Switchbacks Details

Riding Area

Carlsbad
Carlsbad, California
Difficulty Rating

Blue rate
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

AM
Trail Usage

Multi-use
Direction

Uphill Primary
Climb Difficulty

Blue
Physical Rating

Moderate
Global Ranking

#21353 in Mountain Biking
Local Popularity

100 in Mountain Biking

nice little trail with lots of switchbacks, as the name implies. Lots of people ride up it, although it's a good ride down as well.

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More Stats for Switchbacks bike trail

Altitude change

-537 ft
Altitude min

455 ft
Altitude max

992 ft
Altitude start

992 ft
Altitude end

455 ft
Grade

-5.16%
Grade max

-32.735%
Grade min

7.544%
Distance climb

1,777 ft
Distance down

1 miles
Distance flat

1,168 ft
Avg time

00:13:22
Avg reverse time

00:15:01
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Status:

on Jul 20, 2018

Dry

Avg: 3.75 (4 votes)

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Directions to switchbacks trailhead (33.088720, -117.216620)

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Switchbacks Trail Reports

	date	description
	Jul 20, 2018 @ 8:09pm Jul 20, 2018
	Feb 13, 2018 @ 12:53pm Feb 13, 2018
	Dec 29, 2017 @ 12:47pm Dec 29, 2017
	Nov 22, 2017 @ 10:20am Nov 22, 2017	Dry but a fun trail up or down.
	Sep 14, 2017 @ 3:54pm Sep 14, 2017

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Photos

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Jan 24, 2018 @ 5:33pm

Jan 24, 2018

Switchbacks, My City

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Jan 24, 2018 @ 5:33pm

Jan 24, 2018

Switchbacks, My City

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Jan 24, 2018 @ 5:33pm

Jan 24, 2018

Switchbacks, My City

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Jan 17, 2018 @ 4:47pm

Jan 17, 2018

Switchbacks, My City

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title	rating	distance
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3 Reviews & Comments

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luvdabeach44 (May 6, 2016 at 19:24)

It is a lot more fun to ride down than to ride up.

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dirtchurner (Sep 3, 2018 at 15:10)

Tis is now mainly ridden down by most bikers, Although posted as the up line because back in the day when nascar had bigger features and wood feature was considered a good DH line, this wwas the push up line. Those days are gone.

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rpmrhonda (Nov 1, 2018 at 14:04)

Good workout going up, fun down hill!

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