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One of the best trails in Orange County, this is the beginning of 4000 feet of downhill bliss.


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Map Key

0.9

Miles

1.4

KM

Singletrack

4,852' 1,479 m

High

4,033' 1,229 m

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Up

820' 250 m

Down

18%

Avg Grade (10°)

29%

Max Grade (16°)

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Description

This trail, when combined with Lower Holy Jim Trail, is one of the best mountain bike trails in Orange County. It's an absolutely epic ride down to the valley floor that covers somewhere in the neighborhood of 4000 vertical feet of downhill bliss.

From the unmarked trailhead, pick your way between bushes and watch out for those rock drops or they'll eat you alive. The trail is usually two feet wide, but the head-high bushes sometimes cut that width down. There's a six inch deep rut down the center of some sections which leaves maybe a foot on either side of it.

Oh yeah, it's steep, sandy and littered with loose rocks/boulders. Don't be ashamed to walk the worst sections, it may save you a lot of pain and an expensive helicopter ride. The switchbacks are sometimes buried within a maze of overhead bushes/trees, and sometimes on the edge of exposed cliffs with views that will take your breath away.

Eventually the trail will dump you out onto Main Divide Rd facing east. You'll need to head in the opposite direction, so do a hard right u-turn around and pedal the easy road to Lower Holy Jim Trail.

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Dave Gregg

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in Corona South

#2873

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#1

in Corona South

#189

in California

#2,873

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Photos

Looking at Trabuco Peak from Upper Holy Jim
Apr 16, 2024 near Trabuco…, CA
The first of many drops on loose rocks.
Jan 3, 2014 near Trabuco…, CA
Hold on! This is the start of a crazy drop into a trail you'll want to come back to over and over again.
Jan 3, 2014 near Trabuco…, CA
Unbelievable view after coming out of a tree tunnel.
Jan 3, 2014 near Trabuco…, CA
Feels like you're on top of the world.
Jan 3, 2014 near Trabuco…, CA

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Feb 5, 2022
Darshan Ahluwalia
I went down this on Saturday February 5 2022. It is very overgrown in sections making it annoying/unpleasant to descend.
Jul 23, 2017
Trevor Quinn
upper and lower HJ both need some trimming. Beware of all the poison oak taking over the trail. Still very much rideable and an excellent adventure.
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