Little ole Arcata, CA is home to CSU Humboldt and some mountain biking in Arcata Community Forest. Prior to European settlement, Arcata’s forestlands were used for hunting, fishing, and other uses by nearby Wiyot Native American settlements. Wiyot villages...
Corral Bottom Gravel Ride
Today’s ride just outside Big Flat, CA was remote and beautiful, but pretty toasty. We road a mostly gravel loop through forest roads and then up Corral Bottom from the Hyampon Side. We road mountain bikes for this because...
La Grange Classic MTB ride
Many many years ago when we raced mountain bikes, Derek and did the La Grange Classic race in Weaverville, CA and loved it. We didn’t race this time, but we did ride the course the other day. Big climbs,...
McKenzie Gulch, Ewok Forest Loop
Weaver Basin has over 70 miles of trails and we incorporated some new to us ones this ride. The new to us McKenzie Gulch Loop might be my new favorite little add on at only 3 miles. It has...
Papoose and Brandy Creek Ride
It’s slowly getting hotter but we got an early-ish start one morning and went to Whiskeytown Lake to ride the trails. These trails don’t seem to get as much use as those closer to Redding so we were a...
Packers Creek Ride
The terrain along the Trinity River in Northern California is very hilly. Very. There is room for a river, a road, a couple houses and then the canyon walls rising steeply. We cheated and drove a few miles to...