Crystal Cove State Park Mountain Biking Trips
GPS: Magellan eXplorist 710 with photo/videoThe scenery is fantastic. Lots of wildlife. Snakes, Rabbits, and other small mammals. The trails range from hard packed dirt, to paved, and some loose dirt tracks. The ride to the old cattle camp is easy and enjoyable. From there the trail gets a little looser and switchbacks up the hill and back down circumventing the actual cattle camp, which is gated. Here the trail heads up...
My first ride through the Laguna Wilderness Park and Crystal Cove State Park. I decided to park at the end of Ridge Park in the Newport Coast to avoid state park fees and to have a downhill warm-up. I chose to do this route clockwise and soon realized why most MTB riders did this route counterclockwise. The downhill was easy, but there were a few steep uphill sections on my return to...
Rattlesnake Trail in Laguna Coast Wilderness
Newport Coast (historical), California, United States
4.4 miles
4.4 miles
Equiptment: Trek full suspension bike, Magellan eXplorist 710 GPSr, Franko's South Coast Wilderness, Orange County, CA Trail MapArea: Crystal Cove State ParkTerrain: double and single tracks. Rough, rutted dirt with some sandy loose patches.Notes: From Laguna Coast Wilderness Park Pacific Ridge Entry, I rode down Bommer Ridge Road to the Redtail Ridge Trail on the right. Riding down Redtail Ridge trail I took the left fork onto Rattlesnake Trail. I picked the...
