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Closed Trails
 This list shows trails that are closed
to mountain biking, or that used to be. Please do not ride
on these trails. If you really would like to ride on any of these
trails, why not join us in helping to ensure access to all suitable
trails for all trail users?
Note that trails are listed by area and land manager. We try
to be comprehensive for these areas, but we may have missed some.
Do not assume that a trail is open to riding just because it
is not on this list!
This list does not generally show trails that are open to mountain
biking, but some regions are mentioned where all
trails are open so you know we haven't overlooked it. On the other
hand, some areas, such as Tuna Canyon, have been ommitted because
we have insufficient information on which trails are closed
in those areas.
The areas are ordered generally east to west.
Index to the regions listed below
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City of Los Angeles
Land Manager: City of Los Angeles, Department
of Recreation and Parks (Official
Website)
Notes: All trails are closed in LA city parks despite
years of CORBA and local community efforts to have them opened to mountain bikes.
Check the list
of LA City Parks to see if a trailed area near you bans biking.
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Runyun Canyon
Land
Manager: City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation
and Parks (Official
Website)
Notes:
All trails in this area is closed
to mountain biking and equestrians
Location:
Between Mulholland Dr and Hollywood Blvd, at 2000
N. Fuller Ave, Los Angeles
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Status
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Runyon Canyon Road
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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| Solar Drive |
Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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| Unnamed Trails |
Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Fryman Canyon
Land
Manager: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and
National Park Service (Official
Website)
Notes: All
trails in this area is closed to mountain biking
and equestrians
Location: North of Mulholland
Drive, a little west of Laurel Canyon Blvd
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Trail
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Status
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Dearing Mountain Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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| Betty B. Dearing Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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| Unnamed Trails |
Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Wilacre Park to Franklin
Canyon Park
Land Manager: City of LA
Dept of Recreation and Parks, Santa Monica
Mountains Conservancy and National Park Service
Notes:
Almost all trails in these areas
are closed to mountain biking and equestrians
Location:
Wilacre Park - North-east of Mulholland Dr, west of
Laurel Canyon Blvd, west of Fryman Rd. (Official
Website)
Franklin Canyon Park - West of Coldwater
Canyon Dr at N Beverly Dr (Official
Website)
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Trail
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Status
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Betty B. Dearing Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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| Maxwell Fireroad |
Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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| Unnamed Wilacre Park Trails |
Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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| Berman Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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| Blinderman Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Chernoff Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Franklin Canyon Drive (paved)
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Open
to mountain biking
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Unnamed Franklin Canyon Trails
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Ranch Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Hastain Trail
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Open
to mountain biking
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Discovery Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Connector Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Hastain Trail Connector
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Westridge - Canyonback Park
Land
Manager: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (Official
Website)
Notes: All
trails in this area are open to mountain biking.
Location:
Between Mulholland and Sunset Blvd, around Mandeville
Canyon Rd, in Encino
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Topanga State Park
Will
Rogers State Historic Park
Land
Manager: California State Parks
Location:
Topanga SP - Generally south of Dirt Mulholland
and surrounds Pacific Pallisades at the south (Official
Website)
Will Rogers SHP - South-west corner
of Topanga SP, Sunset Blvd at Will Rogers State Park
Rd (Official
Website)
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Trail
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Status
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Dead Horse Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking
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| 92 Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking
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| Musch Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking
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| Santa Ynez Canyon Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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| Los Liones Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Waterfall Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Garapito Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Rita Walters Trail
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Formerly closed, now open
to mountain biking due to CORBA's efforts
(This
singletrack runs parallel to Fireroad 29
at the south end of Reseda Blvd)
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Bent Arrow Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking
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Rogers Road (Backbone Trail)
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Formerly closed, now open
to mountain biking due to CORBA's efforts
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Temescal Ridge Trail (south of the Via
la Costa Trailhead in Pacific Palisades)
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Bienveneda Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Leacock Memorial Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Temescal Canyon Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Temescal-Will Rogers Connector
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Rustic Canyon Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Betty Rogers Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Will Rogers Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking
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Polo Field Connector
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Mulholland Gateway Park
Land
Manager: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (Official
Website)
Location: Immediately north and
north-west of Topanga
State Park
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Trail
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Status
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Topanga/Henry Ridge Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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Red Rock Canyon
Land
Manager: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (Official
Website)
Location: West of Old Topanga Canyon
Rd at 23601 West Red Rock Canyon Rd in Topanga
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Trail
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Status
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Red Rock - Cali Camp Connector
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Closed to Mountain Biking
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Stunt Ranch
Land
Manager: Mountains Restoration Trust (Official
Website, or this Official
Website)
Notes:
Almost all trails in this area are closed to mountain
biking
Location: South-west of Mulholland
at Stunt Rd, north of Saddle Peak Rd in Calabasas
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Trail
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Status
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Cold Creek Canyon Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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| Cold Creek Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking
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| Deer Grass Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking
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| Cold Creek Valley Preserve |
Closed to Mountain Biking
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Saddle Peak Area
Land
Managers: California State Parks, National Park
Service, Mountains Restoration Trust (Official
Website)
Notes:
The entire
Backbone Trail in this area is closed to mountain biking.
Location:
This area encompasses the Backbone Trail between Malibu
Canyon Rd and Topanga Rd.
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Trail
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Status
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Piuma Ridge (Backbone) Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking
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| Saddle Peak (Backbone) Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking
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| Backbone Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking
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| Fossil Ridge (Backbone) Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking
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| Hondo Canyon (Backbone) Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking
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Solstice Canyon
Land
Manager: National Park Service (Official
Website)
Notes:
Only one paved road is open to
mountain biking
Location: 23815 Stuart Ranch Road,
Malibu
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Trail
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Dry Canyon Trail
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Closed to Mountain Biking
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| El Nido Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking
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| Rising Sun Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking and
Equestrians
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| Deer Valley Loop Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking
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| Sostomo Trail |
Closed to Mountain Biking
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Malibu Creek State Park
Land Manager: California
State Parks (Official
Website)
Notes: About half the trails in this area
are open to mountain biking.
Location:
West of Las Virgenes Rd / Malibu Canyon Rd in Agoura
Hills, Calabasas and Malibu
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Paramount Ranch
Land Manager: National
Park Service (Official
Website)
Notes: All
trails in this area are open to mountain biking.
Location:
West of Cornell Rd in Agoura, north-west of Malibu
Creek State Park
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Upper Las Virgenes Canyon
Open Space Preserve
(AKA Ahmanson Ranch)
Land
Manger: Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
(Official
Website)
Notes:
All trails in this area are
open to mountain biking.
Location:
Between Cheeseboro
Canyon to the west and Victory Blvd in Woodland
Hills, north of Las Virgenes Canyon Rd
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Cheeseboro and Palo Comado
Canyons
Land Manager: National Park
Service (Official
Website)
Notes: All trails are open in this
area except Baleen
Wall Trail
Location: Chesbro Rd in the
south to Albertson
Fireroad in the north, in Agoura Hills
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City of Simi
Valley
Land
Manager: Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District (Official
Website)
Notes:
All RSRPD trails are open to mountain biking,
in part due to CORBA's efforts.
Location: Simi
Valley is located in Ventura County, north of Thousand
Oaks.
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Peter Strauss Ranch
Land
Manager: National Park Service (Official
Website)
Notes:
All trails are
closed to mountain biking.
Location:
South of Mulholland Hwy at Troutdale Dr in Agoura
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Rocky Oaks
Land
Manager: National Park Service (Official
Website)
Notes:
All trails in this area are
open to mountain biking.
Location:
North-west corner of Kanan Rd and Mulholland Hwy in
Malibu
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Zuma / Trancas Canyons /
Castro Crest
Land Manager: National
Park Service
Location: Zuma/Trancas - West
of Kanan-Dume Rd, south of Mulholland Hwy, east of Decker
Canyon Rd in Malibu (Official
Website)
Castro Crest is between Zuma/Trancas
and Malibu Creek State Park
(Official
Website)
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Point Dume State Preserve
Land Manager: California
State Parks (Official
Website)
Notes: All trails are
closed to mountain biking
and equestrians
Location: South-west
end of Cliffside Drive in Malibu
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Charmlee Park
Land
Manager: City of Malibu (Official
Website)
Notes: All
trails in this area are open to mountain biking.
Location:
On Carmichael Rd, 3.8 miles up Encinal Canyon Rd from
the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu
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Arroyo Sequit
Land Manager:
National Park Service (Official
Website)
Notes: All
trails are closed
to mountain biking
Location: On Mason Road, 5.6 miles
up Mulholland Highway from the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu
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Leo Carrillo State Park
Land Manager: California
State Parks (Official
Website)
Location: Between Mulholland
Hwy and Decker Canyon Rd in Malibu
Malibu Springs
Land Manager:
National Park Service (Official
Website)
Location: Immediately north of
Leo Carrillo State Park
Notes: All
trails except for the two fireroads Nicholas
Ridge Mtwy and Yellow
Hill Fireroad are closed to mountain biking
in these two areas
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City of Thousand Oaks
Land
Manager: Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency (COSCA; Official
Website)
Notes:
All COSCA trails are open to mountain biking,
in part due to CORBA's efforts, with the following
exceptions
Location: In the Conejo Valley in Ventura County,
west of Agoura Hills
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Trail
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Status
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Wildwood Park: Moonridge Trail (south-west of the
main parking area)
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Closed to Mountain Biking and
equestrians for
safety reasons
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Moonridge
Trail (south-east of the main parking area)
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Open
to mountain biking,
in part due to CORBA's efforts
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Santa
Rosa Valley
Land Manager:
Santa Rosa Valley
Trails, Inc. (Official
Website)
Notes:
All SRVTI trails are open to mountain biking,
in part due to CORBA's efforts
Location: The
Santa Rosa Valley in Ventura County is between the cities of
Thousand Oaks, Moorpark and Camarillo.
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Circle X Ranch
Land Manager:
National Park Service (Official
Website)
Notes: All
trails except for the Sandstone
Peak and Yerba
Buena segments of the Backbone Trail are closed
to mountain biking
Location: Along Yerba Buena
Rd in Ventura County, immediately east of Pt
Mugu State Park
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Point Mugu State Park
Land Manager: California
State Parks (Official
Website)
Location: At the western end
of the Santa Monica Mountains, this area is bordered by the Pacific
Coast Hwy to the south, Circle X Ranch
to the east and Rancho Sierra
Vista/Satwiwa to the north.
Boney Mountain State Wilderness Area
Notes: The State Wilderness Area borders Sycamore
Canyon Fireroad on the west. All trails
east of it are off limits to bikes.
Sycamore Canyon
Notes: Most trails
in Sycamore Canyon are open to mountain biking
La Jolla Valley
Notes: All trails
in La Jolla Valley are closed to bikes except La
Jolla Valley Fireroad
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Rancho Sierra Vista / Satwiwa
Land
Manager: National Park Service (Official
Website)
Notes: All
trails in the Chumash Satwiwa area are off limits to bikes and equestrians.
Location: This is between Potrero Rd and Pt
Mugu State Park in Newbury Park (Thousand
Oaks)
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