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2,031 ft
Distance
266 ft
Climb
00:07:00
Avg time
266 ft
Altitude change
448 ft
Altitude min
715 ft
Altitude max
448 ft
Altitude start
715 ft
Altitude end
13.1%
Grade
47.2%
Grade min
1,965 ft
Distance climb
00:07:00
Avg time
Cholla Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaAliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park
Aliso Viejo, California -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (5 votes)
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Local Popularity100 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 90 in Trail Running
- 90 in Hiking
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Global Ranking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeXC
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DirectionBoth DirectionsPopular Direction Shown
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Climb DifficultyBlue
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Physical RatingModerate
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SeasonJan-Dec
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eBike Allowed
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TTFs on TrailRock Face
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Land OwnerOC Parks
Short, technical, singletrack climb with lots of switchbacks and rock faces
Beginning June 1, 2021, this trail will be uphill only for Mountain Bikes remain bidirectional for all users. The trail will be edited at that time to reflect the changes.
https://www.ocparks.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=119899
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Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 14 rides
- 11 miles average
6 Months
- 275 rides
- 13 miles avg distance
All
- 2,701 rides
- Last: Sep 27, 2026
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- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Snow Cover Partial
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- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
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Directions to cholla trailhead
(33.580220, -117.746830)
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5 Reviews & Comments
capobeachgerman
The trail was recently reworked and smoothed out. It is much easier than it used to be and is a great way to get up the ridge.
Alzlab
Wrote it today on memorial day. Had a light drizzle the trail was great good firmness in the dirt. Overall the trail is great a good training ground. Some rocks to negotiate but most of the time it's pretty smooth
Mbiggie
As of June 1, 2021 this is an uphill only trail for bikes. As of this post, Trailforks has this listed as a multi-directional trail. Again, it is an uphill only trail for bikes, multi-directional trail for hikers.
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