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Flow Trail

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 4.9 (108)
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  3. …Bay Area
  4. …Santa Cruz
  5. Soquel Demonstration State Forest
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“A brand new four-mile flow trail in Santa Cruz Mountains that rips! ”

Garritt Cusack
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3.4

Miles

5.5

KM
Singletrack

2,028' 618 m

High

785' 239 m

Low

11' 3 m

Up

1,254' 382 m

Down

7%

Avg Grade (4°)

24%

Max Grade (13°)

Dogs Leashed

E-Bikes Not Allowed

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Head down the Ridge Trail from Aptos Creek Fire Road passing Corral, Sulphur Springs and Braille Trail until you arrive at Segment 1 of the Flow Trail. Point your bike downhill and begin ripping the berms, whoops, and pumps galore the next 3 1/2 miles.

Contacts

Local Club: Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz

Jul 9, 2020: Dave’s Two Cents: The Mountain Biking Primer for First-time Riders

Jun 30, 2020: What You Should Know About Enjoying the Outdoors in Santa Cruz

Jun 26, 2020: Changing Conditions

Land Manager: Cal Fire - Demonstration State Forests

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Garritt Cusack with improvements by Logan Smith
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Rippin the berm.
Apr 27, 2016 near Day Valley, CA
Flow Trail, start of Segment 2.
Nov 18, 2018 near Day Valley, CA
Enjoying the goods on Flow Trail at the Soquel Demo Forest.
Dec 27, 2016 near Day Valley, CA
Soquel Demo Forest Flow Trail (3 July 2016).
Jul 5, 2016 near Day Valley, CA
Top of Flow Trail
Jul 5, 2016 near Day Valley, CA
Tearin' thru a berm on the lower portion of the Flow Trail.
Jul 10, 2017 near Day Valley, CA

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May 9, 2020
Sarah Milner
May 4, 2020
Melissa van der Wel
Nov 10, 2019
Caleb Wolper
Sep 30, 2019
Florencio N LouieAnn Lavadia
Wow! My buddy Jorel took me here for the first time and man, it was tough and fun 6mi
Sep 2, 2019
R. Gon
4.8mi — 0h 55m
Aug 15, 2019
Jo Pa
Jun 4, 2019
saint18z
Hard to get to but so good, up hill in and out 2,346ft of gain 14.6mi — 6h 08m
Apr 28, 2019
Jimmy Ly

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