3,998 ft
Distance
53 ft
Climb
-562 ft
Descent
00:12:15
Avg time

Rock Garden Trail Details

  • Riding area
    Madonna Mountain (Cerro San Luis)
    San Luis Obispo, California
  • AKA
    Rock Garden
  • Difficulty rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail type
    Singletrack
  • Bike type
    DH, AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond
  • Physical rating
    Moderate
  • Season
    Year Round
  • TTFs on trail
    Berm, Drop, Rock Face, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #11254

Rock Garden is the appropriate name for this trail. You'll see everything from baby-heads to pumpkin size rocks and lots of them. The upper half is less technical and higher speed than the lower half, but it's still plenty rocky. The second half will be significantly challenging for anyone but very experienced riders, and even they will have a hard time hitting every line just right. This is one of the most popular descents in San Luis Obispo.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Rock Garden Trail mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -508 ft
  • Altitude min
    738 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,247 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,247 ft
  • Altitude end
    738 ft
  • Grade
    -12.72%
  • Grade max
    -46.765%
  • Grade min
    31.643%
  • Distance climb
    543 ft
  • Distance down
    3,199 ft
  • Distance flat
    256 ft
  • Avg time
    00:12:15
  • Avg reverse time
    00:26:40
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Status:
on Apr 5, 2018
Dry
Avg: 4.45 (7 votes)

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Trail Style
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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Directions to rock-garden-trail-29919 trailhead (35.282750, -120.681120)
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Rock Garden Trail Trail Reports

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Apr 5, 2018 @ 8:01am
Apr 5, 2018
Mar 27, 2018 @ 9:20pm
Mar 27, 2018
Sep 27, 2017 @ 10:50pm
Sep 27, 2017
Apr 13, 2017 @ 9:26am
Apr 13, 2017
 Upper half fully trimmed! Most loose boulders removed and ruts more or less filled. Best condition in a while!
Jan 27, 2017 @ 5:00pm
Jan 27, 2017
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Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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Jun 27, 2017 @ 1:53pm
Jun 27, 2017
Rock Garden Trail, San Luis Obispo
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Jun 27, 2017 @ 9:10am
Jun 27, 2017
Rock Garden Trail, San Luis Obispo
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Jun 7, 2017 @ 2:59pm
Jun 7, 2017
Rock Garden Trail, San Luis Obispo
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May 23, 2017 @ 8:57pm
May 23, 2017
Rock Garden Trail, San Luis Obispo

Routes with this trail

titleratingdistance
Madonna All Mountain
4 miles

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Videos

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CSL || Rock Garden
2:54 | 86 | Feb 3, 2018 , San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo Rock Garden
7:04 | 70 | Jan 27, 2018 , San Luis Obispo
Rock Garden Trail SLO
4:30 | 400 | Jun 11, 2013 , San Luis Obispo

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Madonna Mountain (Cerro San Luis)

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