2,907 ft
Distance
-646 ft
Descent
00:04:25
Avg time
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Monkey Spanker Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    Westridge-Canyonback
    Santa Monica, California
  • AKA
    Samurai
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond (6 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #8889 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    60 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 70 in E-Biking

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Monkey Spanker is a highly rated 2,907 ft moderately popular black diamond singletrack trail located near Santa Monica California. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill only and has a hard overall physical rating. On average it takes 4 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Monkey Spanker mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -647 ft
  • Altitude min
    774 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,420 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,420 ft
  • Altitude end
    774 ft
  • Grade
    -22.3%
  • Grade max
    -62.8%
  • Grade min
    1.3%
  • Distance down
    2,769 ft
  • Distance flat
    52 ft
  • Avg time
    00:04:25
  • Avg reverse time
    00:15:24
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on Dec 15, 2024
Dry
Avg: 4.42 (13 votes)
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      Monkey Spanker Trail Reports

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      Dec 15, 2024 @ 8:09pm
      Dec 15, 2024
      		 All good now
      Sep 22, 2024 @ 9:33am
      Sep 22, 2024
      Mar 5, 2024 @ 11:16pm
      Mar 5, 2024
      		 Trail is closed until Sullivan Canyon reopens…
      Jan 15, 2024 @ 8:54am
      Jan 15, 2024
      		 Fun, shrubs need a trim. Lot of bad rutting, a lot of grooming is needed.
      Dec 2, 2023 @ 12:43pm
      Dec 2, 2023
      		 A bit loose but great decent !
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 4 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
      All
      • 122 rides
      • Last: Jan 7, 2025

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      Mar 1, 2023 @ 3:11pm
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