Trail Wanderlust
I have an ongoing project of personally surveying the California Riding and Hiking Trail throughout San Diego County. I have a page up on my site with an interactive map of San Diego’s counties’ GIS data on where the trail is/supposed to be. I have been adding my notes on the actual placement and status of the various trail sections. You have … Continue reading “CRHT Recon in East County”
It has been quite a few moons since I had ridden Mt Woodson so I decided to get back out there this week. I started out at Lake Poway and took the trails around the lake to the bottom of the Mt Woodson Trail. My exceptionally light and spry hardtail had a flat tire when I grab … Continue reading “Mt Woodson”
Last Sunday through Wednesday my youngest son, Jake, and I did a three-night camping trip up in the Laguna Mountains east of San Diego. We got in some mountain biking, hiking and some good just kicking back time. Nichol joined us on the first day for a bike ride around the meadow, dinner and some marshmallow destruction … Continue reading “Laguna Mountains Camping”
So for the last couple of weeks I have been out exploring and researching the California Riding and Hiking Trail (CRHT) here in San Diego County. The history of this trail dates back to 1945 when the state legislature passed the California Riding and Hiking Trails Act which called for a 3,000 mile multi-use loop trail … Continue reading “Exploration on the CRHT”
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”
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”
FORWARD: This is repost of an online post I made in September of 2007 after my boys and I spent a weekend camping in the Laguna Mountains. I am in the process of updating my page and maps on the area. While doing this I noticed I did not have this story anywhere on my site. … Continue reading “BLT Fun with the Grommets”
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”