Friends, for a short while, the LA and Santa Barbara mountain unicyclists have been toying with the idea of hosting a small, informal LA Muni Weekend. No website, no registration, no banquet, no competition, no t-shirts, just pure, uncut, muni action. The time has arrived.
Date: November 10-12, 2006
(Note: Maps to follow)
Schedule:
Friday: 1pm. Suicide Connector - Agoura Hills (45 Minutes West of Pasadena area).
Meet at trail base.
Directions: Get yourself on the 101 freeway, heading toward Agoura Hills. Exit Kanan Road and head North. Drive for a couple of miles and turn right on Hollytree, and quickly take the first left into the park. Drive to the second parking lot
on the left.
Type of trail: Hike up/Ride down. Moderately technical single track with some advanced sections
Total trail time: 2-3 hours.
Saturday: 9:30am. Southridge Park - Fontanta (1 hour East of Pasadena area)
Meet in the Southridge Park parking lot
Directions:Get yourself on the 10 freeway, heading east to Fontana. Exit Cherry Ave and head South. Turn left onto Live Oak Ave (just after Ralph's) and then take the next right into Southridge Park.
Type of trail: Hike up/Ride down. Short loop with many advanced and intermediate options. Lots of sessioning potential.
Total trail time: until you burn out.
Sunday: 9:30am. G-Spot and Devil's Slide - Chatsworth (25 Minutes Northwest of Pasadena area)
Meet at trail base
Directions:Navigate to the 118 freeway, heading West toward Chatsworth. Exit Rocky Peak Road, cross the bridge, and turn right (Santa Susana Pass Road). At traffic light, turn right onto Smith Road. Drive to the end of the road, turn left
into parking lot, and drive to the far end of the lot.
Should you find yourself heading East on the 118, exit Kuehner Drive exit, and turn right (Kuehner Drive). At Smith Road turn left, drive to the end of the road, turn left into parking lot, and drive to the far end of the lot.
Type of trail: Shuttle.
GSpot is a big air MTB course. Lots of drops, jumps and steeps, along with plenty of bypass options, too. Part single-track, part downhill trials, part “playground.”
Trail time: about 2 hours.
Devil’s Slide is a wide, bumpy, downhill rock slab.
Trail time: about 1 hour.
Rides will be finished by appx 3pm.
Accommodations: Sadly, we don’t have much to offer in the way of floor space at our houses, so it’s going to be an “fend for yourself” system. You can look up motels online - there’s plenty around. We recommend you get a place somewhere near Pasadena (Glendale, Flintridge, Arcadia, Monrovia), as this is roughly halfway between all the scheduled rides.
Trail photos below. Feel free to email me with questions,
Eyal & and the LA/SB crew
eyal@sbuni.org
