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Aliso Tour (California)

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Overall:  7.4
Technical:  6.5
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Time (avg): 2:10 minutes
Distance: 17.5 miles
Ascent: 2,560 feet
 
 
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Experience everything Aliso Woods has to offer! Singletrack trails such as Meadows, Lynx, Cholla, Rock-It, Dripping Cave, and Mathis provide for a unique combination that results in some challenging climbs and exciting descents.
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NameDateComment
LaderaFlapjack07/29/10Awesome ride today but HOT and windy! Gotta do it again! 
c('.'c)07/26/10No MILF sightings today. I didn't particularly enjoy climbing Mathis today either... not that it's ever been much fun really. I'd have turned around if it weren't for the breeze and that ride back down Meadows at the end. 
quikflip2707/20/10Cruising pace enjoying the marine layer and cloud cover that seemed to only be over the park. Found more of Aliso's hidden gems along with a 3 foot garter on coyote run. 
Keith B07/17/10Early beat the heat ride with Sarah and Ryan. Meadows was fun on the way up and down. Scooped a fly out of Ryan's eye with a house-key (!) after an insect attack. Rode down the middle of Rock-it for the 1st time in ages - enduro sucked it up. 
IceCreamAndCake07/13/10whew! different (hard) in the heat. 
rushak07/13/10Started out as a ride with James and JD, but turned into a hammerfest once we started climbing Mathis. It cooled down quite nicely. 
JD15807/13/10Nice warm afternoon. Started the ride with Rushak and James. Tried to put in a good effort but legs werent having it today so had to set it on cruise control. 
jb_29er07/09/10get out and ride.... 
steeleboat07/05/10RaulC does exist, he's not just a legend. 
RaulC07/05/10Nice grueling ride with Steeleboat 
DONALD JACKSON06/27/10Carbon x control out today, Good afternoon 
Slow Ride06/20/10Good morning ride with cleanbeater and vt1ryan... bike felt good, I felt good, its was a great ride! Good job on finishing the ride cleanbeater after the OTB... 
cleanbeater06/19/10Rode with Slow Ride and VT1Ryan. Excellent ride except for an OTB at the last surprise rock climb towards the bottom. Stuffed my front wheel at the top, I continued up and over, and sacrificed by arms to save my face/head. Dusted off and finished the ride. 
trobe106/08/10Good solo ride to clear my head out. No sun entire ride. Saw a few other riders out there. Lots of rabbits especially on Meadows. Meadows needs some of the mustard plants cut back, especially near the top. Saw a tarantula on the singletrack that leads out of Meadows. 
TomG06/01/10Rode every trail in the park. 2x down rocket too. nice park. 
JD15805/31/10Fun ride with the whole group. Thanks Carolyn and Scott for getting everybody together for the ride and bbq afterwards!! 
rushak05/31/10Group ride with Carolyn on Sunday. Sweet BBQ afterwards thanks to Carolyn and Scott!!! 
DONALD JACKSON05/30/10Started with the group, Pretty busy in the park and starting to get warm 
ChrisTA05/25/10Up Rocket for the first time;I almost cleaned it:) 
Hellride05/25/10Becoming my favorite course... 
Burgemeester05/24/10Early morning spin with Boerseun and Steeleboat - it's been way too long since our last visit, and it showed with the downhills! Good ride lads - almost ran into a flock of deer on the way to mathis. 
Boerseun05/23/10A great early morning ride before church...Burgemeester & Steeleboat (who showed-up late...you would think old people wake up early!) joined in the fun! 
James_9505/14/10Riding with Rushak...always a hard workout for me. 
rushak05/13/10Good ride with James. He killed it out there today. 
IceCreamAndCake04/27/10Nice and cool out. Kept the snakes off the trails. 
Hellride04/20/10Good ride. Get it in before the rain. Rattler on Mathis. 
Hellride04/20/10Good ride, steep climbs, challenging technical descents. Packs a lot in 17 miles. 
RoughRiderR04/03/10Good ride with grand master b and graham. nice weather..oh how i love the spring. 830 ride which was early. bowling a beers the night before. 
Keith B04/02/10Good Friday ride with Graham and Ryan. Good to be back on the Enduro altho only having the front brake working made things interesting. Cleaned meadows - dont recall managing that before. Lynx and Rock-it seemed in primo shape. Fun times. 
rushak04/02/10First ride of the afternoon. New PB by 11 minutes!...don't know how I managed that. Must be the Tallboy. Bike is just awesome out at Aliso. 
hpmoray03/27/10Lap 1 of 2 today. Rode solo. Freezing cold at start of ride. Warmed up nicely by the time I hit TOW. Lots of hikers and bikers out. Saw 2 rattlers - 1 coming up Meadows about 2.5 feet long, and a monster one about 4-5 feet long on the West Ridge. 
hpmoray03/27/10Lap 2 of 2 today. Legs started to fade 2nd time up Meadows. Heat was a factor, but there was a good breeze. Took more breaks on this lap. Ran out of gas towards the end. Needed to get the miles in for the Project Rwanda 50 miler. I bet I saw 500 caterpillars on the trails. They were everywhere. Tough second lap. Totally pooped! 
spicolli197603/27/10Great morning ride with John and Brian. Feels good to be back on the bike. 
IceCreamAndCake03/02/10Fun ride today.Saw a rattlesnake warming up on the paved road.Cool. 
quikflip2701/30/10Craving to try something new so I visited Aliso for the first time. YEE-HAW! Great route to get the best out of Aliso. Climbed up Mathis thinking "I can do this!" Started so foggy I wasn't sure I was going the right way...burnt an extra hundred or so calories saying good morning to everyone. Still hungry for more after the ride so... 
drg01/16/10lots of walkers! 
Ithrewup01/13/10 
hpmoray01/09/10Perfect riding day. Rode with my son. Felt fine till Mathis, as back was tightening up bad. Ran out of gas going to TOW then quads cramped at base of Meadows. Fortunately easy ride to the finish by that point. Never had that happen before. Great day for a ride with perfect weather! 
ZULU12/30/09Nice chilly morning but the trails are nice and ready to ride. 
Slow Ride12/29/09What a disaster... put a new rear tire and rotor on and the bike felt great. Noticed the GPS turned off somewhere in the rock garden, then while climbing mathis my left crank came off... stripped. New XT's going on tomorrow bye bye Truvativ Stylo's. 
Slow Ride12/07/09Good ride with cleanbeater, David, and iamjay... 
cleanbeater12/05/09Rode with Slow Ride, Dave, and iamjaymartin. Cold today. 
IceCreamAndCake11/30/09hard ride after twelve days off the bike for holiday travel!saw a tarantula on coyote near rockit.first one i've seen here. 
IceCreamAndCake11/18/09solo ride after short workday.pushed hard on the climbs,but goofed around alot on the tech stuff. 
Hippydude11/04/09Solo... 
Byron B10/25/09solo ride.. trying to get my form back on the mtn, things felt okay.. Got a flat doing some extra credit and called it a day.. 2 flats in two rides.. Hope the ANGELS PULL THRU... 
Twitch10/10/09PB They are working on the trail above Meadows that goes around the houses. 
Mike Honcho10/04/09Good ride with Rough Rider 
hpmoray10/03/09Great training ride with my son. Nice and cool this afternoon, but a few spots brought on the sweat (climbing Mathis). Sun right in my eyes on the climb, and for some reason my halo wasn't working well, so sweat was stinging my eyes. Brutal. No wildlife today, and very few folks on the trails for some reason. Fall is definitely here with cooler weather. 
Hannibal09/13/09Nice morning ride with Mark. Weather finally cooled off. Lynx is getting pretty loose these days. 
Greo1009/10/09Up Rockit to TOW down Lunx up Cholla and back to Rockit - mixed up the std ride a bit. 
RollnStone09/07/09Rode some extra credit (about 18.4 miles total). Stopped to help a guy fix his flat but the stem was torn and both of us had just used our spare tubes. He walked out to MILF park from Lynx. 
Burgemeester09/06/09A superb ride w/ RaulC - trails were pretty busy for the most part, but not too much on the downhills! The kid SMOKED me on the downhills - thought I was a beginner out there! Kudos, and thanks much! 
RaulC09/06/09Nice "easy" ride with Burgemeester 
patkel08/27/09Too hot 
Damon M08/24/09Mathis 14:18 Cholla 6:38 
Ladera Dave08/23/09Good training today, a lot of hikers on all trails. 
Maneux08/22/09Lots of riders, hikers, runners, stollers, backpackers, etc out today. Stopped a lot to check the route/directions. Nice ride but the humidity high with slight rain in the morning. Meadows is more fun going down than going up! 
Twitch07/23/09Solo, saw GDR out on the trail. 
Dmac07/23/09LANCE is still the MAN !!! 
Ladera Dave07/21/09Great ride with my STR buds 
Rowsby07/21/09Rob and I. Hot weather, cool ride on the Nomad's. 
Dmac07/14/09Wore my Tattoo arm warmers today - to try to prevent my forearms from going two shades darker than the rest of me - Nice ride thru Aliso. 
Dmac07/06/09Windy today but it was a nice breeze . Got a little hot into the corners going down rock it - almost hit the rider coming up - missed it by that much. 
Hannibal07/01/09Rode Tuesday afternoon. It was hot going up Meadows. Came across a rattlesnake at the bottom of Mathis, but it quickly scooted off into the brush beside the trail. 
goldrunner06/25/09Very windy. Good seeing Royster and his not so old oldlady ;)out on the trail. Fun ride and not a lot of peps out. Gave a guy from Chicago directions at the top of Mathis and told him about Geo, probably wont be seeing many routes there, with any elevation any way.. 
Dmac06/17/09Sweet ride noticed on the way out that my rear rim was out of true - Lost a spoke somewhere on the ride? I'll be in the garage tomorrow fixing it. 
Burgemeester06/14/09Good morning ride with Slopush, Steeleboat and Luis47...Steeleboat continues to amaze us with his knowledge on bike maintenance - zip ties are definitely the spice of the month! Thanks lads! 
slopush06/14/09Fun ride w/ Burgemeester, Steelboat and Lewis. Steelboat broke a cable but a zip tie got him home on top of his bike instead of pushing it! 
Dmac05/14/09It was a sweet ride on a sweet day, the Yeti ran strong on my new tubeless tires. 
Hippydude05/13/09Solo... 
rushak05/13/09Such an underrated route. It's been awhile since I attempted this one and I finally cleaned the Meadows climb on my 29er SS! I'm pretty stoked I was able to do it. That really took alot out of me making the rest of the climbs pretty tough. I even cleared dripping cave for the first time with my 32X19 gearing. Aliso has so many steep and challenging climbs. 
trekstorm05/08/09Quite cool today as the clouds were blowing in. Especially at Top of the World. 
gaucho05/04/09Ride with Jerry, Phil, Rick, Pat and Scott. Twisted ankle coming down start of Meadows. Skipped Rock-It this time. 
gaucho05/04/09 
trekstorm04/24/09A really nice ride today. On the cool side. Saw a few baby rattlers here and there. 
hpmoray04/21/09Rode alone today. Son was tired and didn't want to ride in the heat. Wimp. Not as hot as I thought it would be; nice breeze all afternoon. Of course, I was always riding into the wind... Saw some quail and 1 little gopher snake. Was passed by Rushak going up Mathis on his SS. Good to meet him at the top. Didn't feel too strong today - Saturday's ride still lingered. Legs burned a bit up Meadows till the lactic acid was expunged. Good day to be out though....sure beats being in the office! 
JCampbell04/18/09Thursday's ride. Looking forward to this weekends riding. EDIT... didn't realize it would give me extra points for distance being that it was dated before today's ride. For all you point junkies, no hate mail please. 
hpmoray04/14/09After work ride with my son. Rain kept threatening off and on, and got a few drops at beginning, but cool riding throughout. Lots of beetles out on the trail today - ran over a bunch too. Went off trail coming down Meadows, but didn't crash. 2:09 ride time. Felt good and strong today. 
Cheez Samitch04/12/09Love this route -- 23.25 miles out and back from my house. 
Hannibal04/12/09Fun ride with Ron, Kevin and Art. Trails in great shape. 
Greo1004/10/09Lots of people out for a Tuesday - Trails are in OK shape 
ZULU04/03/09A great morning ride today. A little bit slower but been riding alot this week. 
Ladera Dave03/31/09Nice ride with my friends to beat the darkness 
Terry Best03/31/09Headed over to the other side of town to squeeze this in before visiting my mom. Sorry to the lady filming the bobcat at the Lynx trailhead...I had no idea what you were up to until he was right under me. Everybody was polite and courteous on the trails today. High fives! 
oc_laske03/29/09Morning ride with nstilwell. Little dark and overcast, but the temps were perfect. 
tweasol03/22/09What everyone said, Shows you what's up with Aliso 
tweasol03/21/09Good temps, Wanted to hit this and Some LCWP but at the end of this I didn't have time. Saw Ryan Forest up on west ridge. Maybe regretting not doing the 50-miler? Saw a lot of riders doin it on the way over...Oh well 
PaulV03/20/09Quiet cool overcast morning with some fog at TOW. Not too many people out, saw the lopes mobile at the main parking lot when I got back. This route has a great flow to it. splits: up Meadows(kiosk to kiosk)=13:00 gate to TOW=27:21, down Lynx=2:01,up cholla=4:33,down Rockit=5:07 up Mathis=11:36, down Meadows=5:44 (stopped to yield to climber), gate to gate=1:35:38 
Byron B03/16/09Saturday ride with Ryno.. feeling good and stoked on climbing mathis from bottom to top of the world with no breaks (un-clicked once, dam rut).. 
DirtyMedic03/03/09Nice day, uncrowded, cool, trails in good shape! 
Finefield03/01/09First time and last on this route lots of people,hikers, and speed limit is 10 MPH 
slopush02/22/09Cool morning ride w/ Burgemeester. No rabbits were run over so all is well. Thanks for the ride man! 
Burgemeester02/22/09Conditions were perfect - cool, great trail conditions and hardly any traffic, and then there was me - grinding like crazy trying to keep Slopush in sight - the kid's a billy goat! Thanks for the ride - awesome to be out there! 
PaulV01/18/09got out this AM and enjoyed the sunshine in Aliso. Tons of people out, a little bit of everybody. Took it mainly easy but pushed it up Mathis. 
Hannibal01/05/09Sunday morning ride. Not able to post until today. Nice ride with Ron, Kevin, Mark and his son Jordan. Cold at the beginning. Trails nice and tacky. 
Byron B12/08/08yesterdays ride.. did an extra credit down hill over by the water tanks that ryan showed me. great conditions with a few people out.. thanks to ryan my climbing/ downhill skills are picking up quickly. 
Hannibal12/08/08Only Mark and me today. Trails are in great shape. Nice to follow Mark on the downhills and try and learn better technique. 
Mike.the.Spike12/07/08Saw two deer, a mother and a baby. Not the least bit afraid of us and just stood there nibbling on the grass. A great ride today. 
Mike.the.Spike11/30/08What a day! 
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