Mountain Bike

24.0 miles

Distance

991 ft

Climb

-992 ft

Descent

439 ft

High Point

A loop from PQ Canyon, along the beach, and back.

To ride on the sand, only low tide works. If tide isn't low, you can modify by riding on the roads, or trail along the train tracks (which is not legal).

Two potential beer stops noted: Viewpoint Brewery and New English Brewing. Or, if you're wearing Lycra, join the roadies at a coffee shop.

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2 Reviews & Comments

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eirwik (Mar 25, 2019 at 19:45)

has anyone recently done this? how is it?

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MrGrenadeMcBoom (Jul 19, 2020 at 17:16)

Rode most of this route today (19July). I did it on my Cyclocross bike with 38c Panaracers. Due to my choice of bikes I avoided Eucalyptus by staying on the fire road and also bypassed West Rim and Hurry home and added about a mile and come change by taking the Santa Monica Ridge double track. All the trails and route before and after that were very doable on a cyclocross/gravel bike with minimal hike-a-bike that was on me more than the bike.

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Trails in Route

	PQ Creek Park Access				1,089 ft
	North Side Trail - East				4,278 ft
	Powerline				4,692 ft
	Tunnels Road				1,667 ft
	Switchbacks Rim Fire Road				994 ft
	West Rim				2,251 ft
	Eucalyptus Bypass				738 ft
	Eucalyptus				1,644 ft
	Switchbacks				623 ft
	Hurry Home				2,756 ft
	Del Mar Flow Trail				4,144 ft
	Underworld				203 ft
	torrey Pines trail				1 mile
	Lagoon Trail				4,108 ft
	Coast to Crest - Del Mar Fairgrounds - Horse Park				2 miles
	Del Mar Riverpath				2,365 ft
	Beach - Del Mar to Carmel Valley Rd				3 miles
	Old Sorrento Valley Rd				5,174 ft
	North Side Trail - Far West				2,690 ft
	Penasquitos West Side Hill Climb				295 ft
	North Side Trail - Far West				2,513 ft
	North Side Trail - West				968 ft
	Two Bridges				1,391 ft
	North Side Trail - East				1,214 ft
	PQ Creek Park Access				1,089 ft

Route POI

	Viewpoint Brewery	Other
	New English Brewing	Other

Details

Riding area

Los Peñasquitos Canyon
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Other Activities
- E-Bike
Difficulty rating

Green
Route Type

Loop
eBike Allowed

Yes
Bike type

AM, XC, CX, Gravel
Direction

Both Directions
Physical rating

Moderate

More Stats for A PQ Beach Loop mountain bike route

Altitude min

1 ft
Altitude start

236 ft
Altitude end

233 ft
Grade

-0%
Grade max

-42.4%
Grade min

34.1%
Distance climb

8 miles
Distance down

8 miles
Distance flat

8 miles

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trail	date	description
Powerline	Oct 16, 2021 @ 1:15pm 1 day	Some rain ruts near bottom but easy to pick a good line as you climb because why would you go down this thing? The Schlitz and Cobbles are right there for Pete’s sake.
Two Bridges	Oct 11, 2021 @ 10:02am Oct 11, 2021
Switchbacks	Sep 28, 2021 @ 4:47pm Sep 28, 2021
North Side Trail - Far West	Sep 25, 2021 @ 7:19am Sep 25, 2021
Del Mar Flow Trail	Sep 22, 2021 @ 5:24pm Sep 22, 2021	This is a very fun trail offering a fairly easy ride. I rank this as beginner through low intermediate friendly.

A PQ Beach Loop route

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