2 miles
Distance
559 ft
Climb
-275 ft
Descent
1,825 ft
High Point

Placerita Canyon Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Placerita Canyon
    Santa Clarita, California
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Green
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #95408 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    45 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

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Placerita Canyon is a highly rated 2 mile moderately 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.

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More Stats for Placerita Canyon mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    286 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,517 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 reverse time
    00:28:04
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Status:
on Oct 9, 2020
Dry
Avg: 4 (1 votes)

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  • Snow Groomed
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  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • < 50%
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  • One Direction
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  • Double Black Diamond

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  • Clear / Green
  • Minor Issue / Yellow
  • Significant Issue / Amber
  • Closed

  • Land Owner Overlay
  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • region Riding Area
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  • Parking Parking
  • Viewpoint Viewpoint
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  • Directions Directions
  • Sight Sight
  • Restrooms Restrooms
  • eBike Charging Point eBike Charging Point
  • Water Fountain/Source Water Fountain/Source
  • Gate Gate
  • Trail Sign Trail Sign
  • Table or Bench Table or Bench
  • Ladder Ladder
  • Stairs Stairs
  • Bridge Bridge
  • Boardwalk Boardwalk
  • Camping Camping
  • Cabin Cabin
  • Lodge Lodge
  • Bear Cache Bear Cache
  • Dock Dock
  • Ranger Station Ranger Station
  • Summit Summit
  • Other Other
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      Placerita Canyon Trail Reports

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      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
      Sep 24, 2018 @ 5:56pm
      Sep 24, 2018
      		 Trail closed presumably due to the recent fire.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 1 rides
      • 8 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 7 rides
      • 14 miles avg distance
      All
      • 1 rides
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      Photos

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      Aug 10, 2011 @ 1:25am
      Aug 10, 2011

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