{"id":1284,"date":"2015-04-03T18:23:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T02:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2018-09-09T18:27:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T02:27:31","slug":"mt-woodson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1284","title":{"rendered":"Mt Woodson"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been quite a few moons since I had ridden Mt Woodson<\/a> so I decided to get back out there this week.\u00a0\u00a0 I started out at Lake Poway and took the trails around the lake to the bottom of the Mt Woodson Trail.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0My\u00a0exceptionally light and spry hardtail had a flat tire when I grab it to\u00a0head out the door, so I grabbed my long-legged All-Mountain Intense UZZI\u00a0rig instead.\u00a0 The heft of this rig, the above average\u00a0temperature and the\u00a0grade of climb\u00a0had me getting\u00a0workout in mighty early on.\u00a0 I was\u00a0calling myself all kinds of bad names on the climb. I\u00a0got a\u00a0short reprieve as I neared the\u00a0junction of the Warren Canyon trail.<\/p>\n

\"MtWoodson-31MAR15-02\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I took the Warren Canyon trail. The west end of the trail is in mighty rough shape with severe ruts.\u00a0\u00a0 The western end has always been kind of an absurd up and down affair, but the ruts take it to a new level.\u00a0 Reviewing my map and GPS data for this trail you climb 933 feet and descend 789 feet over the course of 2.36 miles.\u00a0 So why ride this trail?<\/p>\n

\"MtWoodson-31MAR15-14\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Well I like this trail because it is a path less traveled\u00a0with a much more outback feel to it.\u00a0(It could use some more travel and bit of maintenance)<\/p>\n

\"MtWoodson-31MAR15-03\"<\/a><\/p>\n

About halfway through the Warren Canyon trail there is a large tree that has fallen over the trail.\u00a0 There is a break through limbs but you will have to walk\/scramble through at this point.<\/p>\n

\"MtWoodson-31MAR15-15\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A cool little section of the trail near the east end of the trail just before the hike-a-bike up to Highway 67.\u00a0\u00a0Once I got up to Hwy 67, I pedaled about 1.4 miles into Ramona to get onto the access road to the summit of Black Mountain.<\/p>\n

\"MtWoodson-31MAR15-18\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The access road climb is about 1.65 miles long and gains 1160 feet to top\u00a0out at\u00a02,894 feet.\u00a0\u00a0(Although I believe you have to climb up on a boulder to get to that elevation).\u00a0\u00a0There\u00a0are some pretty views from up here.\u00a0\u00a0The highest point\u00a0pictured above is\u00a0Cuyamaca Peak.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Yeah, the ONNNLY reason I stopped on this climb was to take some pictures to share.\u00a0 My camera was acting up so I had to\u00a0stop a few times to get the shot I was looking for. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42
\n\"MtWoodson-31MAR15-23\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After a break at the summit, I started down the Mt Woodson trail proper.\u00a0\u00a0 There was a bit of marine layer moving in from the west which made for some interesting light<\/p>\n

\"MtWoodson-31MAR15-22\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The ride down along the ridgeline to the west was plenty of fun with some technical spots.\u00a0 The trail eventually turns to the south and starts loosing elevation in a hurry.\u00a0 There are a plethora of very tight switchbacks to contend with at this point.\u00a0\u00a0 These clearly were made\u00a0with hikers in mind which makes them exceptional interesting for mountainbikers.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I was no longer wanking about having my big heavy bike at his point as it was helping out with steep and tight technical switchbacks.\u00a0\u00a0 I wish I could say that I cleaned all of the switchbacks but that was simply not the case. I cleaned\u00a0better than half of them.\u00a0\u00a0A good portion of the remainder I would need to gain some trials type skills like\u00a0lofting the rear wheel around and pivoting in place.\u00a0 What was left after that is simply not executing on my part. (aka wussing out!)\u00a0\u00a0 Once back at the junction of Warren Canyon trail, the return trip was a bombfest.\u00a0\u00a0 When I got back down to the lake, I had cashed out 2,000 feet of elevation in 2.92 miles.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Today\u2019s ride was real beater with 3,160 feet of climbing in just\u00a011.66 miles, but yeah what goes up, must go down.\u00a0\u00a0 I certainly paid to play on this day.\u00a0\u00a0 BEER:30!<\/p>\n

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