China Camp State Park is about an hour from our house and has legal single track! It's on the coast, so much cooler than where we live and shaded. We rode some nice, not at all technical single track for about 3 miles and then started climbing. The climb was pretty gradual - I did it all in my middle ring. Once we made it to the ridge, we found the more technical stuff - some exposure, rocky, roots and more narrow. It was fabulous! We did have a descent on a really nasty, deeply rutted steep fire road. Definitely did the ride in the right direction.







I did eat it on a downhill switchback, almost within in sight of the car. I was through the corner, but had kind of fixated on the railing on the outside edge. I think my weight wasn't correctly balanced, and I used too much front brake. I just hit the ground with a rather loud whup. Bruised of course and a little blood, I now have a reason to replace my grips.

Veronica