Bommer Canyon Open Access 1/18/20

Ride Name: Bommer Canyon Open Access 1/18/20
When: Saturday January 18, 2020
Time: 8am
Where: Bommer Canyon, Irvine, CA
Ride Description or Details:
These trails are open once a month, so they're in great shape, and offer up some nice chunk and tech. There are some parts on each trail that are advanced (although I think there's been some re-routing since I rode last?), but you can walk whatever is over your comfort limit.

https://letsgooutside.org/activities/2020/01/18/wilderness-access-day-bommer-canyon-80/

https://www.imtbtrails.com/forum/threads/bommer-canyon-open-access-2-20-16.3948/#post-43830

http://legacy.cityofirvine.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=14466

We'll be riding the trails in yellow as they are only open on the open access day once a month.
~~~~~ Optional Details ~~~~~
Meet Location: Plenty options, but parking in Bommer Canyon makes for a nice run back to the car, with some good flowy singletrack and a very fun rock roller.

Bommer Canyon - https://www.google.com/maps/place/B...a1f06abe7e3d3!8m2!3d33.6203771!4d-117.8018868

Cars at Cattle Camp have to be out by 2pm.
Skill Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Ride Pace: Easy with Moments of Effort
Type of Ride: Loop
Rider Limit:
Anticipated Mileage: 10-15
Elevation Gain: 2K-3K
Ride Duration: 2-4 Hours
Previous Ride Reports: https://www.imtbtrails.com/forum/threads/irvine-ranch-conservancy-open-access-day.1192/#post-3196

https://www.strava.com/activities/1416296885

https://www.strava.com/activities/1187044795
Possible Bail-Outs:
Facilities: At trailhead, otherwise none.
Food/water suggestions: Bring lots of water, tends to be hot even in winter.
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@Mikie when you coming back down to ride this? @hill^billy @DangerDirtyD ?

 

I wish it were this weekend. I doubt I can make it back there 2 weekends in a row, but if I do, I’m definitely gonna go huntin’ fo som wabbit!

 

Hate to say this (and add in a little guilt...)

Joplin Trail Work Day.

 

I ride the Cleveland National Forest maybe twice a year. Never ridden Joplin, unlikely to ride it any time soon, and unlikely to ride it much if ever in the future. No guilt skipping a trail work day there.

You want guilt? Here are the upcoming trail work days hosted by Laguna Canyon Foundation:



January 12 is “sold out” (these things always sell out so I never understand when anyone complains about lack of volunteers in the greater Laguna area).

I’m planning on being at the January 25 or February 1 trail work day.

 

Sorry, I could never get up that early

 

I've done a pretty good share of work in Laguna and The Luge. Not a ton, but frequently enough to partly assuage my guilt. I have ridden Joplin exactly once, but I still feel I need to help out if I can. I want to ride it after we (they) re-hab it.

 

I am a big fan of these access days. I park at the Quail Hill community center. My previous attempts to get people out to this ride have been totally unsuccessful :/

 

we did the same thing about 2 months ago. Some fun trails back there.

 

Either way you start out with a hell climb. I like finishing up on Ridge Route and ending in Bommer, but have started from Quail also. Let me know if you'll be out there.

 

I tried on your birthday, but you said no.

 

Yeah i know.

 

Unless something happens, I will. 8am roll from Quail Hill Community center.
Not to jack the ride. :0

 

Hey @Mikie you're not afraid of an early call time are ya? Bring @Voodoo Tom and show him what's good behind the Orange Curtain (as long as you two don't mind slow climbing).

 

I am not in town this upcoming weekend, so cant make it. With the last open access day i did Fox Run which was in the best shape it has been for a long time. Nice and steep and a little (well planned) reroute at the bottom

 

I hear Fox and Rabbit have been sanitized since 2013. It’s been a long time since I rode there, but I used to live in the Quail Hill area and looked forward to Open Access Day every month. On a few RADZ rides, they claimed they were exempt from the Irvine Ranch restrictions and rode those trails anytime they wanted. I believe the latter to be true because I suspect those trails would be taken back by nature if they were ridden only once a month on Saturdays and the occasional Wednesday docent-led ride (which usually was comprised of riders in over their heads).

 

I didn’t ride any of these until 2016? So if they were sanitized I only know the sanitized version. Rabbit isn’t difficult except for the rocks at the bottom.
Fox had some pucker sections on it last time I rode it (2018?). I’ll report back next week.

 

I feel discriminated against since I work on weekends, I can never taste these trails near my home.

 

Looks like the rock/slab section at the bottom of Rabbit has been rerouted. Start at 8:30:

 

Well...The Hooligans will always have Sharky’s.