”
Last weekend I managed to get back out to the Santa Ysabel Truck and the Black Mountain near Ramona. (Along the Santa Ysabel Truck Trail) The weather guessers were call in for a storm to hit the area in the afternoon, so I packed up the rain gear before heading out. Typically I do about … Continue reading “Black Mountain & SYTT”
Here is some news you can use concerning the Boden Canyon portion of the Orosco – Boden Loop. It turns out the California Department of Fish an Wildlife (CDFW) owns a couple of parcels of land in the canyon and have it designated as an ecological preserve. The agency’s default policy is that mountain biking is not allowed … Continue reading “Boden Canyon Update”
I have added a page to the site for the Orosco Ridge and Boden Canyon Loop near Ramona. This is 14.2 mile loop that includes about 2,200 feet of total climbing. An old road/truck trail turned singletrack through a meadow in Boden Canyon. Mother Nature is doing good stuff to the Lower Santa Ysabel Truck Trail. … Continue reading “Orosco Ridge – Boden Canyon Loop”
I did my first bike packing trip this weekend. A group of six of us set off to do the Coast to Crest trail leaving from Julian with the plan to end with our tires in the ocean on Del Mar’s Dog Beach. The Coast to Crest trail is a long way from completed and our … Continue reading “Coast to Crest Bikepacking Trip”
I decided to start the New Year off with a solo ride through the Black Mountain area near Ramona. There is something about the combination of a ride with lots of climbing, great vistas and solitude to help get things straight in your head. I done the 30 mile loop I had planned a couple of … Continue reading “New Year’s Day in Pamo Valley and Black Mountain”
