2,963 ft
Distance
-537 ft
Descent
00:09:03
Avg time

Car Wreck Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park
    Aliso Viejo, California
  • Difficulty Rating
  • Voted Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond (9 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Season
    all year
  • eBike Allowed
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Jump, Rock Face, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #2254 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #8791 in Trail Running
    • #3648 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    65 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 65 in Trail Running
    • 90 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    OC Parks

Steep single track (approx. 19%) with large and technical rock garden at the end. Called Car Wreck because there is an old wrecked car at the bottom just after the rock garden.

Access Info

Trail Starts near the top of Mathis. It is sign posted.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Car Wreck mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -538 ft
  • Altitude min
    276 ft
  • Altitude max
    814 ft
  • Altitude start
    814 ft
  • Altitude end
    276 ft
  • Grade
    -18.2%
  • Grade max
    -61.7%
  • Grade min
    -1.5%
  • Distance down
    2,933 ft
  • Avg time
    00:09:03
  • Avg reverse time
    00:21:44
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Status:
on Oct 10, 2024
Very Dry
Avg: 4.48 (29 votes)
Your vote: 0

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  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
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  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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      Car Wreck Trail Reports

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      Oct 10, 2024 @ 1:34pm
      Oct 10, 2024
      Dry and dusty like everything on the mountain.
      Nov 27, 2023 @ 7:00pm
      Nov 27, 2023
      All clear
      Jul 18, 2023 @ 2:06am
      Jul 18, 2023
      The county is working on the trails this week. july 17-21. They are cutting the brush back Be careful
      Jun 1, 2023 @ 10:20am
      Jun 1, 2023
      Getting worse, dry and loose even after rain and very rutted.
      May 11, 2023 @ 9:38am
      May 11, 2023
      Top part is a bit overgrown right now, long sleeves recommended if you don’t want to be covered in yellow mustard pillen.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 6 rides
      • 10 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 114 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
      All
      • 3,733 rides
      • Last: Nov 4, 2024

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      Apr 8, 2024 @ 1:35pm
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      Oct 6, 2023 @ 1:41pm
      Oct 6, 2023
      66 |
      Nov 19, 2022 @ 6:09pm
      Nov 19, 2022
      92 |
      Nov 19, 2022 @ 6:09pm
      Nov 19, 2022

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