How are you handling them now? Lots of brake, no brake, steering through, leaning? Downhills or uphills? (Sorry for all the questions- trying to get a good picture of what's happening! )

Your statement that "what happens is I wind up off the trail in sketchy stuff" makes me wonder if you're trying to steer the front wheel through the switchback and understeering.

I'm sitting here trying to picture how I ride through one particular switchback... I *think* that I brake before entering the switchback (it's on a downhill), and then use a combination of steering and leaning to make the turn. That lean at the top of the switchback is tough, because you're actually leaning in the downslope direction, but you end up leaning upslope pretty quickly, almost like you're pivoting the bike around your body.

Now I have to go ride this section to pay attention to how I actually do this!