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Bolinas Rigde Trail |
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Bolinas Rigde Trail |
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California - Bay Area |
Nearest Town: |
Fairfax/Olema |
Directions to Trailhead: |
Sir Francis Drake to Trail head 2 miles before Olema |
Trail Description: |
Ridge rises to offer views of Pt.Reyes and Tomales Bay will take you to Mt.Tam. Cattleland then goes into redwood, all rolling fire road with root jumps. Uphill one way, down hill the other way. Excellent for speed demons. Views of Pacific on top. |
Trail Length: |
11 Miles one way |
Trail Type: |
Unknown |
Skill Level: |
Intermediate |
Submitted By: |
Commadore McMuddy |
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Trail Ridden: Every few months |
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Recommended Route: Park on Sir Francis and ride south along ridge. Tip the cows on the way. Love them, squeeze them!
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Trail Ridden: Once a year |
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Recommended Route: park at the shaded, southern end and ride out and back.
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bolinas ridge is nothing but a long up-and-down fire road ride. there's really nothing spectacular about it. there's a few descents on which you will gain a good enough amount of speed to crash hard, if you really want to. don't mess with the cows, either. i've heard of riders being chased by angry bulls. as i wrote, this ride can be included in a loop starting in mill valley which will include a tenderfoot and a long, grim road ride from the northern end of this trail into fairfax. all in all, bolinas ridge is just an "ok" ride. |
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Trail Ridden: Ridden Once |
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Recommended Route: Started off Sir Francis Drake at the trail head 2 miles before Olema.
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The ride to the park is mainly up hill - all fire roads. There is a section where you are riding in the redwoods, but still fire road. There are no technical sections on this ride. The ride is just an out and back, so riding back you are going down hill. This is not technical enough to be considerd mountain biking - I would call it a trail ride. Regarding the "views" - I guess when people talk about the great views, that must have been when the trees where shorter - there are only a couple of places that you have any view at all. I would not recommend doing this ride for the "views". It can be used as a good training ride if you are looking for a long steady climb without any technical riding. |
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Recommended Route: Start at Samuel P. Taylor campground take bike trail west exactly 2 miles then open cattle gate (be sure to close gate behind you so you don't kill a road rider) oooops! Head up the Jewell trail straight up and up and up til you reach the ridge then let your breaks go as long as you can until you absolutely have to. ENJOY!
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Trail Ridden: Ridden Once |
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Recommended Route: down hill? duh.
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Trail Ridden: Once a month |
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Recommended Route: Start at the top of the Olema hill or in S.P.T. state park and ride the ridge to Fairfax-Bolinas rd. Then go twards Fairfax on the paved road until you hit Azalia Hill fire road that connects with the pine mountain trail. It's a nice long ride for a Sunday. Takes me about four hours of good, steady riding.
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Trail Ridden: Ridden Once |
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Recommended Route: start near Olema and head uphill
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Trail Ridden: Once a year |
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Recommended Route: starting at the green bridge past lagunitas, take the fire road on the east side. take the first left and ascend san geronimo ridge. turn left atthe top and continue ignoring all side roads until you reach oathill road descend to the west and turn left on the pumphouse road to alpine lake dam. go west on bolinas-fairfax rd. until you reach bolinas ridge trail. follow bolinas ridge tr. to samuel p. taylor st. park and return via sir francis drake.
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Trail Ridden: Once a week |
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Recommended Route: other routes: if you want to extend the ride- instead of starting on top of the hill...start at the ink wells. after you pass the lauganitas store driving down Sir Francis Drake, pull over at the first green bridge you come across. On the right and left sides of the bride are fire roads (these take you to kent lake). Take the one to the right, at the first fork go right, at the second go left then immediatly right. Long ass gut burning ride to the top of the ridge. Drops you off at the redwoods. From there you can ride down the ridge back to SFR, or turn around and go back down the way you came for a very fast downhill.
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Trail Ridden: Every few months |
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Recommended Route: From San Rafael, drive out Sir Francis Drake Blvd. towards coast. Trailhead (left side of rd.) starts right before you get to the town of Olema. Takes about 30 minutes from the highway 101.
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