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Montana De Oro Mountain Bike Trail
San Luis Obispo, California
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
4 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 6/27/07 by marsh |
Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 15 miles | Global Rank: 48 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Network |
| Ridden: 38 | Wishlist: 21 |
| Avg. Speed: 5.84 mph | Avg. Time: 1hr 17min |
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Description: There are very few trails where you can beat the views. The Central Coast is a slice of heaven, and the trail riding here is some of the best in the country. If you don't feel like doing any technical riding or any climbing, go ride the three miles or so of the Bluff trail. It's a great place to have views without the hard trails (great for newbies). The trails here are great singletrack. They are technical so don't get too lost in the views. There is plenty of places you can network together that have various levels of singletrack. If you take Manzanita trail up to the top, stop and take a look before you go back down. The views are amazing. Going down the Ridge Trail you need to be paying attention though.. there are some areas of shale that make the ride very technical. You can easily make loops of anywhere between 4 and 15 miles, depending on your skills and threshold.
Description: There are very few trails where you can beat the views. The Central Coast is a slice of heaven, and the trail riding here is some of the best in the country. If you don't feel like doing any technical riding or any climbing, go ride the three miles or so of the Bluff trail. It's a great place to have views without the hard trails (great for newbies). The trails here are great singletrack. They are technical so don't get too lost in the views. There is plenty of places you can network together that have various levels of singletrack. If you take Manzanita trail up to the top, stop and take a look before you go back down. The views are amazing. Going down the Ridge Trail you need to be paying attention though.. there are some areas of shale that make the ride very technical. You can easily make loops of anywhere between 4 and 15 miles, depending on your skills and threshold.
added on May 17, 2004 by 
NEARBY TRAILS
- Madonna Mtn: Rock Garden in San Luis Obispo (12 miles away)
- Tower in San Luis Obispo (13.7 miles away)
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by carfrk19 on September 7, 2009
One of my favorite short downhill blasts on the Central Coast. The newley revised trail does not have the steep downhill sections anymore. They recut the trail, so now there are long sheer side mountain trails that if you fall would be very bad.
reviewed by jules224 on August 25, 2009
This along with the grade was the after work ride when I lived in SLO. The views and the awesome downhill makes the the ride up ridge trail so worth it. THe downhill is fast and dusty (watch for hikers and horses) tons of fun. There are a few drops and jumps on the downhill depending on how fast your are going. Often times I would take the big rig and do repeats of the downhill section. Not overly technical but a solid ride. If you want more out of your downhill excursion check out tower trail * Review edited 8/25/2009
* Review edited 8/25/2009
reviewed by Clintox50 on November 28, 2005
every time i come here the trail is different. the first time it was a lot of hardpack, then it got really chewed up from the horses, and this last time it was still very loose in a lot of places making climbing very hard. the downhill on the ridge is awesome, this time it wasn't so chewed up and the turns were banked and very fun. there are drainage chanels everywhere to catch some good air on. the last time i went we took the east ridge trail starting on the north end, took that all the way to then end at the fire road and picked up barranca and climbed that back up. connected to the ridge trail and had fun on the downhill after another tough climb. the horses really chew this place up.
reviewed by Hardtail on November 11, 2004
I definitely recommend taking Ridge Trail. Once you get to the top of the hill there is a bench, take a breather, take in the view of the ocean, lower your seat and prepare yourself for about 10 minutes of pure downhill fun! You can really get up to speed on the first third of the downhill. Be careful on the next third because you will encounter a lot of loose gravel and big rocks and if you are going to bail this is probably where it's going to happen. You'll then hit a sandy section and it's pure fun from there with lots of jumps and lots of speed. Watch out for horses and hikers. The trail has gotten more popular over the years and I suggest going on a weekday if you can spare the time.
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