Stinking at singletrack...will it get better?

[fatbottomedgurl]

Switchbacks are hard and like Tatie said look where you want to go. This means look to the inside of the turn. If you look to the outside it's like omigosh I'm gonna go off the edge (at least where I ride there's no trees to stop you from crashing down the mountain. Looking to the inside really helps me. Also I take tight downhill switchbacks very slowly, I brake into them and then release the brake about midway. We have some banked downhill switchbacks that are awesome to fly around but most are too tight for that (and I'm not one to bunny hop my back wheel around like a maniac!)

Here's a typical switchback on the trails I ride. Coming up you need to pedal pedal pedal and coming down...go slow!