{"id":1376,"date":"2017-04-11T07:56:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T15:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2018-09-11T10:32:28","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T18:32:28","slug":"cruising-through-the-cuyamacas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1376","title":{"rendered":"Cruising through the Cuyamacas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, I got out into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/Cuyamaca.htm\">Cuyamaca Mountains<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Main this place has some nice scenery and trails.\u00a0 We started from the San Diego River staging area just off of HWY-79 and took the west side single track up to the visitor center and then took the Green Valley fire road to the Upper Green Valley single track for a climb up to the La Cima trail by Sunrise Highway.\u00a0\u00a0 We then looped over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/CRHT.htm\">California Riding and Hiking Trail<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From there we took Soapstone Fireroad over to Cold Springs trail and then loopback on the west side trail.\u00a0\u00a0 We were a bit past the greenest time of the year but there were still plenty of blooming flora.\u00a0\u00a0 Good Stuff!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2527\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-08.jpg?resize=608%2C911\" alt=\"Cuyamacas-16APR17-08\" width=\"608\" height=\"911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steve and Rodney climbing the Upper Green Valley Singletrack<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2526\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-03.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Cuyamacas-16APR17-03\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The board members of the Pacific Crest Trail Association were seen out and about in Green Valley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2525\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-01.jpg?resize=608%2C911\" alt=\"Cuyamacas-16APR17-01\" width=\"608\" height=\"911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plenty of water to cross on the west side trail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2524\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-31.jpg?resize=608%2C911\" alt=\"Cuyamacas-16APR17-31\" width=\"608\" height=\"911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Cold Springs Trail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2523\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-27.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Cuyamacas-16APR17-27\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bloom along the entire hillside<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2522\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-22.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Cuyamacas-16APR17-22\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rodney on California Riding and Hiking Trail.\u00a0\u00a0 This is one of my favorite sections of this trail in the county.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2521\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-18.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Cuyamacas-16APR17-18\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steve working his way up to the \u201cOak Trees\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2520\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-16.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Cuyamacas-16APR17-16\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lake Cuyamaca has both a upper and lower dam to\u00a0help keep the \u201cnormal\u201d water contained in the south end.\u00a0\u00a0 You can see the upper dam as the thin line of land\u00a0in the middle of the picture.\u00a0\u00a0 There is water in the entire upper\u00a0valley which is just\u00a0incredible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2519\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cuyamacas-16APR17-09.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"Cuyamacas-16APR17-09\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I believe Steve is trying to convey that this trail is the #1\/Ichiban Trail\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I am overdue for an update to my Cuyamaca Mountains page.\u00a0\u00a0 I think I am going to split it up into two different pages to cover several of the routes you can take out here better.<\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.81'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>More Stuff Like This<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:165px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=20\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 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