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Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
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Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
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- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
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Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
6 trails
- Horse
4 trails
- Hike
8 trails
- Trail Running
25 trails
Region Details
- 2
- 1
- 2
Region Status
Caution as of Jan 28, 2025Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 24
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 6
- Trails E-Bike
- 2
- Trails Horse
- 4
- Trails Hike
- 25
- Trails Trail Running
- 25
- Total Distance
- 14 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 6 miles
- Total Descent
- 2,069 ft
- Total Vertical
- 816 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 895 ft
- Reports
- 402
- Photos
- 137
- Ridden Counter
- 11,477
Popular Pogonip Open Space Mountain Biking Trails
status | title | difficulty | rating |
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University Connector Trail | |||
Emma McCrary Trail | |||
Rincon Connector Trail | |||
East Road | |||
South Fuel Break Road |
Pogonip Open Space Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Up and over - Ride the Redwoods | 11 miles | |
Wilder Ranch Loop | 18 miles | |
11 mile Pogonip Open Space Ride | popular ridelog | 11 miles |
8 mile Pogonip Open Space Ride | popular ridelog | 8 miles |
7 mile Pogonip Open Space All-Mountain Ride | popular ridelog | 7 miles |
3 mile Pogonip Open Space Ride | popular ridelog | 3 miles |
6 mile Pogonip Open Space Ride | popular ridelog | 6 miles |
8 mile Pogonip Open Space Ride | popular ridelog | 8 miles |
13 mile Pogonip Open Space Ride | popular ridelog | 13 miles |
9 mile Pogonip Open Space Ride | popular ridelog | 9 miles |
Photos of Pogonip Open Space Mountain Bike
trail: Emma McCrary Trail
101 |
Apr 28, 2024 @ 1:23pm
Apr 28, 2024
trail: Rincon Connector Trail
36 |
Jul 20, 2023 @ 4:47pm
Jul 20, 2023
trail: Harvey West Trail
88 |
Aug 28, 2021 @ 12:01pm
Aug 28, 2021
trail: Harvey West Trail
43 |
Aug 28, 2021 @ 8:32am
Aug 28, 2021
trail: Harvey West Trail
57 |
Aug 28, 2021 @ 8:32am
Aug 28, 2021
trail: Harvey West Trail
55 |
Aug 28, 2021 @ 8:32am
Aug 28, 2021
trail: Harvey West Trail
51 |
Aug 28, 2021 @ 8:32am
Aug 28, 2021
trail: Harvey West Trail
43 |
Aug 28, 2021 @ 8:32am
Aug 28, 2021Videos of Pogonip Open Space Mountain Bike

trail: Emma McCrary Trail
4:24 |
204 |
Jun 20, 2020

trail: Rincon Connector Trail
2:00 |
252 |
May 31, 2019

trail: Emma McCrary Trail
6:09 |
473 |
Jul 26, 2015
youtuber

15:37 |
117 |
Aug 27, 2023

trail: Rincon Connector Trail
6:15 |
199 |
Jan 17, 2022 , Santa Cruz

trail: Emma McCrary Trail
6:15 |
364 |
Jan 17, 2022 , Santa Cruz
youtuber

trail: Emma McCrary Trail
17:00 |
325 |
Nov 30, 2021 , Santa Cruz
youtuber

trail: Emma McCrary Trail
10:12 |
1449 |
May 30, 2019 , Santa Cruz
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Emma McCrary Trail | Jan 28, 2025 @ 3:22pm Jan 28, 2025 | Variable | matibenzoni SCMTS Staff | ||
University Connector Trail | Jan 28, 2025 @ 2:40pm Jan 28, 2025 | Variable | matibenzoni SCMTS Staff | ||
Rincon Connector Trail | Jan 7, 2025 @ 4:28pm Jan 7, 2025 | Variable | ABHORRANCE831 | ||
South Fuel Break Road | Oct 27, 2021 @ 5:28pm Oct 27, 2021 | Ideal | oldguywithabike |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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ivno1T | wishlist | trail | activity #65391917 | Jan 29, 2025 @ 4:15pm Jan 29, 2025 |
matibenzoni | add | report | activity #65335754 and 6 more | Jan 28, 2025 @ 2:12pm Jan 28, 2025 |
LoneFalcon | add | report | activity #65258095 | Jan 26, 2025 @ 6:19pm Jan 26, 2025 |
dknoel | wishlist | trail | activity #65054850 | Jan 23, 2025 @ 11:15am Jan 23, 2025 |
nlucchesi24 | wishlist | route | activity #64825854 | Jan 18, 2025 @ 4:45pm Jan 18, 2025 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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skillpark | super fun track. I've been there with my kids... | Nov 13, 2023 @ 11:34am Nov 13, 2023 | ||
trail | Amazing trail, surprisingly fun climb and... | Aug 6, 2022 @ 4:48pm Aug 6, 2022 | ||
report | Ummmmm, sir. That is water | Jan 6, 2022 @ 9:10am Jan 6, 2022 | ||
trail | amazing with jumps and berms, AWESOME A... | Oct 25, 2019 @ 8:33pm Oct 25, 2019 | ||
trail | Rode 4/18/19. Sweet trail with some berms.... | Apr 19, 2019 @ 9:24pm Apr 19, 2019 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
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UCSC | 2 | 2 | 2.2 km | ||
DeLaveaga Park | 2 | 4 | 2.2 km | ||
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2.5 km | |
Wilder Ranch | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2.8 km | |
Bear Mountain | 3 km |
Bike & Skill Parks
name | type | city | rating |
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Harvey West Pump Track | skill park | Santa Cruz |
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 6 | 4 miles | 551 ft | 2 miles | 794 ft | #473 | #246 | 75 | 387 | 2 | 35,072 | |
E-Bike | 2 | 2 miles | 112 ft | 2,490 ft | 331 ft | 363 | 1 | 4,005 | ||||
Horse | 4 | 4 miles | 538 ft | 1 mile | 702 ft | #18 | #16 | 88 | 1 | |||
Hike | 8 | 14 miles | 2,070 ft | 6 miles | 817 ft | #315 | #195 | 64 | 402 | 289 | ||
Trail Running | 25 | 14 miles | 2,070 ft | 6 miles | 817 ft | #318 | #195 | 402 | 166 |
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