mountain biking

Mountain Bike Access at UCSC: A Panel

Most of the trails at Upper UCSC are well-known to mountain bikers—and they're illegal. Join a Jan. 29 discussion about what has become a dysfunctional don't-ask-don't-tell situation.

Berry Creek Falls from Waddell Beach

The lower half of the Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail—basically a fire road between Waddell Beach and Berry Creek Falls — follows West Waddell Creek. Hilltromper photo.

12 miles RT; 600 ft elevation gain; 4-5 hours; moderate to strenuous
Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail from Waddell Beach to Berry Creek Falls Trail in Big Basin

Why Women's Mountain Bikes? Here's Why.

Maxime Schimmel of Santa Cruz Bicycles and Lisette Cooper of Juliana Bicycles with the Joplins after the Oct. 13 Girls Gone Wilder ride. Photo by Kristina Hanson.

We dream of bikes made for our bodies that come in pretty colors and don't hurt our lady parts.

A Bike Park for Santa Cruz

A rendering of Valmont Bike Park in Boulder. Alpine Bike Parks, the company that built Valmont, will construct the Mount Hermon bike park.

Coastal California's first mountain bike park is coming to Santa Cruz County. It's kind of a big deal.

The Santa Cruz Pump Track Boom

The Aptos pump track, built by Epicenter Cycling with volunteer labor, is almost always bustling. Photo courtesy Epicenter Cycling.

With one up and running and four on the way, it's pump tracks for all!

In The Demo Flow

A mountain biker gets airborne. Mountain bikers have long thought sustainable trails might be boring trails. Bell press photo.

Soquel Demonstration bike trail project aims for sustainability

Santa Cruz Super Enduro

Santa Cruz-based pro racer Scott Chapin cruises through a turn in the inaugural Santa Cruz Super Enduro last October.

Registration opens today for epic October event.

Shuttlesmith Adventures and Dave Smith

Each morning Dave Smith fires up his tricked out Ford Econoline at the base of Nisene Marks State Park in Aptos, California, and heads from this spot near the coast to the Soquel Demonstration Forest at the summit of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Epicenter Cycling

Shawn Wilson and Kazia Pennino

The Saturday afternoon parking lot at Epicenter Cycling teems like a vibrant cycling ecosystem. Toyota Tundras arrive with knobby tires hanging off the tailgates. The adjacent pump track swarms with groms coasting over the rollers and berms under the watchful gaze of proud parents. Flocks of riders pedal up Aptos Creek Road toward the single-track Mecca of Soquel Demonstration Forest.

Emma McCrary Trail

2.2 miles; starting elevation 100 ft; max elevation 460 ft.

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