3 miles
Distance
158 ft
Climb
-1,278 ft
Descent
00:25:26
Avg time
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Jesusita Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Santa Barbara
    , California
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T2 Mountain Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #17596 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 70 in Trail Running
    • 80 in Hiking

This is a popular Multi Use Trail (hikers, runners, cyclists) maintained by SAGE Trail Alliance (nonprofit funded by donations). This trail requires a bell to ride (provided for free at bell boxes in parking area).

Fun, flowy, rocky single track typical of the SB South Coast. It can be ridden as either an out-and-back, or as a loop by climbing up the trail to Inspiration Point and coming down the fire road to the upper trail head. There are some very difficult tech sections, but they can be easily walked. This trail is heavily used by hikers, please always ride with a bell.

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More Stats for Jesusita bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -1,120 ft
  • Altitude min
    425 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,628 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,621 ft
  • Altitude end
    502 ft
  • Grade
    -7.4%
  • Grade max
    -59.4%
  • Grade min
    35.2%
  • Distance climb
    1,801 ft
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    2,119 ft
  • Avg time
    00:25:26
  • Avg reverse time
    00:56:35
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Status:
on Jul 20, 2020
Dry
Avg: 4.1 (13 votes)

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      Jesusita Trail Reports

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      Jul 20, 2020 @ 2:18pm
      Jul 20, 2020
      		 One of my favorite trails in SB. Good mix of flow and tech
      Jun 26, 2020 @ 7:35am
      Jun 26, 2020
      		 Tree down right after the steepest bit. You can ride under but you have to duck.
      May 13, 2020 @ 3:22pm
      May 13, 2020
      Apr 19, 2020 @ 12:38pm
      Apr 19, 2020
      Mar 18, 2020 @ 7:13am
      Mar 18, 2020
      		 A little greasy from the recent rains, and some new ruts. Overall in pretty good shape with great dirt. Lots of hikers on trail as always.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 3 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 99 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
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      • 284 rides
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      Routes with this trail

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      Jesusita Loop
      		10 miles

      8 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      flag bairdking (Jan 6, 2019 at 10:44)
       Overall I agree with the blue rating, but first-time riders should be aware that there are multiple black sections that you will probably walk if you are not an experienced rider.
      [Reply]
      • - 1
      flag ccrawford11 (Apr 28, 2019 at 8:27)
       This trail is no longer a bike trail. There is only about 250 yards of flow on the trail, over 5 miles of dirt and that’s all you get. There are huge steps for hikers on the trail now. Oh if you don’t like getting poison oak don’t even think about doing this trail it was EVERYWHERE. Now I have poison oak EVERYWHERE... yes... EVERYWHERE. There were some sections of black diamond chunky stuff which was fun too but shouldn’t be rated blue at all anymore. It was a hell of an adventure. Anyway 1/10 in terms of fun on account of the poison oak. 2/10 if there was no poison oak; Getting off your bike and hiking or walking down the trail was frustrating. We just came from bootleg canyon outside of Vegas and the riding there is at such a high level but it still had flow. This has been lost to hiking I think.
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      • + 1
      flag gnarwahl (May 18, 2019 at 16:21)
       Not sure what trail the person who commented below rode, but Jesusita (or Jes) is a local SB classic that's currently in great shape thanks to recent trail work. I'd say it's a high intermediate to advanced trail with a couple of very challenging technical sections and some tight but flowy switchbacks at the top. Entirely rideable, walking unnecessary unless required by caution or skill level.
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      • + 1
      flag stevobike (Jun 4, 2019 at 10:39)
       Just rode it Sunday, 6-2-19. It was wet and slippery, making it ride much harder than i expected. Rocky and rooty DH sections rode more like double diamond. Even dry, i would rate this trail a solid black diamond. Im from N cal, and ride lots of rock.
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      • + 1
      flag nharrichh (Aug 16, 2019 at 11:25)
       Super fun trail. Relative to the blue trails in the area that I have ridden (Camuesa and Elings) and even Tequipas, which is black, Jesusita is significantly more technical so I think it deserves a black rating.
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      • + 1
      flag Donikimi (Sep 19, 2019 at 13:41)
       DH of Jesusita is fun and provides some challenges to newbie mountain bikers like me. It is way difficult than any other blue trails that I have ever ridden. But not constantly intimidating as black diamond trails do, I guess? The only downside is that I have to hike through many sections between Seven Falls-Inspiration Point.
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      • + 0
      flag spydersnowmass (Nov 22, 2019 at 12:39)
       Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! I started the loop at Stevens park, warmed the legs to Tunnel trailhead, mostly pushed my bike up to inspiration point, enjoyed the view and sent the DH on Jesusita. Has everything. Rocks, thighs switchbacks, flow parts, exposure, hikers, dogs, shade and ended up back in Stevens park. Watch your speed as it’s shared trail with hikers! Enjoy!
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      flag Pancakemicks (Aug 5, 2020 at 17:30)
       I have to agree with the person who wrote a negative review about this trail. I have no clue how this trail is not a black and how it is so popular. I walked 80% of the trail and probably had about 1/5 of a mile of “flow.” Top section is extremely technical past the point of riding and aside from a half mile of blue terrain a little bit more than halfway down the mountain, it is pretty much unrideable for more than 45 seconds. I Do not recommend at all of you are a newbie. I think Romero canyon was magnitudes easier than this trail and that was given a black rating. Also the trail is extremely busy, even early in the morning. If you are looking for a fun continuous downhill look to Romero, Camuesa or somewhere up in Santa Ynez
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