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Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
198 trails
- Hike
223 trails
- Trail Running
223 trails
Region Details
- 35
- 17
- 77
- 43
- 10
Region Status
Caution as of Jun 2, 2025Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 198
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 205
- Trails E-Bike
- 51
- Trails Horse
- 11
- Trails Hike
- 223
- Trails Trail Running
- 223
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 4
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 2
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 1
- Total Distance
- 185 miles
- Total Descent
- 49,404 ft
- Total Vertical
- 3,028 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 3,111 ft
- Reports
- 1,740
- Photos
- 920
- Ridden Counter
- 42,514
Sub Regions
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Cuesta Ridge East
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Cuesta Ridge West
- 3
- 23
- 21
- 6
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El Chorro Regional Park
- 2
- 3
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Irish Hills
- 1
- 17
- 9
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Johnson Ranch
- 2
- 1
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Madonna Mountain (Cerro San Luis)
- 3
- 17
- 5
- 1
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Pozo
- 1
- 1
- 2
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Rinconada/Hi Mountain
- 13
- 9
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Santa Margarita Lake
- 2
- 6
- 1
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South Hills Open Space
- 5
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South Hills Open Space
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Terrace Hill Open Space
- 1
- 2
Popular San Luis Obispo Mountain Biking Trails
San Luis Obispo Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Best of West Cuesta Ridge (Advanced Route) | 12 miles | |
Eucs Loop | 2,448 ft | |
Firebreak to Cal Poly | 7 miles | |
Madonna All Mountain | 4 miles | |
Froom to Oceanview | 7 miles | |
Ultimate Ridge Shuttle Route | 27 miles | |
S.L.O. To The Bone | 1 mile | |
Best of West Cuesta Ridge (Intermediate Route) | 12 miles | |
Moto/Chrome Loop | 3 miles | |
Cuesta Ridge Loop with RailRoad Exstension | 24 miles |
Photos of San Luis Obispo Mountain Bike
trail: Mt. Lowe Road
158 |
Jan 11, 2022 @ 6:50pm
Jan 11, 2022
trail: Ocean View Trail (Top)
171 |
Jun 16, 2019 @ 9:53pm
Jun 16, 2019
trail: Mt. Lowe Road
157 |
Oct 2, 2017 @ 4:42pm
Oct 2, 2017
trail: Bombers
202 |
Oct 2, 2017 @ 3:09pm
Oct 2, 2017
trail: Bombers
250 |
Oct 2, 2017 @ 3:09pm
Oct 2, 2017
trail: Rail Trail
218 |
Sep 22, 2017 @ 7:38pm
Sep 22, 2017
trail: Mine Trail
43 |
May 29, 2017 @ 7:01am
May 29, 2017
trail: King
92 |
May 21, 2017 @ 2:53pm
May 21, 2017Videos of San Luis Obispo Mountain Bike

trail: Elevator Shaft
0:15 |
74 |
Nov 7, 2023

trail: Upper Trinidad
0:40 |
28 |
Feb 27, 2021

trail: Oceanview Extension
0:19 |
132 |
Nov 29, 2020

trail: Tough and Dirty Slide
0:26 |
39 |
Sep 13, 2020

trail: Tough and Dirty Slide
0:06 |
33 |
Sep 13, 2020

trail: Jailbreak - The Eucs
0:47 |
173 |
Sep 13, 2020

trail: Froom Creek Trail
0:09 |
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Jun 18, 2020

trail: Tough and Dirty Slide
0:15 |
30 |
May 24, 2020
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Shooters | Jun 2, 2025 @ 9:17am Jun 2, 2025 | Ideal | JamesAgepoguyiu | ||
Elevator | Jun 2, 2025 @ 9:17am Jun 2, 2025 | Ideal | JamesAgepoguyiu | ||
Stenner Flow | Jun 2, 2025 @ 9:17am Jun 2, 2025 | Ideal | JamesAgepoguyiu | ||
Jailbreak - The Eucs | Jun 2, 2025 @ 9:17am Jun 2, 2025 | Ideal | JamesAgepoguyiu | ||
Flying Ewok-The Eucs | Jun 2, 2025 @ 9:17am Jun 2, 2025 | Ideal | JamesAgepoguyiu | ||
Morning Glory | Jun 2, 2025 @ 9:17am Jun 2, 2025 | Ideal | JamesAgepoguyiu | ||
Botanical | Jun 2, 2025 @ 9:17am Jun 2, 2025 | Ideal | JamesAgepoguyiu | ||
TV Tower Shortcut | Jun 2, 2025 @ 9:17am Jun 2, 2025 | Ideal | JamesAgepoguyiu | ||
TV Tower Road | Jun 2, 2025 @ 9:17am Jun 2, 2025 | Ideal | JamesAgepoguyiu | ||
Hi Mtn Trail | May 28, 2025 @ 5:13pm May 28, 2025 | Dry | Nibot33 |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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alleighton | add | trail | activity #74048200 | Jun 18, 2025 @ 10:30am 1 day |
MatthewVasta | ridden | trail | activity #73934646 and 2 more | Jun 16, 2025 @ 3:39pm 3 days |
alleighton | comment | trail | activity #73696446 | Jun 13, 2025 @ 12:00pm Jun 13, 2025 |
alleighton | difficultyvote | trail | activity #73689733 and 1 more | Jun 13, 2025 @ 10:15am Jun 13, 2025 |
cmorley30 | vote | poi | activity #73442786 | Jun 9, 2025 @ 2:11pm Jun 9, 2025 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | This is a technical, rocky, challenging trail,... | Jun 13, 2025 @ 12:00pm Jun 13, 2025 | ||
trail | Basically hell after the what trail | Apr 30, 2025 @ 10:27am Apr 30, 2025 | ||
trail | This should be taken off the map. Could not find. | Apr 18, 2025 @ 3:29pm Apr 18, 2025 | ||
trail | There was an axle-deep, rock-filled rut for... | Apr 13, 2025 @ 10:57pm Apr 13, 2025 | ||
trail | Meh. I descended this to get to Bombers, but... | Apr 13, 2025 @ 10:53pm Apr 13, 2025 |
Local Badges
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Completionist3 awarded -
Big Ride 30k4,636 awarded -
Epic Ride 50k1,598 awarded -
Top 10 Trails3 awarded -
Completionist6 awarded -
10 Green Trails0 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
name | type | city | rating |
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Eucs Project | skill park | San Luis Obispo | |
Irish Hills / Costco Jumps | skill park | San Luis Obispo |
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 | 198 | 173 miles | 47,418 ft | 83 miles | 3,028 ft | #196 | #93 | 877 | 1,751 | 20 | 38,069 | |
E-Bike | 51 | 55 miles | 11,614 ft | 22 miles | 2,661 ft | 14 | 1,422 | 2,253 | ||||
Horse | 11 | 19 miles | 4,734 ft | 9 miles | 2,064 ft | 713 | 1 | |||||
Hike | 223 | 184 miles | 49,124 ft | 87 miles | 3,028 ft | #140 | #83 | 15 | 1,737 | 2,337 | ||
Trail Running | 223 | 184 miles | 49,124 ft | 87 miles | 3,028 ft | #141 | #83 | 1,739 | 2,623 | |||
Dirtbike/Moto | 4 | 8 miles | 1,572 ft | 3 miles | 1,614 ft | 707 | 3 | |||||
ATV/ORV/OHV | 2 | 3 miles | 217 ft | 1,824 ft | 1,207 ft | 706 | ||||||
Nordic Ski | 1 | 5,085 ft | 213 ft | 1,677 ft | 118 ft | 2 |
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