2.0 miles
Distance
559 ft
Climb
-275 ft
Descent
00:21:36
Avg time

Placerita Canyon Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Placerita Canyon
    Santa Clarita, California
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Green (3 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #58013 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #43366 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    75 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

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Placerita Canyon is a 2 mile popular blue singletrack trail located near Santa Clarita California. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions and has a easy overall physical rating with a 559 ft green climb. On average it takes 21 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Placerita Canyon mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    286 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,517 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,825 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,529 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,814 ft
  • Grade
    2.708%
  • Grade max
    -45.236%
  • Grade min
    30.292%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    2,371 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,011 ft
  • Avg time
    00:21:36
  • Avg reverse time
    00:12:45
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on Jun 25, 2021
Dry
Avg: 4 (1 votes)

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      Placerita Canyon Trail Reports

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      Jun 25, 2021 @ 7:13am
      Jun 25, 2021
      Feb 13, 2021 @ 8:56pm
      Feb 13, 2021
      		 After re-opening this has become primarily a family friendly hiking trail. Guaranteed hikers including kids on the trail so beware.
      Nov 27, 2020 @ 10:03am
      Nov 27, 2020
      		 Hiker central, ride only if necessary or with day-one beginners.
      Oct 9, 2020 @ 8:54pm
      Oct 9, 2020
      		 I guess they finally fixed the wash out. They put in speed gates which I'm not the biggest fan of but at least it is open again.
      Nov 17, 2019 @ 6:45am
      Nov 17, 2019
      		 Trail washed out toward the parking-lot
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      6 Months
      • 38 rides
      • 15 miles avg distance
      All
      • 131 rides
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      Routes with this trail

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      Santa Clara to Placerita Cyn 11 miles11 miles

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