This ride really sucked at the bottom due to grading that left the final fireroad section to soft. I drank 100 oz of water and another 64 oz of gatoraide when I was done. So Cal in the summer. Connect this trail with Pratt and Cozy Dell trail to get the ultimate spring mega ride. Ride early bring tons of water and have a good time.
Rocks hurt, cliffs are big and thats reality, mountain biking is no different.
On arrival, Gridley was recommended to me. It's nothing like the rolling, forested trails of WNC, but it's a good trail because of it's proximity to town. I think it is best to ride up the pavement leading into the trail to warm your muscles up, because it is really steep at the beginning. Careful on the way back down from the water trough, because the dropoffs are hundreds of feet and there's nothing to break your fall. I lost it once when I was looking back at my Doberman and did a flip, landing ankle deep in loose shale rock and holding some brush.