Camuesa Connector Details

Riding area

Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
Difficulty rating

Blue
Trail type

Singletrack
Bike type

AM, XC
Trail Usage

Multi-use
Direction

Downhill Primary
Physical rating

Moderate
Global Ranking

#9367
Land Manager

Los Padres National Forest

This trail is very much the little brother of the nearby Santa Cruz Trail. The trail is shorter, the climb to the trail head is shorter, and while there is one exposed area, it is much less threatening than the Santa Cruz Trail.

Most people ride this as a loop starting from the Lower Oso day use area. You can either take the road or the trail from Lower Oso to Upper Oso campground. From there you take the Camuesa OHV Road to the trail head. It is around 2.5 miles and 1000 ft of climbing from Upper Oso to the trail head. The bottom of the trail crosses the Santa Ynez River and meets up with the road from the Red Rock area. Turn downhill and ride the road back to Lower Oso, about 2.5 miles.

From the trail head you descend through a meadow and into a narrow canyon. This leads to the first of three climbs. And this first one is the toughest, with steeply climbing switch backs. The descents between the climbs are fun and flowy on relatively smooth single track. The rest of the climbs are short and a nice break from descending through the chaparral.

This trail is sometimes used by horses from the nearby Rancho Oso, so please ride with a bell.

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More Stats for Camuesa Connector mountain bike trail

Altitude change

-1,119 ft
Altitude min

1,064 ft
Altitude max

2,319 ft
Altitude start

2,208 ft
Altitude end

1,089 ft
Grade max

-50%
Grade min

54.693%
Distance climb

1 miles
Distance down

3 miles
Distance flat

1,884 ft
Avg time

00:35:11
Avg reverse time

00:00:26
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	date	description
	Apr 18, 2017 @ 12:58pm Apr 18, 2017	The fire road climb is rocky but still ride able. On the Downhills there are some wash out and on the second downhill there is a part of the...
	Dec 12, 2016 @ 11:29pm Dec 12, 2016	Road the loop on 12/10/16 after Los Padres gave us the green light. The climb is unharmed but the first three downhill/climbs are like riding on...

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