971 Trails in California

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Iron Mountain Trail Expert difficulty 6.0 ***** Poway
"B" (Upper Bidwell Park) Expert difficulty 1.0 ***** Chico
Miracle Mile (Big Bear Mountain Resort) Expert difficulty 1.0 ***** Big Bear Lake
Toro County Park Expert difficulty 40.0 **** Monterey
Mentally Sensitive (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Expert difficulty 1.0 **** Laguna Beach
World Cup (Big Bear Mountain Resort) Expert difficulty 1.0 Big Bear Lake
Wilson's (Upper Bidwell Park) Expert difficulty 1.0 ***** Chico
Big Ride (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Expert difficulty 50.0 ***** Aptos
Brandy Creek Expert difficulty 10.0 ***** Redding
Yeager Mesa Expert difficulty 10.0 **** Trabuco Canyon
Tunnel Trail Expert difficulty 5.0 **** Santa Barbara
West Horsethief Expert difficulty 11.0 ** Trabuco Canyon
Car Wreck (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Expert difficulty 2.0 **** Laguna Beach
The Nursery Expert difficulty 13.0 ***** Murrieta
Big Boulder Trail Expert difficulty 5.0 ***** Downieville
Wayne's World Advanced difficulty 12.0 ***** Barstow
Tahoe Rim Trail: Kingsbury to Van Sickle Advanced difficulty 12.0 ***** South Lake Tahoe
Butcher Ranch (Downieville Downhill) Advanced difficulty 4.1 ***** Downieville
Centipede Advanced difficulty 0.4 ***** San Juan Capistrano
Hole In The Ground Advanced difficulty 17.0 ***** Truckee
Upper Bidwell Park Advanced difficulty 11.0 **** Chico
Mount Hough Advanced difficulty 14.0 **** Quincy
Pack Memorial MTB Trail Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** Apple Valley
Squirrel Trail Advanced difficulty 1.3 **** Auburn
Star Lake Trail Advanced difficulty 5.0 **** South Lake Tahoe
Bona Vista MTB/Hike Trailhead Advanced difficulty 25.0 ***** Apple Valley
Tuley Canyon Switchbacks Advanced difficulty 1.0 *** Oceanside
Hart park loop Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Bakersfield
Stonewall Trail Advanced difficulty 2.0 **** Auburn
Arrow (SkyPark at Santa’s Village) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Skyforest
Romero Canyon Trail Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** Santa Barabara
Monk Dawg (Greer Ranch / 215 Trail) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Murrieta
Demo Forest Flow Trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Santa Cruz
Sanjon Barranca Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Ventura
Boo Hoff Trail Advanced difficulty 6.0 ***** La Quinta
Long Lake Advanced difficulty 15.0 ***** Greagle
Ramblas Advanced difficulty 7.0 ***** San Juan Capistrano
TRT Advanced difficulty 18.0 ***** Truckee
Repack Road via Tamarancho Camp (Fisher Loop) Advanced difficulty 14.0 ***** Fairfax
Suicide Trail Advanced difficulty 4.0 ***** Agoura Hills/ Oak Park
Trabuco Canyon Advanced difficulty 7.0 **** Trabuco Canyon
gas can Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Fort Bragg
South Yuba Trail (Old Flume Trail / South Yuba Trail) Advanced difficulty 9.0 **** Nevada City
Lopez Canyon Trail (Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** San Diego
Braille Trail (Forest Of Nisene Marks and Soquel Demonstration Forest) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Santa Cruz
Strawberry Peak Advanced difficulty 16.0 **** La Canada Flintridge
Total Confusion Advanced difficulty 2.0 ***** fort bragg
Haskell Open Space Trail Advanced difficulty 5.0 ***** Santa Clarita
5 Oaks Trail (Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park) Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Laguna Beach
Hopalong Cassidy Advanced difficulty 11.0 ** Palm Desert

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