RR: San Gabes

[Tedroy]

Classic SG cherry pop! Great pix too! Welcome to MY hood!

[bighit8]

Nice Allison , I want to go! Great pics

[Dino Brown]

Originally Posted by allison

Your mission, should you choose to accept it... find us (A) guide that is fast enough to keep up with me, but not too fast like Brian that they get sick of waiting for me.. and wants to do a training ride out there Small group, preferably...

Too easy! If you want to be guided around by a handsome STUD, I can take you!

All kidding aside, tell me WHEN you want to go and we will set something up! I promise to bring a few LOCALS with me. Not too fast.. not too slow....

P.S.- Tedroy is my Homeboy

[dstepper]

Allison because you already know part of the route: start at JPL and go to Inspiration Point just keep climbing Lowe Toll Road all the way up to Mt Wilson rd, turn right, go to Kenton Devore and drop down to Rincon Redbox Fireroad, climb to Red Box then take Strawberry Peak trail up and over to Colby Trail, continue to Colby Canyon to Highway 2, drop down to Switzers Campground and the Gabrielino all the way back to JPL.

I am still in Sedona so I can't give you total miles but it should be 40 or more with a lot of climbing. When I get home to my maps I can give you better numbers. Tom Harrison Maps will cover the area well. His Mt Wilson area map will cover the route I just laid out. Also get his front side Angeles Front Country and Angeles High Country. I have spent many days out there riding alone you don’t really need a guide…his maps are very good. Study the maps there are hundreds of miles of fireroads and single tracks out there....with huge climbs.

Link to buy maps

[allison]

Originally Posted by dstepper

Link to buy maps

Thanks for the info!! I'll definitely look into that.

[Pain Freak]

Link to buy maps

I'd still get lost!

[Dino Brown]

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

I'd still get lost!

Believe me, I know!

[dstepper]

Originally Posted by Dino Brown

Believe me, I know!

Mike’s getting lost is legendary, even with a GPS in his truck he was able to take the wrong turn coming out to Sedona earlier this week.

[foofighter]

Allison your still life photographs are getting really good! i love the b&w shots

[Sprockethead]

Originally Posted by dstepper

start at JPL and go to Inspiration Point just keep climbing Lowe Toll Road all the way up to Mt Wilson rd, turn right, go to Kenton Devore and drop down to Rincon Redbox Fireroad, climb to Red Box then take Strawberry Peak trail up and over to Colby Trail, continue to Colby Canyon to Highway 2, drop down to Switzers Campground and the Gabrielino all the way back to JPL.

OUCH! That's a lot of climbing, the only route I haven't been on is Strawberry Peak. We'll have to tag along next time you guys do it.

We had a great time out there. Thanks to Allison, Justin, and Brian for waiting up for me I hope you guys had a good time. I saw Brian today at the Path while picking up some new tires, his leg looked great. Dunno how all that blood came out of such a little scratch. We're back in the SG's tomorrow for a new trail. Happy New Year Everyone!

[Pain Freak]

Strawberry is one of the easier ones and one of my favorites of the front range.

[dstepper]

Originally Posted by Sprockethead

OUCH! That's a lot of climbing, the only route I haven't been on is Strawberry Peak.

Yep they keep talking about suffer fests so I decide to give them one. I was nice I did not tell them to ride up the Gab from West Fork Campground to Red Box.

I can think up harder rides like around the Burkhart Trails and High Desert Recreational Trails

[VTVic]

Originally Posted by mechmann

the echo nazzi that was defacing the trail should have been shoved off the cliff. stuff like that really sucks. it wasn't like we were riding trails that are closed, and allison and i both got off our bikes to let him hike past us!! crazy people.

You'll find a lot of these booby traps on Middle Merrill as well...including low branches right after a turn where you can't really see them...sucks!

Originally Posted by tkblazer

post it up mike, i wanna try out those trails...

Let's DOOOOO IT Mikey!

Originally Posted by mazer75

Hey, is that first picture of gate at the top of Lake Ave? How long is the ride from the JPL/Windsor lot to that starting point?

As Allison said, its only aobut 2.5 miles and it usually takes under 20 minutes...very much worth it to avoid having to pick up cars at the end...

Originally Posted by dstepper

Mike’s getting lost is legendary, even with a GPS in his truck he was able to take the wrong turn coming out to Sedona earlier this week.

What are you talking about Steppie, Mike never gets lost, he just likes to do a little side action...

Great review Allison, hope to meet you out on the trails some time soon. As you heard already, there is much more to see on the San Gabriels. Here are my 2 cents on another long ride option with lots of fire road climbing ending at Chantry Flats...If I remember correctly it is over 30 miles...done it once with ermtb boys...
Park either at the top of Santa Anita before the gate that takes you to Chantry or park at the very top of Chantry and come back down the road.
Take Santa Anita down to Foothill and go east towards Canyon Rd (Between Myrtle and Mountain).
Take Canyon north and stay on Canyon (stay to your right as it forks twice) untill you reach Monrovia Canyon Park. As you pass the ranger booth, find the gated road on the right and climb it for about 3 miles or so until it you get to White Saddle, from there continue left until you reach Rincon Red Box Truck Trail, which is about another 3 miles or so from White Saddle.
You cover a lot of distance on Rincon Rd and it gets a little tricky as it crosses a few intersections but it eventually takes you to New Comb Pass, which then takes you down to Chantry via Gabrielino.
I'm pretty sure Dean, Scott, Mikey and Brian (MTBMaven) will give you better details...

[davidB]

i hope to do this exact route on Tuesday, only ever been up and down EP. Damn local trails that I never get around to riding

[JoeTruth]

Nice! Glad you enjoyed the local offerings. It's good stuff!
Like Mike and others said, lots more to be had. If you're looking for long training routes, Mike should put you in touch with Nate W. He knows the area pretty well and is constantly training for races.