Ride Report Irvine's "Suicide Hill"

It's my first RR so go easy on me

After a long week (I know it's only Wednesday) of late nights and early mornings and midterms, i decided that i needed to unwind with a bike ride. Luckily i got out of class early today and had 2 hours to kill. I had been scouting out a place near my dorm on Google Earth that was called, "Suicide Hill," so i decided now would be the perfect time to go. Unfortunately, it was REALLY windy, which made for an interesting ride....

I ride up the street, to the park, and find the usual nature park warnings:


And then stairs?


And more stairs...


And more stairs!


By now i had enough of hiking my bike up so i was really for some riding.
Then i reach the peak and i'm greeted with a wonderful view..




And my usual stomping grounds around the UCI observatory


And of course, cameras in Irvine...



By now i had reached the hill, and to my surprise, it was a suicide hill. This thing was nearly vertical at times! i was in for some more hiking




And i had reached the top, but it was a pain in the A**! it then became impassable with a bike, so i hiked it back down. I could easily have hiked this with out a bike, but it was near impossible with. So i turned around and found a little trail on the other side of the hill that i rode on for a little while, but my battery died so i don't have any more pictures.

The ride back was fun, the wind was so bad it was pushing me to one side and slowing me down on the down hills!

It was an interesting ride, but at least i got out of the dorm...

 

Find any spent bullet casings??

 

Man those stairs look pretty fun to go down.

 

I have gone down those stairs a bunch of times and they are fun.

Go around that peak counter clockwise makes for a pretty fun little loop

 

Your still alive, i don't get it... it didn't work? :?:

 

Ya I've been up there before with the Fraternity but never too bike.

 

Nah, i just wussed out and didn't make it to the top

 

Gotta be Turtle Rock.

 

Yup

 

SSSSHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! quiet you!

i have 3 loops in the area

suicide loop 6mi
irvine super loop ~15
suicide super loop ~20+

 

A grad student committed suicide near the observatory last week.

 

Yep hate to have that turned into a wilderness area would be a epic loss.

Dean

 

Yup, i almost went to the observatory that day for a quick ride. I'm kinda glad i didn't....

 

This was my go to riding area when time was short, now with the Quail Trail open I got more options.

 

i biked down "suicide hill" once and it was pretty nuts on a hardtail.

btw, im pretty sure i saw you yesterday riding on the path near ET up towards EPS/AIRB around 1pm.

 

near the place where you couldnt get passed is the "spot" still there for us forebidden in socal riders?