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Ride Guide: Montara State Beach - North Peak
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Mile 0.0 - Start up the fireroad under the trees. This is Old San Pedro Mountain Road.
Mile 0.24 - At the Y in front of the ranger's house, turn left. The trail now becomes really old blacktop with a lot of holes in it.
Mile 2.36 - At the Y, go right and start climbing the dirt, steep fireroad called North Peak Access Road.
Mile 2.57 - Very steep climb starts. Granny gear!
Mile 4.57 - At the T in front of the first radio antennas, turn right.
Mile 4.69 - Cross the fireroad and climb up through the S-turn.
Mile 4.77 - Cross open area to the right of the second radio antennas. Go onto singletrack.
Mile 4.79 - Top of North Peak. 1888 feet. Look around. Turn around and head back down.
Mile 4.90 - Cross the fireroad and continue downhill.
Mile 5.02 - At the Y, go right and climb up to the first radio antennas.
Mile 5.16 - Radio antennas. Turn around.
Mile 5.21 - Turn right on the singletrack. Now, this is a rocky, technical piece of singletrack. If you don't want to do it, just continue back down on the fireroad.
Mile 5.30 - Turn right on North Peak Access Road. All downhill from here.
Mile 7.10 - You can take the brown singletrack on the right if you want.
Has quite a little drop at the end of it back to the fireroad.
Mile 7.21 - Singletrack appears on the right right past where the brown singletrack comes back in. Continue on North Peak Access Road and get ready to take the singletrack on coming up on the right.
Mile 7.22 - Turn slightly right onto the singletrack and take it over the hill. At the end of this singletrack, it splits three ways. The far right is the easiest.
Mile 7.32 - Turn left on the paved road.
Mile 7.36 - Turn right on Old San Pedro Mountain Road.
Mile 7.38 - Turn left on the singletrack.
Mile 7.45 - Turn left on Old San Pedro Mountain Road.
Mile 8.04 - At the Y, continue to the right on Old San Pedro Mountain Road.
Mile 9.47 - At the ranger's house, turn right.
Mile 9.71 - End of ride.

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