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Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
- bi-directional trail
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Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
Contribute Details
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Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months.
Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
- most popular
- popular
- less popular
- not popular
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Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
- Downhill Ski
- Backcountry Ski
- Nordic Ski
- Snowmobile
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
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Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
170 trails
- E-Bike
27 trails
- Hike
159 trails
- Trail Running
159 trails
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 171
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 170
- Trails E-Bike
- 27
- Trails Horse
- 12
- Trails Hike
- 159
- Trails Trail Running
- 159
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 7
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 5
- Total Distance
- 282 miles
- Total Descent
- 75,686 ft
- Total Vertical
- 6,310 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 6,312 ft
- Reports
- 665
- Photos
- 391
- Ridden Counter
- 12,170
Articles
How to Start Building Mountain Bike Trails
Nov 1, 2022 from pinkbike.com
If the tools are calling your name, RSVP for that volunteer trail day and read this.
Sub Regions
- Buellton (4)
- Carpinteria (0)
- Gaviota (2)
- Goleta (2)
- More Mesa (1)
- Los Olivos (15)
- Los Olivos Dirt Club (14)
- Orcutt (45)
- Santa Barbara (73)
- Elings Park (22)
- Gaviota State Park (0)
- Romero Canyon (15)
- Santa Maria (9)
- Santa Ynez (16)
Popular Santa Barbara County Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romero Canyon Road Romero Canyon | |||
| Lower Romero Singletrack Romero Canyon | |||
| Jesusita Santa Barbara | |||
| Elings Downhill Elings Park | |||
| Camuesa Connector Santa Barbara | |||
| Access Trail Elings Park | |||
| Elings Loop Elings Park | |||
| Connector Elings Park | |||
| South Side Elings Park | |||
| Cold Springs Trail Santa Barbara | |||
| No (one cares) Elings Park | |||
| Camuesa Canyon Road Santa Ynez | |||
| Elings Loop Elings Park | |||
| Stevens Park Santa Barbara | |||
| Access Trail Elings Park |
Santa Barbara County Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jesusita Loop | 10 miles | |
| Santa Cruz Trail Loop | 17 miles | |
| 19 Oaks to Camuesa Santa Ynez | 12 miles | |
| Matias Loop Santa Ynez | 10 miles | |
| Up and Around Santa Barbara | 6 miles | |
| Falls Day Use to Gibralta Peak Santa Ynez | 15 miles | |
| Arroyo Burro Santa Ynez | 9 miles | |
| Santa Ynez Valley Classic Enduro 2016 race Los Olivos Dirt Club | 9 miles | |
| 2016 High School State Champinship Lap race Los Olivos Dirt Club | 6 miles | |
| 6 mile Romero Canyon All-Mountain Ride | popular ridelog | 6 miles |
Photos of Santa Barbara County Mountain Bike
trail: Willow Springs
16 |
Apr 14, 2022 @ 7:13pm
Apr 14, 2022
trail: Willow Springs
70 |
Apr 1, 2020 @ 8:51pm
Apr 1, 2020
trail: Arroyo Burro Road
101 |
Feb 7, 2020 @ 7:34am
Feb 7, 2020
trail: Manzanita
256 | | 5 comments
Feb 28, 2010 @ 1:05pm
Feb 28, 2010Videos of Santa Barbara County Mountain Bike
trail: San Ysidro
18 |
Jan 22, 2023
trail: Camuesa Connector
63 |
Nov 11, 2020
trail: Lower Romero Singletrack
0:16 |
77 |
Jun 12, 2020
trail: Lower Romero Singletrack
0:48 |
171 |
May 28, 2020
trail: Lower Romero Singletrack
1:28 |
1246 |
Sep 25, 2019
trail: Tequepis
1:00 |
178 |
Jun 25, 2019
trail: Camuesa Connector
5:21 |
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Jan 29, 2019
trail: Camuesa Connector
5:21 |
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Jan 28, 2019
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Creek Trail Santa Barbara | Mar 8, 2023 @ 9:23am Mar 8, 2023 | Prevalent Mud | jasonmtapia | ||
| Stevens Park Santa Barbara | Feb 17, 2023 @ 4:21pm Feb 17, 2023 | Dry | jnieman | ||
| Spyglass Ridge Road Santa Barbara | Feb 17, 2023 @ 4:15pm Feb 17, 2023 | Dry | jnieman | ||
| Inspiration Point Santa Barbara | Feb 17, 2023 @ 4:11pm Feb 17, 2023 | Dry | jnieman | ||
| Jesusita Santa Barbara | Feb 17, 2023 @ 4:10pm Feb 17, 2023 | Dry | jnieman | ||
| Beach Way Bike Path Santa Barbara | Feb 13, 2023 @ 1:17pm Feb 13, 2023 | Dry | SimiSean | ||
| Bench Santa Maria Valley Open Space | Feb 8, 2023 @ 6:48am Feb 8, 2023 | Ideal | javadown1969 | ||
| Romero Canyon Road Romero Canyon | Jan 18, 2023 @ 7:18am Jan 18, 2023 | Wet | pistolpete47 | ||
| Elings Downhill Elings Park | Jan 8, 2023 @ 3:59pm Jan 8, 2023 | Wet | bikeparkboy | ||
| Lower Romero Singletrack Romero Canyon | Dec 30, 2022 @ 8:10am Dec 30, 2022 | Wet | ABiron |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mchlperera | wishlist | route | Jesusita Loop | Mar 23, 2023 @ 2:03pm 2 days |
| Mchlperera | wishlist | trail | North Tunnel and 1 more | Mar 23, 2023 @ 1:51pm 2 days |
 | tjfuzz | wishlist | region | Romero Canyon | Mar 21, 2023 @ 7:03pm Mar 21, 2023 |
| Slicksick | wishlist | trail | Tequepis | Mar 19, 2023 @ 4:16pm Mar 19, 2023 |
| Eli10 | ridden | trail | Elings Downhill and 4 more | Mar 19, 2023 @ 11:16am Mar 19, 2023 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Three big washouts in a switchback area. One... | Feb 7, 2023 @ 10:04pm Feb 7, 2023 | ||
| report | Trail is closed. We were going to ride it... | Feb 7, 2023 @ 9:43pm Feb 7, 2023 | ||
| trail | Few large boulders in the middle of the trail... | Jan 21, 2023 @ 11:35pm Jan 21, 2023 | ||
| trail | Fun and moderately technical trail that takes... | Jan 21, 2023 @ 11:33pm Jan 21, 2023 | ||
| trail | Absolutely destroyed from the recent storms.... | Jan 21, 2023 @ 11:28pm Jan 21, 2023 |
Local Badges
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Big Ride 30k4,227 awarded -
Epic Ride Climb 2k443 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge116 awarded -
Epic Ride Descent 2k499 awarded -
10 Blue Trails110 awarded -
Big Ride 30k496 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isla Vista Pumptrack | skill park | Goleta | |
| Los Olivos Dirt Club Skill Park | skill park | Los Olivos | |
| More Mesa Dirt Jumps | skill park | Goleta | |
| Egling BMX Track | skill park | Santa Barbara |
Local Mountain Biking Directory
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Santa Maria Valley Open Space
![Santa Maria Valley Open Space]()
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Dr. Js Bike Shop
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Los Padres Forest Association
![Los Padres Forest Association]()
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Sage Trail AllianceTrail Association
![Sage Trail Alliance]()
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Bicycle Bob’s In GoletaBike Shop
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Velo Pro Cyclery GoletaBike Shop
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 170 | 273 miles | 71,719 ft | 132 miles | 6,309 ft | 382 | 665 | 10 | 30,902 | |||
| E-Bike | 27 | 66 miles | 13,773 ft | 32 miles | 4,377 ft | 414 | 1,166 | |||||
| Horse | 12 | 20 miles | 2,077 ft | 7 miles | 2,277 ft | 126 | ||||||
| Hike | 159 | 269 miles | 73,264 ft | 133 miles | 6,309 ft | 7 | 663 | 1 | 1,970 | |||
| Trail Running | 159 | 269 miles | 73,264 ft | 133 miles | 6,309 ft | 663 | 599 | |||||
| Dirtbike/Moto | 7 | 37 miles | 5,440 ft | 16 miles | 2,907 ft | 126 | 9 | |||||
| ATV/ORV/OHV | 5 | 26 miles | 3,268 ft | 9 miles | 2,073 ft | 126 |
- By JackSB STV & contributors
- Admins: CAMTB, ericfoltz, MountainBikeBill, Redhawk, jpmcghee, sanfret, brianpetry, susiemurphy, maddy03, STV
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