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Skyline - Blackstar (California) Route creator: dPerez

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Overall:  6.5
Technical:  5.2
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Big out and backout and back
 
Time (avg): 3:07 minutes
Distance: 26.2 miles
Ascent: 4,425 feet
 
 
Ladder Points 87 per ride


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From Corona area, this route starts up Skyline up to main divide then down Blackstar canyon, then at the gate at the bottom of Blackstar turn around and head back to Skyline. There are a few single track sections going back down Skyline parallel to the fireroad. Pay close attention, the single track is easily missed. Note: This route can be done in reverse starting from the Orange County, Blackstar gate.
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NameDateComment
IceCreamAndCake07/25/10rode in reverse. fun group ride. 
skylinemike07/24/101:31 to Blackstar gate. Lots of people enjoying the day. Hot and tired on the way back, the last 2 miles up the hill were brutal. 
trekstorm07/21/10Was due for a long one. Love these temps. No run today as I am spent!! 
goldrunner07/20/10Another excellent night ride with Jr. & Daniel. No Mtn. Lions but lots of Toads, Tarantula's & Kangaro rats. Jr saw a Bob cat. Jr. was thinking he was in the TDF and was Renshaw (Cavindishes lead out man) as he was taking me out giving Daniel the whole shot. Towards the top of B* I road into a tree of some sort, Daniel thought I was being attacked by an animal and was gone : ( Thanks Daniel. 
Jr Munoz07/20/10Dont know why I even say med pace when I know Ben and Dan cant help themselves,well at least it helped me to get out of the funk I was in ! Yes I almost took ben out on one of the turns ? still cant explain why except maybe the fumes were getting to me ?? lots of peeps on skyline side,not a soul on blackstar. Good times 
Hammertime07/20/10These night rides are a blast ! Ben almost got eaten by a large plant ? the old guy tried to take him out too ! 
goldrunner07/15/10The hills are alive! Saw a stick bug, scorpion, Mtn Lion, Bob cat and 4 stink bugs, Hal, Jr. & Roadie Daniel; PEW! Smelt smoke descending Sky-line too, wonder were it was coming from? Fun night ride need to do those more often. 
Jr Munoz07/15/10Great ride with Ben,daniel,and we were honored with Hals participation up to beeks where he was smart enough to turn around. blackstar was fantastic in its darkness and wildlife ! Ben and Dan both saw a mountain lion,and later a bobcat and all I saw were some wierd lights and alot of dust I Love night rides !! the hammerman did a little 90 mi. roadie ride earlier so I had to drop him.....not 
goldrunner07/12/10Thank you Boy Scouts of America for the H20... 
Jr Munoz07/12/10Good ride with Goldrunner. Felt kind of sluggish just getting home from the slave camp and had to kick it up a notch to keep him in sight ....then we lucked out on some water from some hikers that was left at the IC. 
rsalgado06/27/10Sat AM ride, left aprox 5:30am saw my first MTN LION going down black start. Baby, but a long tail! Met Chris and Wendy for the ride back up. Saw many Deer prints on the road when the MTN LION Crossed the fire road in front of me. 
agitate189006/24/10good solid ride after work this am with oz,the new"czar"of bees.unfortunetly my bee karma is screwed up,got stung for the third time in two weeks,in the same spot above the knee.doh.. 
Jr Munoz06/24/10Good time today with Mr Agitate ! kind of warm again but expected for start of summer ...DUH. ran into Jerry on blkstr. and Mark got reminded why they shouldnt have the BEES up there @#$%^#@@$ cant wait for SART!!! 
ChrisB06/20/10Great ride with Sjon. THe long sustained climbs killed me. Need to do that more often. 
Sjon06/19/10Last minute ride with ChrisB. First time riding this area and did well. Lots of peeps on B* 
Jr Munoz06/15/10Excellent ride this morning with Hammertime. Quite a few riders out for a tuesday including Murmur ! Pretty warm for 7am but still a great way to start the day !! dan took it easy on the old guy as he's still feeling his 100 miler (: 
MCAFS06/12/10Cool and cloudy a ride. Lots of people out on the trail today. 
grinding06/05/10great ride and i saw 2 snakes and 1 bobcat and Tuttle was up to no good again. 
Sjon06/02/10Good company on todays sissy ride. Always feels great to ride my 26lb ultra light race bike. Big ring in the IE...cause that's how WE do it! woot woot!! 
Jr Munoz06/01/10Good times with Hammertime and my hero Sjon ! Great weather and lots of laughs as I was chasing the rabbits ! also ran into dave coming up blkstr. 
trekstorm05/31/10Mid afternoon ride. Saw many people out today. Great views on top!! 
agitate189005/24/10good ride with dan and oz... 
shrek05/20/101:08:34 to gate 
grinding05/15/10good ride today and it really felt warm out there. 
trekstorm05/14/10Blackstar start. Trying to work on speed. Had to pull over a few times but had good workout on my legs. 
trekstorm04/29/10Cool ride today. Not too many riders. 
The Lame04/28/10Nice 54.5 Km riding and good fall at the end :) Av. Speed 14.6 Km/H Mx. Speed 54.5 Km/H Does somebody know how much and where I can get a The Traverse spot?? 
goldrunner04/27/10Nice ride w/ Hal, Augustine, Jr., Daniel & Jack Hanna, thanks for bringing all the wild animals for us to view. 1 Bobcat, 2 snakes, 1 Deer, lots of lizards, some were flat but still lizards. Didn't know we were going to be sampling cheese at the Indian village. 
Hal04/27/10Nice ride with the IE crew and The Lame who did this entire ride in the big ring. I missed the bobcat that Dan and Ben saw but did see a deer, 3 snakes , and a peacock. All in my middle ring. 
Hammertime04/26/10Nice hard pace, didn't feel very good for parts of this one, enjoyed riding some with dad, who seemed very strong today, or I was weak! beeks 36min. blackstar gate 58min.don't remember the rest:) 
Jr Munoz04/26/10Fun ride this morning with Dino ! kind of warm but not too hot ! chasing the rabbit ....NAH 
goldrunner04/20/10My turn to chase the rabbit today, & caught him.PB 37 to Beeks. Thumper wasn't feeling it today, 1st part anyway. Made a high speed pass descending B* on the inside & over shot to the outside almost eating some serious Sh%@! Jr. got a good laugh out of it. Took all the jeep trails for fun, Stupid! got pelted several times but no stings. One big Gopher snake towards the bottom all stretched out. Nice riding with the usual I.E. crew & good to meet Chris. 
grinding04/10/10great ride today with craig and saw sjon at the bottom of B.S.talked for a little bit and rode up with him also,nice to see you sjon.craig said he thought he saw hal and i think i saw augustine,if that was you hi. 
goldrunner04/08/10Hot one today. Great riding with Craig, Daniel,& Mark. Almost took out a Peacock on B*. There was only one, I wonder if the other meet the same fate?? 
Hammertime04/08/10Good times with Mark,Ben,and met up with Craig on blk.str. ! Warm temps and I almost took out the other peacock ! 
UphillRider5504/08/10Looks like on the first post the GPS died, but the backup GPS got it all. Great ride with Ben(Goldrunner), Daniel(Hammertime), & Mark (Agitate 1890) met them on Blackstar. Thanks for waiting, and showing me the single track on Skyline. A little warm on the way back. Hope Jr feels better soon. 
agitate189004/08/10ht.good ride today,only a couple short stops.thanks men..b* is smooth right now,35mph max,, 
agitate189003/28/10good time with evilbawb 
rsalgado03/27/10Great day to ride, cool temps. Was making good time over but coming back up and over, got hammered by the wind. One 4 foot snake near river blkstar out in the road watching riders go by. 
Jr Munoz03/24/10Good mid morning ride . took my time and enjoyed the perfect temps and chatted a little too much (: saw a really big rattler before the IC. lots of work going on on blackstar ! off to the slave camp ! 
grinding03/20/10great ride and weather,saw a guy riding down BS with his dog in his pack,now that was awesome.all the glory to our LORD JESUS CHRIST. 
goldrunner03/17/10Timing is everything. Cracked my SC Blur frame today. Guess I don't have to do the Coup : (( 
agitate189003/17/10started with 5,ended with 2.great day,finished with sir creeks a lot.caught a sm. horned lizard on blackstar[ben saw it,i was climbing so fast i didn't see it ,lol]tame little creatures.fun fun.. 
Jr Munoz03/16/10Good ride this morning ! Charged skyline (58) (: with Rich and Kelly then met murmur at the top and also ran into Zungu near the bottom as he was going up blkstr. hit the gate and almost caught up to doug but I wasn't on my kawasaki ! a little windy but nothing like sunday ! oh yeah : a very nice bobcat went across my bow down where the peacocks hang out ! 
mtnbikepej03/16/10Great ride Blueman 
rsalgado03/13/10early start to see the sun rise from the top. Great morning for a ride. Feet still numb. 
grinding03/13/10late start but overall a great ride. 
goldrunner03/12/10Felt like crap going up Skyline but wore off coming back up Black Star. Lots of riders out today, good meeting JimL. Got stung in the head by a Bee that flew into my helmet going down Skyline, so it hurt going up & down. ; ( Still a good ride, better than being at work, I think? 
Jr Munoz03/12/10Another great ride with Ben,and Dino ! good to run into Jim L and a few others ! 
trekstorm03/09/10Blackstart start. On the cold side and very windy on the summit. Saw a couple of deer near leveled out area near finish. 
Hannibal03/08/10Rode back on last friday after work. Skyline is in better shape than Blackstar. 
trekstorm03/06/10Blackstar start. Mid morning ride with good conditions until a little downpoar made it a little difficult. 
Sjon03/02/1038 mins to Beeks. Still have a lot of training to get down into low 30's. At least I didn't take 53 mins to get up loosing 2 quarts of sweat doing so :) Good riding with the i.e. comedy crew again! 
Hammertime03/02/10Nice hard start, 33mins to beaks, then easy pace with lots of breaks with goldrunner, sjon and my old man... back to work! 
Jr Munoz03/02/10Great to ride again even if I still felt very sluggish ! dont know what the prob. is but its lame to ride in pain ! good to ride with the Ie.gang again . Dan ,Ben,and Sjon.only bummer was the look on Sjon's face when going thru the mud .... come on its only a bike (: 
goldrunner03/02/10Nice recovery ride after yesterdays jaunt. Good to see Fossil is not completely Fossilized & joined us today. Great riding w/ Sjon & Daniel too..... 
goldrunner02/25/10Thanks for pushing the pace Daniel, at least my pace. 
Hammertime02/25/10Nice ride with goldrunner... great weather and views, some pretty big birds out today too. creaky saddle today, gotta fix that so I don't have to crank up the music 
ZipsBiker02/19/10Nice effort. Started on the Blackstar side. Travis joined us for 1/2 the ride. Rode with SW, TL, ML, MC, TC. Pretty foggy coming down. 
yourdaddy02/19/10Finally got to do skyline blackstar and had a good time doing so thanks to hal and the fossil. 
singlespeedrider02/19/10Not sure my ride time Garmin was dead. New PB on Blackstar gate to gate 1:06. I was SSuffering coming up the skyline side. That climb is cruel after climbing Blackstar and on a SS. Great ride with a good group. 
Jr Munoz02/17/10Good ride today with Hal,and yourdaddy. little tough at start as usual, but got it going and got a decent pace for the return ! Chris is really getting strong for a newbie. hal has updated his nutrition (: 
Hal02/17/10Warm today. Thanks for coming out Fossil and Chris. 100% MCR. 
trekstorm02/13/10Blackstar start. What a great day for a ride!! 70 degrees at the start. Mud in usual places but except for the washout near the gate trail in good shape. Saw Mr. Tuttle on the way back. Actually had a good conversation. 
rsalgado02/11/10Afternoon ride over the hill. Deep ruts in skyline, near beeks. 
Hannibal02/04/10Rode yesterday afternoon, but in reverse (Blackstar, Skyline, Blackstar). Got really cold once the sun went down behind the hills. Most of the recent work by the little dozer on Blackstar got wiped out by the recent rains, but someone has done a great job of making temporary paths through the rutted areas. 
Hal01/31/10Tons of people out and on Blackstar. Nice ride with the IE gang. Thanks guys. 
goldrunner01/30/10Nice ride w/the I.E. Crew, Jr., Hal, Sjon, Mark x2. Surprisingly the "old guy pace" was pretty good. Lots of traffic and new obstacles on B-Star, most I have ever seen, was like the 405 on Friday @ rush hour. The Trail Angels & Troupers were out in force. Good seeing everyone! 
Sjon01/30/10Awesome day of riding in the SA's. Nice pace pushing Oz, Ben, Hal, Mark, and baby Mark. I can't even count as high as the ammount of people I saw riding! Great to unoffically meet all the geo peeps, Trail Angels, and STR folks. I should be able to get time to 2:15 when I attempt. 
Jr Munoz01/30/10Fun ride today with Hal,Sjon,Ben,Mark,and Evilbawb. lots of laughs and a pretty good pace for a Old Mans pace ? dont remember seeing more riders and hikers on the trails ! everyone having a good time !! HR 
Hammertime01/29/101st half of my ride, started off at a pretty hard pace, then going down blackstar, I realized it wouldn't be a pb, due to the conditions, so slowed it down and went to an endurance pace for the rest. felt great though... 
rsalgado01/16/10Solo AM ride, Great views of the IE just after sunrise. Felling a bit sluggish. 
Hammertime01/10/10great night ride with yolo and dad, first in a while, very dark but the lights worked great! awesome temps and nice easy pace...:) 
goldrunner01/10/10The views of the night lights were awesome. Hit a couple of BURRR cold pockets but nothing like east coast BUURRR! Great ride Daniel & Jr. have to hit the night rides more often. 
Jr Munoz01/09/10Fun easy paced ride with Mr agitate ! felt great to not rush (: 
WBoncal01/03/10Felt good today. This is a good start to the year. 
trekstorm01/01/10Actually started on the Skyline side. Great temps and great views from the top. From the ocean to the snow topped mtns. Wish I had my camara. 
goldrunner12/29/09Glad I got the old guy off his orthopedic bed. 
WBoncal12/28/09Ouch! That was hard. 
Jr Munoz12/27/09Good times with the goldrunner ! he rode like a roadrunner today and thanks for geting me off my lazy mode ! lots of riders out today with the perfect temps (0: 
rsalgado12/26/09Great AM ride with Grinding. So cool, needed a jacket for part of the ride. 
grinding12/26/09great ride with ray and wasnt feeling to good today,all the glory to our LORD JESUS CHRIST. 
agitate189012/19/09good ride with evil,oz and hal..nice to be 100% again.. 
Jr Munoz12/19/09Good to ride this morning with the usual suspects ! Mj,and mr agitate were on fire going up skyline and made for a quick time for this ride ! Hal went to the Indian camp and went home to play with wood ?? Good to run into Doris and friend right after talking about her and getting a copy of her book ! oh yeah :Mj got the sircrashalot award on the fireroad after cleaning a nice sgltrk ?? hope your not hurt mark ! 
Jr Munoz12/05/09Solo ride this morning ! Pb. up to beeks and no stopping except to change costumes (: big groups at blk str. gate ! great weather for riding ... 50th. 
trekstorm12/05/09Late morning start after six hours of work. Wanted to take a siesta from Corona but know I would sleep better in bed. Cold and windy. 
Hammertime12/01/09Rode up with go biker and rich and later with the original fossil ! 
trekstorm11/26/09Thanksgiving day ride. Legs are burning and were screaming!! Got too warm on the way back. 
Sjon11/12/09Nice short ride with the usuall ie crew. Witnessed an old fossil praticlly nude. Rode this one out eyes closed! 
Hammertime11/10/09nice leg burner ride before work, no incidents, minimal whining, lots of eating! Also spotted a fossil in spandex... rode with ben and sjon, followed by fossil 
Jr Munoz11/10/09ok ben you win ! fun ride today trying to keep up with the whippersnappers ,lots of riders out! great temps and good company ! 
trekstorm11/08/09Early am start. Blackstar side. Beautiful morning with nice cool temps. 
Jr Munoz11/08/09Always a good time with Mr Agitate 1890,Evilbawb the minirighty,and Hammertime the minilefty ! lots of riders including TRB,Cranx,and koke from earlier geo-history. did the trail via the Paul Valdez pass just to try it out and will probably just stick to the normal way ? took a while to get the wheels rolling but felt pretty good for the second half ! Happy B-day mark !! 
evilbawb11/08/09fun ride,nice to be out of the water for a few days.. 
angry red squirrel11/05/09yep good ol blkstr,same ol trail etc,rode some single tracks-looks like someone dug more trenches on the st s-its not a deterent,its a challenge for a mtn bkrs!!!also had spiders webs on my bike,i know recently it was halloween or does that mean i havent ridden n a week?ya cuz i was huffing n puffing 
trekstorm10/31/09Early AM Blackstar start. Rode with Tim today so we took it easy. Great weather and you can see for miles!! 
goldrunner10/30/09Good ride with the IE gang. 
Jr Munoz10/30/09painful first ride in five days, after being busy and sick, goldrunner found humor in my misery, dan still had energy enough to drop a rude blackstar rider, who was very focussed on his training route all the way to beeks!(probably a roadie):) 
grinding10/17/09good tough hot ride,saw ray on blackstar nice to see you ray also saw a deer on blackstar. 
rsalgado10/17/09morning solo ride saw Grinding. Great weather. 
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