Mountain Bike McGinty Mountain Trail, Jamacha, California

Add to My List Check Off

McGinty Mountain to the Old Abandoned House is about 11.6 miles long and located near Jamacha, California. The trail is great for mountain biking and normally takes 1-3 hours. There is a small paring lot at the trailhead. If full then consider parking at the Steele Canyon Golf Course. The initial ascent up the mountain can only be fully ridden by the most advanced riders due to the 13% grade and the technical aspects, such as tight switchbacks, ruts, rocks etc. Intermediate riders will end out hoofing it for about a quarter of the first mile in various sections. At the end of the initial climb, you'll come to a 'T'. Take a right at the 'T' and go a less than one hundred feed and look for an interesting cave / mine vent on the left. It's DEFINITELY worth seeing. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! From there, you backtrack and continue past where you just ascended. The trail grade tapers off to a mild climb between mile 3 and 4 and then you hit another 13+% ride / walk section that gets you to the peak of McGinty Mountain, some 1700 vertical feet up from the trail head.The ride down is a combination of trail and fire road, some in great condition, other kind of dicey but definitely all ridable. As you descend, you eventually head west toward an old abandoned house affectionately named "The Brothel". After that point, you'll go a short distance west and hook up onto one of the most enjoyable 3 mile downhill single tracks in San Diego (in my and many others 'humble opinions'). The single track eventually dumps you out LITERALLY on one of the fairways of Steele Canyon Golf Course. A quick look for golfers / flying golf balls and if all clear, you BLAST across the fairway and continue on an ultra-fast series of downhill, paved golf cart paths. These eventually bring you to a dirt rode and a rural farmhouse with donkey, horses, sheep, and other country critters.A short ride gets you back to the Steele Canyon golf course where you can pick up your shuttle. Source: EveryTrail

Write a Review

No Ratings Yet

Flag as inappropriate ›