Lacks Creek Recreation Area is nestled in the coastal range of Northern California about 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean. We didn’t have much info about it but we took a chance. This area offers a wide array of outdoor opportunities including mountain biking. It was hot where we were and this area brought a …
Sweepstakes Trail is a newer trail in the Weaverville Basin Trail network but it’s hard to get to. We got an early start one morning to mountain bike it. It was indeed hard and I probably won’t do it again. This primarily downhill trail starts way up high in the mountains above Weaverville, CA and …
The FB Trail winds through the hills above the shores of Lake Keswick with near constant great views of the lake and river from this trail. This is an out and back so you can turn around when you want. The whole thing would be over 23 miles each way if you rode to Shasta …
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 were settled adjacent to Arcata’s forest and throughout the vicinity of Humboldt Bay. Then, when Europeans …
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 we had no idea what the condition of the gravel roads would be. The temps have …
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, big views, some hike a bike across a stream, fun swoopy downhills… awesome route. This is …
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 a decent climb and then some fast fun switchbacks and berms. I’ve never seen anyone else …
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 little worried. The drive around Whiskeytown Lake to the Bandy Creek Beach area is scenic and …
Derek and I are in this area all summer so I won’t be posting about every ride we do, but maybe all the new ones we check out. Last time we rode Weaverville trails we had to stay on the lower slopes because the mountains at higher elevation had snow! This time everything was dry …
Over 30 miles of dirt single-track wind through the hills between Swasey Drive and Muletown Road on the outskirts of Redding. This area offers several trails of varying character and difficulty for cyclists and hikers, from purpose built flow trails to long climbing x-country trails. Some trails follow historic mining ditches while others climb steadily …