BlackStar

JEFFSCOF · Post by **JEFFSCOF** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:00 pm

Curious any users mtn bike in the santa ana mountains? I usually do BlackStar about once a week and Chino Hills once a month....

moppychris · Post by **moppychris** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:40 pm

Be up that road a few times. Last time I went there it was in Aug2009. It was 97 F with a dry breeze. It was so dry I couldn't even sweat. I love the california newt colony in the stream. Bet it is nice there right now. You looking for a drug dealer?

obie · Post by **obie** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:52 pm

I do some around OC - tho not Blackstar yet.

I usually do San Gabs - paved/fire road around Baldy/39 etc. Saturday going to do Sunset Peak from the Visitor Center in B.Village and then (if traffic's not bad) up to Manker and SA Falls. Prob. 8 am start.

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:10 pm

obie wrote:I do some around OC - tho not Blackstar yet.

I usually do San Gabs - paved/fire road around Baldy/39 etc. Saturday going to do Sunset Peak from the Visitor Center in B.Village and then (if traffic's not bad) up to Manker and SA Falls. Prob. 8 am start.

man you recover quickly!

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:38 pm

Zé wrote:
obie wrote:I do some around OC - tho not Blackstar yet.

I usually do San Gabs - paved/fire road around Baldy/39 etc. Saturday going to do Sunset Peak from the Visitor Center in B.Village and then (if traffic's not bad) up to Manker and SA Falls. Prob. 8 am start.
man you recover quickly!

Ze, its just science.

obie · Post by **obie** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:28 pm

Zé wrote:
man you recover quickly!

We'll see. Too boring hanging around the house.

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:56 am

Zach wrote:
Zé wrote:
obie wrote:I do some around OC - tho not Blackstar yet.

I usually do San Gabs - paved/fire road around Baldy/39 etc. Saturday going to do Sunset Peak from the Visitor Center in B.Village and then (if traffic's not bad) up to Manker and SA Falls. Prob. 8 am start.
man you recover quickly!
Ze, its just science.

(head explodes)

Rumpled · Post by **Rumpled** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:50 am

I MTB in and around OC. Even more so than hiking. Only done B* once; need to hit it again.
A lot of what I've done in the Santa Ana's are total pain climbs.

Check out geoladders.com and socaltrailriders.org for lots of MTB areas. Both pretty OC centric.

obie · Post by **obie** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:04 am

Rumpled wrote: A lot of what I've done in the Santa Ana's are total pain climbs.

A lot of what I've done is fire road. The singletrack climbs around here are trick - gullies down the middle, overgrown both sides, no trail maint.(yet) and steep. I hit up Moro Canyon now and that's some tough climbing thru there. I like the long, sustained climbs on my roadie and this singletrack stuff is new for me.

Got a new 29'er and like how it climbs. Can't see going back to 26"...ever

norma r · Post by **norma r** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:57 pm

Jeff, i'll check with my OC mtn biking friends for contacts and pm or FB you.

Dave G · Post by **Dave G** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:06 pm

Jeff~If you haven't done Holy Jim/Santiago Peak, it's a blast! I was up there riding this morning with a friend. Another one I like is West Horsethief. I believe there is a club called The Warrior's Society that does maintenance and holds events in the area--might want check them out.