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[*] posted on 3-1-2011 at 11:46 AM
Back way in to Santa Gertrudis from Sata Barbara?


I am looking for a back way in to Santa Gertrudis heading south from San Francisquito. My latest Baja Almanac shows a brecha or trail fom Santa Barbara to Santa Gertrudis, looks under 10 miles in length.

Can anyone tell me if this is easily navigable by 650cc dual sport bikes?
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[*] posted on 3-1-2011 at 11:57 AM


The only trail from Sta Barbara to Santa Gertrudis I know of is a muletrail and I rode it (on a mule) abt 11 years ago...man, I can't imagine riding anything with wheels on much of it but I guess if you wanna try gopher it!:spingrin:



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[*] posted on 3-1-2011 at 06:20 PM
Jesuit Camino to Santa Gertrudis from the Gulf


I posted these images of the camino between Santa Gertrudis and Rancho Santa Barbara back in Dec., 2008:

Off road motorcyclist as well as those on mule or foot have a route to the gulf coast not passable by four wheelers... Unless Ken and his Jeep gang try! :o:light:

The padres (and their Indian helpers) built a Camino Real type road from the mission at Santa Gertrudis to the canyon that leads to Santa Barbara... at the canyon the wide camino turns into a single track trail...

From Santa Barbara out to the Los Corrales road (south from El Barril), is an auto road.

Using Google Earth 3-D satellite images, lets look at the Camino:

Here's the overall view (Santa Gertrudis is the far left pin marker). As the crow flys, about 6 miles.



The Santa Barbara End:



The Santa Gertrudis End:



The Camino Looking East:









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Top of the grade down into the canyon, the Gulf of California in the distance:



Okay, here I 'fly' out over the canyon and take a look back west at the switchback grade coming down!:



THAT'S SOME CLIFF!!!





Looks like the camino crosses the arroyo here:



Climb out of the arroyo ...



Easy the last section into Rancho Santa Barbara, the far pin marker:



If you do a search on Nomad, you will see a few more posts on this m/c run... Nomad Bike riders include: TW, KurtG, Arvada George, Motoged, XRPhlang, Honda Tom etc.

Some well known riders of this trail are supposed to include: Malcolm Smith, Kacey Smith, Kevin Ward, Bill Nichols...




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[*] posted on 3-1-2011 at 06:54 PM


Hey, thanks, I will search around for more info. I wonder how technical that single track section is? I would give it a shot on an unladen 250cc bike but we'll be on 650's loaded and I'm no Malcom Smith :)
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