Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides
Easily the most mountain biking fun to be had around South San Jose. Two great technical singletrack trails connected via scenic fire roads with frequent steep climbs.
Skeggs Point (Suggestion 1) - Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides
Skeggs Point (El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve) is one of the top candidates for the "best mountain biking location" award in the Bay Area, and might just be my personal …
Demo Forest (Flow Trail) - Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides
The Flow Trail of Demo Forest is only the second flow trail built around the Bay Area and is quite a different beast from the typical mountain biking trails we're used to seeing.
South Bay Rides - Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides
A long and tough ride that's enough to satiate the hungriest fans of mountain roads or forested rides. A peek at Big Basin's old-growth redwoods and a stop at a charming mountain town are …
Mount Umunhum - Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides
The route you see on this page is my solution for getting to the peak by mountain bike and ending up with a ride of satisfactory mileage. The ride begins from Hicks Road. You'll see that the …
North Bay Rides - Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides
A full-blown mountain biking playground with a first-class trail network large enough for all-day rides and technical enough for the most serious riders.
East Bay Rides - Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides
A true mountain biking gem that unexpectedly shot up to being the most desirable East Bay park for sweet singletrack and great views, not to mention three flow trails.
Skyline Trail - Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides
If Skyline Trail enjoys less renown than it deserves among mountain bikers of the Peninsula and the South Bay (though I'm not sure that's necessarily true anymore), it might be because its …
Pine Mountain Loop - Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides
This must be one of the most iconic mountain bike rides in Marin. It's included on many lists of mountain bike rides in the Bay Area. It's an all-fire-road ride , though it still features enough …
Arastradero - Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides
All trails in this park are open to mountain bikes. That earns my respect! There are no long climbs at Arastradero. So, it could qualify as a good place to bring a beginner mountain bike rider, …