Starting out at Temescal Gateway across the street from my apartment.
The actual single track trailhead is less than 1/2 mile from my front door, and it's dirt almost the whole way.
The trail heads quickly up and out of the gateway. It's amazing how fast you're away from the hustle and bustle of Sunset Blvd.
There are some sections of steep climbing complete with steps.
Beautiful green, covered single track most of the way.
Some great ocean views on a clear morning. The notch in the bluffs towards the left is Temescal Canyon, which I drive down to PCH every morning for work.
Great single track the whole way, and no bikes allowed on this trail!
Beats running on a treadmill in the morning before work. And on a really good morning, you can run the whole way without seeing a single human.
Wouldn't be a real trail without some snakes.
The yuccas are in bloom.
Some serious switchbacks.
An ivy cave.
Lots of spring flowers.
As you drop down into Rivas Canyon, things really starting getting green.
Very interesting combination of vegetation down here (probably a mix of native and non-native).
On a wet morning, it almost feels like a rain forest.
The bottom of the canyon.
Tons of poison oak down here. Or at least I think this is poison oak!?
Probably won't stay green very far into summer, but as of early June in a dry year, it's still pretty green.
This is probalby more green then there is in all of urban Santa Monica combined!