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There is vast Muni potential in the Ojai area, with dozens of trails
snaking up and down various 8,000 foot peaks. Unfortunately for us
(we're lazy), there are no shuttle possibilities so it's all up
(hiking) and back (riding).
This was only our second trip to Ojai and on a fluke we followed the
Pratt Mountain trail that, up high (after perhaps 3 miles of hiking)
featured one of the most pristine single tracks we've seen--not real
technical but gorgeous, flaked by impressive mountainsides and a
spectular 50-mile view. There's about a half mile stretch where the
single track hugs the side of a mountain with exposure that takes your
breath away. It's only intermediate riding but a foot left of the
trail the mountain drops two thousand feet.
Below, the trail gets technical with long sections of connected ledge
drops that you can connect street style with rolling hops. There's also
a thin pipe skinny that flexes like crazy after 30 feet.
Morgan keeps getting better every trip and it's a gas to have a female
along who is starting to burn it up.
For someone who has the time and energy to explore (and hike--the
trails are steep and strenuous), Ojai is your place.
JL
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snaking up and down various 8,000 foot peaks. Unfortunately for us
(we're lazy), there are no shuttle possibilities so it's all up
(hiking) and back (riding).
This was only our second trip to Ojai and on a fluke we followed the
Pratt Mountain trail that, up high (after perhaps 3 miles of hiking)
featured one of the most pristine single tracks we've seen--not real
technical but gorgeous, flaked by impressive mountainsides and a
spectular 50-mile view. There's about a half mile stretch where the
single track hugs the side of a mountain with exposure that takes your
breath away. It's only intermediate riding but a foot left of the
trail the mountain drops two thousand feet.
Below, the trail gets technical with long sections of connected ledge
drops that you can connect street style with rolling hops. There's also
a thin pipe skinny that flexes like crazy after 30 feet.
Morgan keeps getting better every trip and it's a gas to have a female
along who is starting to burn it up.
For someone who has the time and energy to explore (and hike--the
trails are steep and strenuous), Ojai is your place.
JL
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