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Aliso Creek / Woods Canyon Mountain Bike Trail
Laguna Beach, California
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
3 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 4/21/12 by swimaway |
Difficulty:  Advanced |
| Length: 15 miles | Global Rank: #533 |
| Tread: Doubletrack | Configuration: Network |
| Ridden: 5 | Wishlist: 2 |
 1 trail check-ins |
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Description: Aliso Canyon is network of grueling climbs followed by intense, white knuckle
downhill sections, with some flatter sections of singletrack peppered in here and
there. Most of the DH sections are doubletrack or fire rode width and get pretty gnarly with some cruel ledges and seriously rigid terrain, especially the "Car
Wreck" section. After each of the DH runs, you usually have a short fire road
connector trail to, you guessed it, a couple miles of steep climbing, so bring an
extra lung in your camelbak. The singletrack deep in the canyon is nice and
plush but not very technical.
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Description: Aliso Canyon is network of grueling climbs followed by intense, white knuckle
downhill sections, with some flatter sections of singletrack peppered in here and
there. Most of the DH sections are doubletrack or fire rode width and get pretty gnarly with some cruel ledges and seriously rigid terrain, especially the "Car
Wreck" section. After each of the DH runs, you usually have a short fire road
connector trail to, you guessed it, a couple miles of steep climbing, so bring an
extra lung in your camelbak. The singletrack deep in the canyon is nice and
plush but not very technical.
added on November 19, 2011 by 
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by swimaway on April 24, 2012
Just got done riding Car Wreck. What an awesome trail, but it is NOT for beginners. If you have any doubt of your skills stay off this trail. From the get go, you depart a decent 3 foot drop that you've gotta hit with some speed, but not too much or youll overshoot the singletrack landing. if you continue riding, you'll cruise down a bit of singletrack to the first rock garden. This is what separates the men from the boys. Navigate your way through the next few hundred feet of rocks, and you get greeted with yet another rock garden. This one however, separates the men from the mentally insane. The next few hundred feet will expose you and your 5 senses to all this trail has to offer. You will smell your brakes burning as you attempt to remain in control. Your fingers will have the engravings of your brake levers imprinted in them for days. You will hear your rear tire hopping along and your bike groaning, begging for forgiveness. You won't see the end, because you can't look more than 5 feet in front of you. You will taste the sweat dripping down your face, knowing that one wrong move and that sweat will taste like blood for the rest of the day. When you finally reach the end of the rock garden and see the car wreck (yeah, hence the name) you descend past a low hanging tree limb (DUCK,) through a small creek, and you are home free. The trail will dump you out with mathis into the main trail. Overall, this trail rocks, however I ran into a guy on the way out who broke a few ribs on this trail a couple weeks ago.... use caution.
Similar Trail: I can't really compare it to anything locally.
reviewed by ikki831 on February 23, 2012
Aliso creek has some great single track trails. Some are quite the challenge. Check out Telonics and Rock-it for some great downhill fun.
reviewed by joetutt on November 19, 2011
Fast and Furious going down, granny gear coming up. Aliso is packed full of skull busting, sketchy DH but you gotta pay for each DH with some nasty climbing. Bring you full face and knee pads!
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