Fire roads- can be loose, sandy, or hardpack with gravel/ sand on top. Single track- hard pack, rock, gravel on sandstone, slippery! Almost never muddy except at a stream crossing. A lot of technical single track around. Oh and LOTS of sunshine unless you drop into a canyon with trees.

Brandi!!!! Tell your DH to wear repellent. Lyme disease is alive and growing in California. I know four people w/ Lyme and it is probably an STD.