Saturday 4/23 El Moro (Crystal Cove State Park)

[CalEpic]

Great news that this is finally open.

I will be riding this fun park Saturday 4/23 at 9:00 am. Anyone else?

I'm flexible on start times/routes as long as it's not too late.

Craig

[TURNERob]

Are you available on Mondays? I think I'm going to hit up El Moro on Monday since Sunday we'll probably do STT/Old Camp/Luge. I work Saturdays so Sunday/Monday are my weekend rides.

[CalEpic]

Mondays are usually a good ride day for me. Unfortunately, I have to go to Arizona next week.

Let me know next time you want to ride on a Monday.

Craig

[TURNERob]

Cool, I'm usually riding every Monday mid morning so I'll let you know.

[LBmtb]

Alan and I were planning on Blackstar. But Moro sounds interesting . . .

[CalEpic]

I just read this. 8:00am Sat.

I'll be at the parking lot 9:00am in a black Ford F150. Riding a red Specialized Epic.

If you need me to wait a little, call me on my cell 714.642.4995

Craig

[TURNERob]

Please give us an update on the conditions out there. I know we did some of the singletrack last week and it was in ok shape....a bit overgrown but not too bad. Looked like the fireroads were pretty messed up though

[CalEpic]

What I rode today was mostly in very good shape. BFI has a new bridge of railroad ties over a huge rut and has a pretty nasty "hole" in the trail about 1/3 of the way up. No big deal when climbing but it could catch someone coming down by surprise. The fire roads were all graded recently. After climbing BFI I took Moro Ridge up to Missing Link and Fence Line. As mentioned, it's a little overgrown. Redtail Ridge is very overgrown coming up on Rattlesnake. So bad you can hardly see the trail. Rattlesnake has had some maintenance after the rock garden. It's been a long time since I've ridden here but if I'm not mistaken, part of Moro Canyon has been re-routed but I could be wrong about this. The weather was perfect. I think every hiker in the OC was there today but no issues. After all the snakes I've seen at Aliso recently, I was surprised I didn't see any here today.

I finally broke down and brought my camera with me today to capture the moment and discovered dead batteries that my son neglected to tell me about. Sorry.

Craig

[TURNERob]

Cool, thanks for the update! I look forward to riding there again, x-mas eve was my last ride at El Moro!