Review Date
March 6, 2008

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Every few months

Reviewed by: bstyle74 ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
Smallish park that you will want to do over and over and over again. DH sections are awesome, and the climbs aren't hellish. You can shuttle if you have a huge bike. Trails, especially cinderella, can get very overgrown but its a blast.

Watch out for joggers, hikers, and dogs. Very heavy uphill usage, and confrontations are relatively common. Use common courtesy and stay in control.

Recommended Route:
Ride down Big Trees, Cinderella, and Chapperelle.

Review Date
February 24, 2008

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 5 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: poff ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
I once was on the "All JMP trails" ride - something like 18 mi and 4K ft of climbing. So, "trails are flat" is just complete BS. This is technical enough and Castlerock is doable on HT (I saw it with my eyes). I love this little park. You will find plenty of challenge - for starters do not use your brakes going down Bishops Walk.

Recommended Route:
Try them all

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Redwood, Chabot.

Review Date
August 22, 2007

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: freeride53 ,  Downhiller

Summary:
this trail is sweet
great for people in the east bay
im in alameda and its conveniant

Recommended Route:
take high street, and redwood road, then jaquiun miller up ta skyline.
past mills
and there you are

Other recommended trails in the same area:
cinderella/surrounding parks/entrances to the area in and arond skyline blvd.

watch out for the hikers at first

great place.

Review Date
March 27, 2007

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: motormonkeyr6 ,  Downhiller

Summary:
It can be anything from some nice XC single track, AM, alittle bit of FR. Theres everything. There can be alot of hikers, beware.

Recommended Route:
Park in the upper lot (skiline, I belive) ride across the road to the parking lot across the street (DO NOT PARK IN THIS LOT, people break into your car!) to the left of the bathroom there is a trail called Chaparal. steep trail with RR ties all the way down. Great fast trail (not recomended on a HT or short travel XC. To the right of the bathrooms there is Cinderella. Flowy with some kickers and RR ties at the end. Every thing can be looped back onto the main trail (sunset) for hours of riding.

3 for aerobic not really hard riding for XC or AM, its just hard for DH and FR bikes because you must walk the hills.

Technical 3-4 Its just some fun short FR sections. And I live really close thats always a +

Just watch for hikers!

Overall The park has alot to offer! you can truly ride all day there are so many trails

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Big trees

Review Date
June 19, 2005

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Reviewed by: Spokes574 ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
Reviewed by: Spokes574, Weekend Warrior

Summary:
Very shady trails, the sun will not be beating on ya
Trails are single track or narrow fire roads covered w/forest leaves
Much more scenic than the Oakland redwood trails just 5 min. away
Lots of hikers so be considerate and watchful,bell is helpful
Skill level depends on which trail taken, easy to hard

Directions to get there
==========================
HW13, exit at Juaquin miller, make a right at the exit light
At next light make a left onto skyline blvd
Pass Juaquin millers main entrance, pass the main hikers parking thats
along the side of the road
You want to park just after Roberts Park which you will see on your Rt
Parking is on the side of the road (I park on the left side)
This parking area for about 10 cars, theres always parking
This parking will put you right at edge of Big Tree trail

Facts: lots of hikers, you can not ride quickly, most peeple here are rude. They will not move out of way when ring bell, they make smart remarks when passing. This is the only park I have ever seen this attitude and behavior. I think its just the fact its oakland and oakland just has that type of low class people.

Also, trails are fairly flat, so at the end of the day you really do not feel that you had a work out. Also, the park maintenance is very poor. The trails are not maintained well, the weeds are over grown on the single track and hit your arms and legs. You will have to dismount your bike several times for bad trail areas that should be closed or groomed and neither have been done. Seems no money is pumped into this park at all. Again, the worst part of park are the low class rude people -

Recommended Route:
Recommended Route: This is the easiest route. My wife and I jogged the park trails first to map out the best bicycle trail. Recommended route that you can even take wife on if she is a decent XC rider - You know the type - looks good but not a butchy chick!!!!! ==================================================================== Big Tree (Lft - down towards parks main entrance Rt Bayview/Sequoia (take to end and come back) Rt onto FERN at bottom make a Left onto SunSet which will drop you to sunset loop Make a Rt onto Sunset Loop Take Sunset take to end and come back, make a Rt to cross bridge to get to Sinawik Loop to Sinawik Tral (Loop is best clockwise) Do the loop and come back to bridge to get back onto Sunset Rt onto Sunset Lft onto Bayview ( or could go Rt and go up Big Tree which is a bit tougher to go up) Rt onto Big Tree (Small section will have to walk) ~12 miles Other Details ============== Palos Colorados off of Sunset Trail is very cool single track and easy) Colorados is slightly off camber narrow single track Cinderella is similar to Donkey trail at Skaggs Chaparal has stair drop off Castle should be closed, not really do able

Other recommended trails in the same area:
I have to lower my rating due to the rude people and poor trail maintenance - advamced riders will not be challanged here

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