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Avg Rating: 5 trail reviews
Difficulty: Intermediate bike trail - Intermediate
Length: 23 miles Global Rank: #1364
Tread: Doubletrack Configuration: Out & Back
Ridden: 20 Wishlist: 8
1 trail check-ins Climb // Descend
+4,300 // -5,200 feet
 
 
 
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Description
Starts off with a 6 mile climb on fire road. At all crossing stay straight ahead. Nice redwoods and views of coast. Dead ends at Bolinas- Fairfax road. This a nice winter ride. We have combined this trail with Samuel P Taylor park for some extra milage. Another good Single Speed ride.

added by Juan_Gear Singletrack on June 11, 2005

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Cliff_DImond on May 19, 2013
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Review: Bolinas Ridge is spectacular. You may run across a few bikers and runners, but the fire road has enough room that nobody is miffed. We did Feature Ride 1 as suggested by bikemapdude.com and found the descent to Olema Valley via Mc Curdy Trail to be severely rutted. It is a poorly maintained trail that has overkill water bars for half the way down. However , the second half gets better. I suspect few people actually use it. At the bottom we crossed to return up the Olema Valley trail to complete a 20 mile loop. However, as stated, this trail is severely overgrown and the stinging nettle & poison oak forced us back to Hwy 1 to return to the trailhead at Sir Frances Drake. I am sure this changes depending on the season and amount of precipitation. Several people suggested that the Randall Trail is a much better connection. Next time, we will either stick to an out and back along the ridge or take the Randall Trail down to the valley below. All in all, It was well worth the adventure!

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CJPM on September 2, 2011
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Review: This trail is fun but there are some more tec. spots in some places but overall not that bad. A full suspension bike really makes this trail fun

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TRSmith99 on May 28, 2007
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Review: Bolinas Ridge was one of my first mountain bike rides in CA - and WHAT a ride! It's a ridge (as the name suggests). There are basically 4 choices... 1. Start at the top of ridge and do an out-and-back 2. Start at the bottom of the ride and do an out-and-back 3. Start on one end and ride the ride (leaving a car at both ends) 4. Make a loop out of the ride by using the cut-offs Personally, I like starting at the bottom and riding the ridge up. It's a long ride, but offers magnificent views of the ocean and the bay. Half the ride is through grassy fields (through a few private gates) and the other half is in the redwoods. Hard to beat this ride - as long as you've got the lungs and the legs!

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jasper on November 5, 2005
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Review: Fire road with great views. Start at Kent lake on right side up to link ridge. Makes great downhill blaze on return.

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Juan_Gear on June 12, 2005
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Review: Did this as a newby. Got lost and took us six hours( cool ) We rip it now. Really nice on a stormy day!

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