Thanks for the input! Just to verify, camping is free with the adventure pass correct?
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Thanks for the input! Just to verify, camping is free with the adventure pass correct?
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yes it is
Is this the trail with the cliffs you are talking about? at 1:38 
I think it is Snowy trail, but could also be Upper Piru, both of which are very difficult, hardest on the mountain.
I must be getting old or I am a dud but that trail does not look fun in any way to me. I do not like having the fear of losing my bike over some cliff in my thoughts all the time while riding. 
I also like to get out of 1st gear and ride. I look at my bike as a motorcycle and not a donkey. 
I also like to get out of 1st gear and ride. I look at my bike as a motorcycle and not a donkey. 
I must be getting old or I am a dud but that trail does not look fun in any way to me. I do not like having the fear of losing my bike over some cliff in my thoughts all the time while riding.
AMEN brother...
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Is this the trail with the cliffs you are talking about? at 1:38
I must be getting old or I am a dud but that trail does not look fun in any way to me. I do not like having the fear of losing my bike over some cliff in my thoughts all the time while riding.
AMEN brother...
Actually the worst spot is about 100 or so yards before the obstacle at 1:38 into the video. I would call this the lower Piru trail. It goes from the Gold Hill area to the junction of Miller jeep and the Lockwood trail. Upper Piru goes from there to Halfmoon Campground.
The lower Piru isn't that bad really. It is on a cliff and it does have some rocky tech sections. Snowy is much worse. Upper Piru can be really tough when it's dry as there is a few hundred yard section that is deep soft sand. It's the worst get stuck sand that I have ever been in. When it's wet it's no problem. Right now there might be too much water.
Trails like these are not everyone's cup of tea, but I like the challenge. I do it on a XR600. You guys with your light weight bikes and electric start have it easy.
Agreed with you and Rez. Not my idea of fun with the cliff factor, so I guess we are all old. So be it.I must be getting old or I am a dud but that trail does not look fun in any way to me. I do not like having the fear of losing my bike over some cliff in my thoughts all the time while riding.
it least for me anyhow.Several. The first would be Hungry Valley although I don't ever plan on camping there again. There are a few campgrounds. Chuchupate is on the other side of the mountain from Hungry valley and is at about 6200 feet so it's not too hot even on a hot summer day. The road it it is paved, but single lane and it has some good hairpins. Might be an issue with a huge rig. There are also two other campgrounds, Halfmoon and Pine springs that are on dirt roads. A bit more adventurous would be Dutchman on the top of Alamo. A not so good dirt road depending on how it has been maintained., but a two wheel drive pickup can do it no problem. The benefit is that you are near 7000 feet there and it's more remote. Not much there though. abotu a table or two. You can also stay at Piru Creek at Gold Hill. Again not all that much there, but the creek flows year around there. Finally there is Kings which is all of a mile from Gold Hill at the start of Snowy.
I'm sure that I forgot one or two, but those are the main ones. I've also gone to the top of Frazier and camped on a road spur. I've even parked up top and made a few bike runs to setup a camp on a motorcycle trail.
Going further to other trail systems you can go to Ballinger.
Map http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/stelprdb5300274.jpg