Category: Hiking

Items related to hiking (typically scouting outings without the bikes or items worth sharing but NOT worth riding).

Foothills, GPS, Hiking, Mountains, MTBing, Ride Routes

San Pablo Etla Mountain Park – Loop 3

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There is an abundance of trails in the hills above San Pablo that are suitable for mountain biking. Here is another loop ride that is a variation on the theme established earlier with Loop 1 and Loop 2. The starting point and access routes are the same, but the lollipop loop that is the heart of this ride is different.

The biker attempting this ride will clock 9.1 miles (14.6 km) and find him or herself climbing and then descending a total of 2164 feet (650 meters) on mostly singletrack trail that winds through forested hillsides, often on rocky tread. The hardest climb, though, is on a dirt road that leads to the parking lot and community building at the new Mountain Park above San Pablo. After that, the grade of the singletrack trail is more moderate.

GPS, Hiking, MTBing, Outing, Trail Work

Prune your way to the slide

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Larry and I headed over to Etla San Pablo to meet up with Carl Silverberg (owner of MTB guide company www.MountainBikeOaxaca.com ) to help out with pruning back the rainy-season vegetation growth on some of the trails. Also, we wanted to look at a section of a trail that was washed away by a landslide so we could try and see what the options would be for getting the trail rerouted or repaired.  We ended up scouting around the slide area for a reroute but it’s looking (to me) that the area is too steep and wooded to get an alternate route punched in by going up and over the slide area back to the continuation of the trail to the east.  Head scratcher.  Ideas, anyone? My vote is for building a zip line across the ~ 7m gap of lost trail. 😉

Here is the GPS data map (as KML) for the day of pruning. Grab it for yourself using the Download link in the base of the map below. GPX format is here.

 

 

GPS, Hiking, Outing

Outing: San Felipe Peak Hike

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Deron and Mer’s route to the top of San Felipe peak

(i.e. the peak north of San Felipe del Agua, Oaxaca)

For more details, see: http://derondilger.blogspot.mx/2012/01/deron-and-merediths-2012-01-06-hiketo.html