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Lake Hodges Mountain Bike Trail
San Diego, California
MTB TRAIL STATS
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2 trail reviews |
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Difficulty:  Easiest |
| Length: 14 miles | Global Rank: 573 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Out & Back |
| Ridden: 36 | Wishlist: 10 |
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Description: Once on the trail you have many choices on which way to go. Best route is to take the first climb and follow it around the mountain. You will have many opportunities to break left but wait for about a mile and a half for the decent that goes into the woods. This singletrack is shotgunned with ruts, rocks and a stream crossing. Once across the 10 foot wide stream pay attention and break on the first left which will follow the stream for about a mile with some awesome singletrack with big rocks drops and log jumps. Once you get out of the woods take the right up a very rocky climb and keep to the right for some good jumps and then follow the trails around the lake and then loop back and do it all again. You can average about 20mph on the way back. Enjoy
added on March 11, 2005 by guest
Description: Once on the trail you have many choices on which way to go. Best route is to take the first climb and follow it around the mountain. You will have many opportunities to break left but wait for about a mile and a half for the decent that goes into the woods. This singletrack is shotgunned with ruts, rocks and a stream crossing. Once across the 10 foot wide stream pay attention and break on the first left which will follow the stream for about a mile with some awesome singletrack with big rocks drops and log jumps. Once you get out of the woods take the right up a very rocky climb and keep to the right for some good jumps and then follow the trails around the lake and then loop back and do it all again. You can average about 20mph on the way back. Enjoy
added on March 11, 2005 by guest 
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by kyle.rusk on June 9, 2009
Lake hodges is popular on the west side on the freeway for really good reasons. On the east side if you ride far enough you will hit Raptor mountain which is a sweet single track that trucks uphill for a good couple miles. When you get to the top there is picnic benches and a great view. if you really feel like a challenge you can keep going down the other side of the hill all the way to the 78, but beware you have to ride it back. The other side of the hill has pastors of cattle, dairies, horses, and orange groves for a couple miles. If you go there and back its 20 miles.
* Review edited 6/9/2009
Similar Trail: noble canyon, mission trails, mammoth mountain
reviewed by carnagecreator on August 23, 2005
The north side of the lake is extremely fast and fun singletrack. No tough climbs but just fast rolling forested singletrack with some small jumps. If you want climbing and the stream crossing, go to the north/east side of the lake which is mostly dry fire road and not that fun but there are little singletrack spurs everywhere. I would do a couple of out and backs to the dam and have a great time.
Similar Trail: san clemente canyon, Big Laguna trail
Additional California Mountain Bike Info
Related California Resources
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 | Mountain Biking Lake Tahoe |  | Mountain Biking Northern California's Best 100 Trails |
 | San Diego Mountain Bike Guide |  | Mountain Bike! Northern California |
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