{"id":178,"date":"2009-01-01T13:48:21","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T21:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=178"},"modified":"2009-01-04T21:26:40","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T05:26:40","slug":"2009-opener-the-los-pinos-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"2009 Opener &#8211; The Los Pinos Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a great way to start off the new year with some dirt I have never been on.\u00a0 It has been on the list for quite a few years but I had never gotten around to get getting on it. From what I have been told we hit the trail when it was in the best condition in years.\u00a0\u00a0 This trail is not for everyone, ummmm it would probably not be a stretch to say this trail is not for most riders.\u00a0 It has a grunch of hike-a-biking and some steep and often hairy descents.\u00a0\u00a0I&#8217;ll be getting a page up on the site before long on this one.\u00a0 For now here are some pics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/LosPinos-01JAN09\/normal_LosPinos-01JAN09-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/9e9eb6b1a0da36c83388e8efb87fc8b4.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/9e9eb6b1a0da36c83388e8efb87fc8b4.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRodman with some earlier &#8220;Just a Warmup&#8221; Hike-A-Bike.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/LosPinos-01JAN09\/normal_LosPinos-01JAN09-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/d70222ecfd1d4dd73bd53936c8e29c39.jpg?resize=650%2C433\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/d70222ecfd1d4dd73bd53936c8e29c39.jpg?resize=650%2C433\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The views did not suck all day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/LosPinos-01JAN09\/normal_LosPinos-01JAN09-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/c5b042cea4dd9e7301ef0b58dd4e6a1f.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/c5b042cea4dd9e7301ef0b58dd4e6a1f.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the mild Downage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/LosPinos-01JAN09\/normal_LosPinos-01JAN09-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/a1eac49a98710771c6643b5915cd906d.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/a1eac49a98710771c6643b5915cd906d.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where is Waldo on this brutal Hike-A-Bike Section?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/LosPinos-01JAN09\/normal_LosPinos-01JAN09-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/b7dbc6a713576a1c9055ebaa460b2fb7.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/b7dbc6a713576a1c9055ebaa460b2fb7.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a hint.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/LosPinos-01JAN09\/normal_LosPinos-01JAN09-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/808a54fdeb080d50976d8fb0d6db7813.jpg?resize=650%2C433\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/808a54fdeb080d50976d8fb0d6db7813.jpg?resize=650%2C433\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark on one of the\u00a0ridable climbs.\u00a0 We were on the peak in the distance earlier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/LosPinos-01JAN09\/normal_LosPinos-01JAN09-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/1c01e2c87d68a72ed749bf5319bb1a4b.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/1c01e2c87d68a72ed749bf5319bb1a4b.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More trail goodness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/LosPinos-01JAN09\/normal_LosPinos-01JAN09-28.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/b330edf8507900d5f1f00be05b2b398d.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/b330edf8507900d5f1f00be05b2b398d.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pretty much all the Hike-A-Bikage is done now.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/san_juan.htm\">San Juan Trail<\/a> works it way along the face of the Sugarloaf peak in the distance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/LosPinos-01JAN09\/normal_LosPinos-01JAN09-37.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/9758633e7031ed96b819155cc2d9d16b.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/9758633e7031ed96b819155cc2d9d16b.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some techie bit near the bottom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/LosPinos-01JAN09\/normal_LosPinos-01JAN09-43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/d128e4e466918b8501996366682e1a26.jpg?resize=502%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/d128e4e466918b8501996366682e1a26.jpg?resize=502%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All in All, I 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From what I have been told we hit the trail when it was in the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=178\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2009 Opener &#8211; The Los Pinos Trail&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[33,7,5],"tags":[200,201,199,64],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-mtb","category-orange-county","category-trails","tag-hab","tag-hike-a-bike","tag-los-pinos","tag-san-juan-trail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6eIyB-2S","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}