Mountain Bike Bill, The Dirt on the Dirt

Orosco Ridge – Boden Canyon Loop

I have added a page to the site for the Orosco Ridge and Boden Canyon Loop near Ramona.  This is 14.2 mile loop that includes about 2,200 feet of total climbing. An old road/truck trail turned singletrack through a meadow in Boden Canyon. Mother Nature is doing good stuff to the Lower Santa Ysabel Truck Trail. … Continue reading “Orosco Ridge – Boden Canyon Loop”

Back in the Saddle!

This has been a pretty awesome week. Sunday I did my first MTB ride since my heart valve replacement surgery in November. The big litmus test was having enough upper body strength to lift the bike up onto my over the bed truck rack on my truck. I had also been doing some tooling around … Continue reading “Back in the Saddle!”

Boden Canyon Update

Here is some news you can use concerning the Boden Canyon portion of the Orosco – Boden Loop.   It turns out the California Department of Fish an Wildlife (CDFW) owns a couple of parcels of land in the canyon and have it designated as an ecological preserve.  The agency’s default policy is that mountain biking is not allowed … Continue reading “Boden Canyon Update”