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Sunny SoCal Tour - Laugh at Old Man Winter:

Southern California Mountain Bike Tour

Call us to book these trips toll free: 866.758.2267

General Tour Details:
• 5 riding days, 6 nights lodging
• Mostly singletrack in Southern California’s Coastal Mountains and National Forests
• This tour is appropriate for intermediate to advanced riders. Riders should be physically-fit with solid singletrack riding skills.
• Lodging: Unique private accommodations, including beautiful lodges and cabins in the foothills, and even a beach-front villa in Laguna Beach, Orange County California USA

2009 Tour Dates (Includes Arrival Day Lodging):

. March 8th - March 13th
. March 15th - March 20th
. March 22nd - March 27th
. March 29th - April 3rd
. April 5th - April 10th

. November 8th - November 13th
. November 15th - November 20th
. November 29th - December 4th
. December 6th - December 11th

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Overview:

Ride hard and relax..while laughing at Old Man Winter!

The mountain biking in and around Southern California is world class. Intense, Turner, Ellsworth, Crank Brothers, Manitou, Oakley…there’s a reason so many top cycling industry names call SoCal home. Read any major US cycling publication and chances are many of the gear tests and photographic spreads were shot right on the very trails we’ll be riding. Only here can you feel like you’re in the backcountry, but be so close to a major city and the sandy shores of the Pacific Ocean. The best part? The warm weather here allows you to extend your riding season when your area is settling into winter, or start your season early and shake off that winter cabin fever. Heck, we designed this trip so we could do that ourselves!

With these seasons in mind, we’ve picked riding that’s a bit easier physically. We’ve found that our guests enjoy “winding down” at the end of the season, or starting easy to begin their riding season. Either way, we know you’ll enjoy the terrific chaparral-lined trails and moderate temperatures.

After a relaxed arrival day in seaside Santa Monica California, we’ll move our base camp to Old Town Pasadena at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains. Once we’ve conquered the best of the San Gabes, we’ll move south to Orange County’s network of Santa Ana singletrack. The Laguna Beach area will serve as our beach-front getaway. Nestled right on the Pacific Coast, we’ll start and end each day with ocean front meals, and close out our evenings with stunning Pacific Ocean sunsets.

Itinerary:

Arrival day-

Our staff will greet you at your gate at Los Angeles International Airport, take charge of your luggage, and shuttle you the short drive north to the seaside community of Santa Monica, where your beach front hotel will be waiting. Santa Monica is the quintessential beach town with plenty to see and do. More...

Day 1-

After breakfast we’ll shuttle up the Angeles Crest Highway to the Redbox Ranger Station and start your riding tour with a SoCal classic: the Gabrielino Trail….or “The Gab” as the locals call it. The first 5 miles of The Gab are fast and fun with a few rock gardens thrown in. More...

Day 2-

Today we shuttle back up into the San Gabriel Mountain high country for our ride on the Chilao Flat/Silver Moccasin "Figure 8" Loop. The ride begins with a gentle climb up a fireroad with long views north of the San Gabriel Mountains. We soon turn onto singletrack and short but steep grunt up top the top of Mt. Hillyer. More...

Day 3-

Stretch out your forearms before we start- you'll need limber braking muscles for all the downhill today. Today riders have the option of shutting to the top or climbing to the top of the mountain before we all meet up and enjoy the descent. We'll start out by climbing up the remnants of the Mt Lowe Railway, which includes a short pedal through an old railway tunnel at the top. More...

Day 4-

After getting into Laguna Beach last night, this morning's breakfast will be a pleasant ocean side experience. No rush today; we'll give you plenty of time to loiter at breakfast and maybe walk the beach a little. More...

Day 5-

The SoCal Tour ends with a crescendo on the mighty San Juan Trail. The SJT is a 12-mile singletrack climbing 3500 feet into the Santa Ana Mountains. Did someone say climbing? I think not (unless you really want to!). We'll shuttle you up to Blue Jay Campground so you can spend your last day whizzing through chaparral, past yucca plants, through a few rock gardens and down innumerable switchbacks.More...

Final evening-

After the ride, we’ll head back to our beachfront hideaway to conclude our epic week and toast our guests with a celebratory dinner. Take a few hours to clean up and rest, then we’ll meet up again that evening for our final dinner celebration in Laguna Beach. More...

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