The Best Go-to Mountain Bike Trail in SoCal, El Prieto!

It's been a minute since I last filmed a ride on El P! This is hands down one of my favorite trails to ride right outside of LA! I also FINALLY got the new GoPro Hero 12. I was having so many issues with the GoPro Max lens for mountain bike use, I finally gave up on it, haha. It's still an awesome action cam for snowboarding though, just not the best option for mountain biking in my opinion.
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[@efraer]

Nice video! :) Fun Fact: 20+ years ago, the section between Brown Saddle and the start of El P was a fire road that was accessible by jeep/truck from Millard Canyon. Lack of maintenance, and the relentless slow crumbing of the San Gabriel Mountains, has turned it into the singletrack we have today.

[@MorganBishopp]

Super interesting! Thank you for sharing that!

[@mitchclem3404]

i assume it was also a jeep/truck road going up Bown Mtn to the saddle? I see bits of asphalt in places as I ride up. .

[@efraer]

@@mitchclem3404 Correct. I'm not sure when it was paved, but it definitely was at some point. Forest Service maintenance stopped decades ago. Minor maintenance done recently is by local folks.

[@MTBr-of-SoCal]

El Prieto is such an awesome fun trail, worth hitting at least once, maybe twice, or 3 times or 4.... lol. Awesome riding!

[@MorganBishopp]

It really is! Thank you!

[@bradsaxton6354]

That trail looks like a blast. Just enough to keep you on your toes. Nice job...!

[@MorganBishopp]

Definitely! It’s a blast though!

[@abstraddic0442]

Great trail & the video & audio were very clean. Video just a touch dark but, still great great job ! 👍

[@MorganBishopp]

Thank you for the feedback! I’m still trying to tweak some settings, so will work on trying to fix that!

[@gotdrift8]

great video! living your best life! love it

[@MorganBishopp]

Thank you!!

[@andresmorales8490]

I saw the first video of you at El P, and now this one. Your riding has improved so much! It’s inspiring!

[@MorganBishopp]

Thank you so much!!

[@joseg.5937]

Nice ride! That is one of my favorite trails.

[@MorganBishopp]

Me too! Always a blast to ride!

[@rnresponder3006]

we’re all set to ride here tomorrow again ! great video! 😎

[@MorganBishopp]

Have a blast!!

[@MichaelRasco]

Crushed it! I remember my first time going down it I had no clue it was a Black Diamond haha. Even to this day the trail kicks my butt somehow! You were flying!

[@andrewkhody]

Good riding morgan!

[@MorganBishopp]

Thank you!!

[@BFBMTb]

El p is looking nice a green. Awesome riding morgan

[@MorganBishopp]

It was! Thank you!

[@user-zw5kq1fi4z]

Good riding, you're smooth! Just a little less braking over the waterfall and other chunky sections will smooth it out for you even more. That left hander drop-roller switchback, you're entering at the perfect spot but roll down little tighter (more straight down) so your turn isn't so wide at the bottom. Then a quick track stand, and on you go.

[@3mmanue10]

Exelent riding, no many can do that trail! and thank you for sharing, now I am itching to ride it soon. One little piece of advise, the best way we have to communicate with hikers is a bell, it really works leetting them know we are coming giving them plenty of time to make room for us, and also helps to scare away any wild animal (I run into a bear in this trail a couple years ago before getting a bell for mtb)

[@MorganBishopp]

Thank you! Ah yeah, I used to always ride with a bell on me, but I stopped using one when I have my camera rolling. I tried it on a couple of videos a long time ago and thought it was probably too annoying for people to listen to when they watched the videos, haha.

[@richardcrisologo1756]

It’s like whiting ranch + the luge. I like it. Do you live close there? Can guide me?

[@MorganBishopp]

It's a blast! Ah, I wish I still lived close by!

[@126AP]

Seems very green for October?🤠

[@MorganBishopp]

This was back at the end of September, but it was pretty green!!

[@efraer]

The very wet winter is still oozing out of the rocks. This is a little unusual.

[@vdrivevideo]

That's a sketchy trail, so much that I'm not sure I'd call it fun. Nice riding!

[@MorganBishopp]

Haha, I used to have a love hate relationship with it!

[@ericchacone3876]

Is El prieto all downhill?

[@MorganBishopp]

It is! There are a few pedally sections, but overall it’s all downhill.

[@ericchacone3876]

@@MorganBishopp how well does your bronson climb ?

[@drek7361]

you made it look way too easy