Formally known as the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, it's the largest salt water marsh in Southern CA. It's a beautiful area but is unfortunatley flat as a board with virtually no single track. So it's hard to count as trail running, but at least it's not road!
1 South entrance to the Bolsa Chica Ecologoical Reserve at the footbrige.
2 A bird watcher or photograher's dream. Heron, plover, osprey, pelicans, and lots more.
3 Wetlands, PCH, the Pacific, and Catalina.
4 The wetlands with Santiago in the distance.
5 There's a tiny stretch of single track (and even a tiny bit of elevation gain) if you know where to look.
6 A crazy BMX bike park.
7 My favorite area of the wetlands.
8 This would have been all but gone had developers been approved to build 5,000+ homes here. The history of the wetlands is pretty fascinating, definitely worth a read.
9 If only there weren't oil derricks in view.
10 More views from the Northern end of the wetlands.
