Aliso Mountain Biking - Trail Guide

[@THESEGMENTPR]

Agree. Love the map overlay !

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks Mark!

[@domingosanchez6219]

Nice. Really like the map. Helps a lot.

[@mtb_alan]

Glad to hear it! 🤘🏾

[@bryndon]

Same... I'm gonna check out that app. Looks cool.

[@AdamMock]

So well done man. Lynx and Rock It are just so much fun and great skill builders. Always great to hear your stoke at the end of the trails! ✌🏼🤟🏼

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks Adam! Hahaha...I legit have no control over what comes out of my mouth at the end of a run. 😆

[@AdamMock]

@@mtb_alan btw, I’ve ridden with Jay and Vanessa before on the crystal cove side. Such a dope couple!

[@mtb_alan]

Ha! That's cool. Nice people.

[@POVwithCOOK]

Been learning on these trails the past month love it

[@guerrav10]

Thanks for posting this vid & considering new riders!! I have been to Aliso once & these tips are helpful to build confidence on the Aliso trails. 👍🏼

[@mtb_alan]

Glad to help! Kelly really appreciated sessioning those two trails. Next time she goes back, I hope to take her onto the more challenging Car Wreck.

[@Keithmeister9]

This is an awesome trail guide, please do more maps like this on future trail guides. Thank you in advance. See ya on the trails.

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks Keith. I'll consider it!

[@colokor]

Great video, you did a great job explaining for the viewers and helping her out...keep riding!

[@mtb_alan]

🤘🏾

[@kingdaniel69]

Good video, i dug it. Appreciate the chapter segmentation.

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks Daniel!

[@darthchorizo3743]

Oh man, I just showed my wife this video and she said we were all standing next to each other at the top of Lynx. She said she told me that you were there but I must have not heard her. She agrees with your introduction, we’re going to do this next time when I take her. Great video👊🏼

[@mtb_alan]

Ha! That's funny! Hope you dig that route. 👊🏾

[@MTBRadDad]

I need to make the trip and check this place out.

[@mtb_alan]

Do it!

[@247Dalvarez]

Alan, even though these are not my favorite trails, you did a spectacular job guiding one to the trails. Your vid's are always packed with great useful info as always. I am sure I'll see you out on a So Cal trail one of these days...

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks Dan! Gimme a shout if you see me on the trails!

[@bradshellysmountainbiking]

Great video and thanks so much for the maps so we can see where you are!

[@mtb_alan]

My pleasure!

[@rando4468]

I love your mapping Alan. sweet job really nice!

[@mtb_alan]

Glad you like it!

[@CaliradoKid]

Super informative. Nice work on this! I'm gonna get down that way soon.

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks man! Let’s do it!

[@kylegaulin5561]

So stoked on this! I'll be down that way from the Bay Area later this week and wanted to check out Aliso while I'm there. This video will help me find my way around...thanks!

[@mtb_alan]

Hell yeah! It should be running pretty good when you come down.

[@mtb_alan]

I’ve got a trail guide on Santiago Oaks coming out tomorrow too if you have time to hit that as well.

[@kylegaulin5561]

@@mtb_alan 🤙🏻

[@johnatanmataban6791]

First time riding Aliso this Friyay and Big Thx to this video for all the details!✊🔥

[@mtb_alan]

Heck yeah! 🤘🏾

[@Donkybonky]

Videos keep getting better and better. Thanks Alan

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks James! 👊🏾

[@michaelmerola6084]

Alan! I have to say, and I know it’s been said in the comments already, I love that map guide you got goin on this vid! Good stuff man, thanks!

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks Michael! TBH, I use those maps to help myself figure out where the heck I went, so I hoped it'd help some others out too.

[@michaelmerola6084]

@@mtb_alan definitely gonna help 👍🏼💯

[@supratrdlova]

Yea we need more videos like this! Really helps when we have a map! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks! I'm stoked on Ayvri. It really helps you visualize the route...even if you're the one who did the route. 😆

[@mtb_alan]

By the way, I have no affiliation Ayvri. lol

[@frank8907]

loved your video Alan good job! So true, be mindful of parking in neighborhoods as people live their I.e making the mountain-bike community look bad like leaving trash behind. Keep up the awesome videos.

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks! Definitely. I make sure to pick up trash if I see any lying around. We don't wanna be blamed for somebody's Clif Bar wrapper on the sidewalk.

[@elpina587]

Perfect gonna go check it this weekend

[@mtb_alan]

Yew!

[@bakedscience6888]

Thx visiting the area will try these trails in the am

[@mtb_alan]

Sweet! Have fun!

[@twothemax8759]

Nice! love the editing and work you put into your videos.

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks for noticing. 🙏🏾

[@melortega6228]

awesome layout on the trails brother,I’ve always want to go ...but don’t know the area that much this well definitely help me out...thank u god bless and be safe.👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

[@mtb_alan]

Heck yeah! 👊🏾

[@rando4468]

Your right Car wreck is intimidating especially at the bottom. Good session, maybe Meadows next time to show the other side.

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks for the suggestion. 🤘🏾

[@papabear9498]

Went scouting this location yesterday. Rode woods canyon/west ridge/Mathis a few times and noticed the other trails noted here….thanks for the vid bro-headed back to hit lynx and rock-it next time!!

[@mtb_alan]

At first, I though you were calling the vid "bro-headed". LOL! Yeah! Definitely go back and check out Rock-it and Lynx! Car Wreck is great too. And Five Oaks across the way is a blast.

[@papabear9498]

Hahaha

[@jeproxriders6581]

very nice, can you do a part 2 including Stairsteps, Mentally Sensitive and 5Oaks please.

[@mtb_alan]

That sounds like a good day. Aliso - An Expert's Guide?

[@EC17]

@@mtb_alan what about Telonics, Mickeys, and the mighty Sewer Drop

[@mtb_alan]

A guide on how to get to off-menu trails eh? 🤔

[@jmquiambao2490]

Hey alan. Always love the vid. Been wanting to ride aliso but really looking for someone to ride with as a guide. Looking forward to join your rides sometime.

[@mtb_alan]

Hey there! Hopefully this vid and the links in the description will help you out in Aliso. Gimme a shout if you ever see me on the trail and maybe we can get a lap together. That's what happened with Jay and Vanessa who rode with Lynx with us. 🤘🏾

[@osep365]

Love this video I plan to hit aliso soon

[@mtb_alan]

Yew!

[@pammeineke6640]

Love seeing new trails. Keep up the good work!

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks Pam! We should get some laps at some point!

[@Rene-Hernandez]

Alan, do one of these video guides for the SCST / Doggie Park area. I've only ever ridden there once and kinda got lost - so many trails!

[@mtb_alan]

Ha! I’d have to actually know how to navigate there first. 😅

[@marklopez5267]

Look at you plowing through the Gnar Garden on Car Wreck! NOMAD super powers! haha Its rad to see you taking your riding and editing skills to the next level every week. Keep up the great work!

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks Mark! The Nomad definitely helps. I also started figuring out the line in that Gnar Garden...pretty basic. 😆 Glad you dug the editing. Will keep up the work!

[@foxykc]

That was a very good vid. I"ve done Rockit once and for some reason thought Lynkx was more techy but I didn't get that impression from your vide. I like to start from the Aliso Woods Canyon parking area just to bag more mileage. Next time I think I will do the same, go up Cholla, do lynx, then go back through the neigborhood because I have enough character -- no need to build any more on Mathis, even to get to Meadows!

[@mtb_alan]

LOL! Mathis gives us too much character. 😆 Yeah, Lynx is a fair bit less techy than Rock-it. It does have a couple spots where it looks like a drop, but it's all rollable. But in general, it's just hella fast! Yew!

[@foxykc]

@@mtb_alan Kelley rides a Bronson? Am thinking that over the 5010. You appear to prefer 27.5 tires?

[@mtb_alan]

Yeah. She's on a Bronson and digs it. She'd probably prefer to pedal a 5010 but she loves how burly it is on the DH. I might do a 29er, but I am a short guy and am really holding out for a good stock (not aftermarket) mullet.

[@losocampo9239]

I live in San Juan Capistrano, I should go checkt it out

[@mtb_alan]

Do it! 🤘🏾

[@mannyrodriguez7316]

What up my guy just came across your channel loving your content keep up the good work

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks Manny! Thanks for subscribing! 👊🏾

[@mannyrodriguez7316]

@@mtb_alan no problem hope to see u out in the trails one day. New to the sport and loving it

[@mtb_alan]

@@mannyrodriguez7316 🤘🏾

[@phild67crypto10]

Great video, thanks.

[@mtb_alan]

🤘🏾

[@d1k590]

Nice!! This is what I need Thanks

[@mtb_alan]

No problem!

[@alexlamy1271]

Buen video viejon ..

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks! 🤘🏾

[@steveo0621]

Hey Alan great vid!!! Super rad ride!!! Do you have POV of her ride? I would love to see it from new riders prospective?

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks! I would have loved to have gotten that, but we decided to keep it simple for her and not give her another thing to worry about. 😬

[@steveo0621]

@@mtb_alan that’s all good.. I just was winding she said on the rock garden that she was just looking for her lines so I was just curious. 🤙🤛

[@lparker3446]

Alan, At the 3:13 mark you mention climbing back up via Cholla or back through the neighborhood. Why not climb back up the fireroad just East of Cholla but just before the houses? It's labeled as W Ridge Trail/Wood Canyon Trail on Google maps.

[@mtb_alan]

Is that the route you take?

[@lparker3446]

@@mtb_alan No. Just asking. I haven't ridden this area since 2003 on an Ti hardtail, coming up from the South at the trailhead off of Alicia Parkway. (I'm now riding a 2018 Santa Cruz Tallboy.) My riding buddy and I are looking for new rides (our regular trails are in Agoura Hills, Malibu, and the San Gabriel Mountains) and when I watched your video, I thought, "I've been there", but it took me awhile to figure out when and where. I remember the Rock-it trail as having some of the most unique trail surfaces in SoCal. This weekend, we're planning on doing your route from your November 30 video with the second loop to ride Lynx, hence my question.

[@mtb_alan]

Got it. I haven't taken that service road route, so I don't know how it is. I don't like to suggest a route I haven't done. But it's probably fine. I vaguely recall being at the entrance to West Ridge and seeing people coming up it. I'm guessing it'd probably be just as gross as Cholla. LOL!

[@lparker3446]

@@mtb_alan We rode Aliso last Saturday and tried riding up Cholla. Steep and slippery. Couldn't clear everything. Went the paved road for other loops. We skipped Car Wreck, as it didn't clear our "risk-reward" line. But we looped Lynx and Rock-it twice. It was a rad day, for sure. These weekend, we're going to try your Santiago loop from January of last year. In appreciation of all the work you put into your videos, i ordered one of your t shirts.

[@MTBraging]

Really well done 👍

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks!

[@Nebbzz]

Looks fun! Lots of climbing but looks worth it 😄

[@mtb_alan]

Gotta get up if ya wanna get down. 🕺🏽

[@Nebbzz]

@@mtb_alan exactly 🤣

[@323johnnybravo]

When covid ends I wanna take my butt from Colorado out to Cali and hit those trails.

[@mtb_alan]

Heck yeah!

[@bijano7320]

Would love to join your rides. Just moved into the area and getting my bike built!

[@mtb_alan]

Noice!

[@SKBPM_ENIGMATIK]

Very nice! I needed this 4 yrs ago ...and I disagree about Mathis, nothing nice can be said about it. 🤓

[@mtb_alan]

Ha! I feel you.

[@DCPROJEKT]

Awesome trail guide, Thanks! Do you have any other recommendations to ride in Socal? Coming from the Bay area and looking to make a MTB trip down there soon. Any help appreciated!

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks! Just east of Aliso, there is Crystal Cove State Park. There are some rad trails over there like Lizard and Laguna Ridge (aka T&A). There are also some other trails which I totally don't know about. 😬 North of Aliso is Santiago Oaks Regional Park. Some fun trails there are Chutes, Cactus, Hawk, Waterfall, and Yucca. When I go there, I actually enter from Irvine Regional Park and park in Lot C. With Aliso, Crystal Cove (which a lot of people will refer to as just "Laguna"), and Santiago, you can stay pretty occupied. I haven't done this one yet, but if you can get a shuttle, Mt. Wilson DH looks like a blast. Make sure and check here for closures and the like: www.ocparks.com/parks/alerts OC Parks is pretty proactive about closing trails when they're too wet. I'd suggest Skypark at Santa's Village, but they're restricting entry to annual pass holders for the time being.

[@DCPROJEKT]

@@mtb_alan thanks, really appreciate the suggestions! I checked out some of your videos for more info. I’ll be down in a couple months, hopefully it’s drier then 🤞

[@mtb_alan]

🤘🏾

[@Johnny5sWorld]

Love these style vids. Its the biggest thing missing from alot of videos of different trail systems is where to park and start and how to end a ride so you aren't pedaling for hours to find your car. BTW, how are you liking the Mobius wrist guard. I see you are wearing it on the outside of your gloves, did you size up to do this or just pick you normal size?

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks a lot! I love the Mobius X8. It's definitely worth the cost. I used the size recommended from their sizing chart/instructions. I didn't make any adjustments for my gloves. Hope that helps.

[@impulseuphonium]

Great video as always. But please, wear a bike bell on those multiuse trails. It's good for all who ride. 🙂

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks for the suggestion. 👍🏾

[@StefsMTB]

Awesome.

[@mtb_alan]

Yew!

[@JSeg009]

Thxs for the video Alan. Are e-bikes allowed on these trails ?

[@mtb_alan]

My pleasure! I believe they are not currently allowed.

[@8664antonio]

top instruction!!

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks!

[@bspiridonof]

Alan, What are your GoPro settings? Your video quality is great.

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks! I did a vid on this. It’s on the 8 but I use the same settings for the 9. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHmZaZafZ65sr7s

[@bspiridonof]

@@mtb_alan thank you. I’m the guy that asked what you were going to ride on Sunday. Have you done a video on Mentally Sensitive? I really like mentally, just rode it for the 62nd time since April. BRAAAP!

[@mtb_alan]

@@bspiridonof wow! That’s rad! I rode it for the first time just recently and did not ride it in a fashion that does that trail justice. Maybe once I can ride it without needing to replace my brake pads afterwards, I’ll make a vid on it. 😅

[@mtb_alan]

Aw yeah...MS was pretty dusty when I rode it. No no no...I've never ridden Bong Drop. ;)

[@bspiridonof]

@@mtb_alan me either... Asking for a friend. :). I hit you up on Strava (Brian Spiro). When you are coming back to Aliso, lemme know. Cheers!

[@briangarcia5417]

Make a video on Laguna steeps. Iris, Valhalla, silver surfer, etc

[@mtb_alan]

Urm...and get beat up by all the locals?

[@briangarcia5417]

@@mtb_alan nah dude u won’t get beat up, lots of people have mad videos on Laguna steeps. If anything the locals would be proud

[@mtb_alan]

Showing them is one thing. Doing a guide on how to get to them is a bit different, yeah?

[@briangarcia5417]

@@mtb_alan just a video riding them, not how to get to them😭

[@mtb_alan]

Ah...got it.

[@WildMeff]

What's up Alan! I really dig your videos and all the work that goes into them, thanks for putting out this content. One SUPER nitpicky piece of unrequested feedback: you always say "I'm Alan, and this is the MTB Alan channel" twice in the first 30 seconds of every video. I fear you're losing potential viewers in this valuable beginning time with this redundancy, but maybe that's just me so take it FWIW!

[@mtb_alan]

Ha! I appreciate your concern and feedback. Based on the metrics (which I look at probably more than I should), it doesn't seem to cause any adverse affects. But thanks for letting me know your thoughts.

[@WildMeff]

MTB ALAN good to know!! Stay rad

[@mtb_alan]

🤘🏾

[@yoda1541]

Wow triple upload??

[@mtb_alan]

It's a crazy world!

[@TheClick56]

My wife and I would like to know where’s Kelly’s video of her riding?

[@mtb_alan]

Ha! She and I were just talking about that. I didn't want to burden her with a camera while she was riding new trails, but she was saying today that she could've worn a camera.

[@TheClick56]

@@mtb_alan My wife just got a Julianna Joplin and started riding with me on some green trails and easy blues. She has been riding rail trails on a Trek Neko 3. We rode the Tsali Trail system in North Carolina while on vacation during Thanksgiving and had a great time.. We celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary the week of Thanksgiving also, we do every together. If you can check out our channel TheClick56.

[@mtb_alan]

Heck yeah! Juliana has such good bikes. That's so rad. Congrats on your 45th! 🎉

[@XIKAIIX]

did you feel any major difference fork-wise, bronson vs nomad?

[@mtb_alan]

Love the 38, but if you want a more detailed answer, check out this Q&A: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn3TepKojdOBjtU 👊🏾

[@XIKAIIX]

@@mtb_alan thanks buddy

[@wheelscamp1440]

damn lettin the nomad eat!

[@mtb_alan]

Feed the beast.

[@erolthegreat]

When was Car Wreck trail built?

[@mtb_alan]

I'm not sure, but I have heard it was created about around 2013.

[@gavinpoulos642]

I live on rock rose I’m so close

[@mtb_alan]

Nice.

[@MTBMOR]

Beginners guide to Aliso.... Sounds interesting. Aliso isn't the easiest place to ride. I once took a guy here who I thought was strong. We never made it to Meadows and he ended up leaving with a broken collar bone....We never rode together again :(

[@mtb_alan]

Dag. Sorry to hear that. I am probably biased because Kelly is such a good rider. But to be fair, the order of trails in this route goes from easier to harder. That being said, I don't really know why Lynx is a black diamond and Rock-it is a blue.

[@foxykc]

@@mtb_alan that's what has kept me off of links. But trailforks and MTB project trail ratings are largely subjective.

[@MTBMOR]

@@foxykc Lynx has options to go around the rockier stuff. If you take the chunky links it is more difficult. It's a short trail and you can stay out of trouble pretty easily. It's not like Rockit where you have to ride some of the Rock Garden. If you ride Rockit, then you can handle lynx.

[@MTBMOR]

@@mtb_alan I rode both on Monday after staying away for a few months. I think the rocks at Lynx are more technical if you choose to ride them.

[@scrisci79]

How many miles was that day!?!? Good grief

[@mtb_alan]

Haha! It was only about 12 miles. I should mention that the Car Wreck footy was from a different day.

[@teddyportney255]

Hi Alan

[@mtb_alan]

Teddy. You're gonna have to start saying something else.

[@teddyportney255]

@@mtb_alan ok haha

[@stephendpersaud]

U forgot to mention how much of a pain of a climb cholla is.

[@mtb_alan]

Hahaha...! I know right.

[@foxykc]

I'd rather do hill repeats on Cholla than ever do Mathis again for any reason other than to escape a very slow moving Zombie apocolypse.

[@stephendpersaud]

@@foxykc Mathis is like climbing a hill on groundhog's day. U feel like u just climbed it and over the next horizon it starts all over again.

[@foxykc]

@@stephendpersaud oh my god. It was horrible. I was about a quarter mile from the top. I thought about turning around. I was I was so exhausted I'm surprised someone didn't stop and ask me if I was okay. I've never been that wiped out. But I was determined I was going to go down Meadows and I pushed on. And obviously I survived. I'm never doing that again I'm going to go up some other way

[@goddyneil]

Can you help train me? please? looking for people to ride with and learn

[@mtb_alan]

There are some good certified coaches in the area. Best to hire some who is trained to coach. :)

[@Rad_MTB_Rage]

I want to take the munchkin King there soon but I'll get lost ... Lol

[@mtb_alan]

If only someone did a trail guide. 🤔

[@Rad_MTB_Rage]

@@mtb_alan lol... You right 🤣 ... Good video

[@mtb_alan]

😆

[@UltimateMTB]

Wow, a triple feature! Can't wait to enjoy the next few videos. Hopefully these trail guides will apply to me one day... I would love to visit but a 3,000 mile trip isn't so great of an idea right now 😁

[@mtb_alan]

Yew! Yeah. Looking forward to the days when we can all travel again.

[@Randombikekid]

Car wreck is rally a beginner trail I would say. More moderate, not expert though.

[@mtb_alan]

Agreed. Best to only do it if you feel really confident on Rock-it. 👍🏾

[@chadbeckstrom3627]

This is good 1st timer Aliso introduction, but I wouldn't consider any of those trails "beginner" other than Coyote. Great video otherwise.

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks Chad. True...none of these are truly beginner trails.

[@troybush5899]

True! Car Wreck is no place for a "beginner." This trail is Double Black.

[@MarioCañez-v1t]

Is there another place to park?? Most cities have neighborhood watch,, If they don't like you or your vehicle they'll call the cops,, don't need to be harassed,,

[@mtb_alan]

Do you plan to drive a problematic vehicle or behave in a particularly disruptive way?