Overview of adjacent areas

Cheeseboro Canyon
Palo Comado Canyon
Las Virgenes Canyon

This is a primo and very popular area with almost two dozen trails and fire roads, only a couple of which are closed to bikes. The trails connect to the Wood Ranch and Lang Ranch areas through China Flat. Cheeseboro and Palo Comado Canyons are part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

Directions: From the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, take the Chesebro exit and go north. On the north side of the freeway, follow the road as it curves left. At the stop sign on Chesebro Road, turn right and drive for about 3/4 miles, over the single-lane bridge, and turn right into the Cheeseboro parking lot. Continue a few hundred yards to the upper parking lot.

Alternatively, you can turn north onto Las Virgenes Road from the 101 Freeway and park at the end of the street, at the Las Virgenes Canyon trailhead.

Suggested Rides

Easy

• Sulphur Springs out and back: Cheeseboro Canyon trail to Sulphur Springs and back (5.8 miles; 490' elevation gain)
• Sheep Corral out and back: Cheeseboro Canyon and Sulphur Springs Trail to Sheep Corral Trail and back (8.4 miles; 740' elevation gain)
• Palo Comado Overlook out and back: Cheeseboro Canyon to Sheep Corral Trail, left to the Palo Comado overlook, then return the same way (10.3 miles; 1090' elevation gain)

Intermediate

• Palo Comado loop: Cheeseboro Canyon trail to Sheep Corral Trail, left to Palo Comado, right on Modelo Trail to the parking lot (10.4 miles; 1410' elevation gain)
• Upper Cheeseboro Ridge loop: Cheeseboro Canyon trail to the Cheeseboro Ridge Connector, left on Cheeseboro Ridge, left on Sheep Corral Trail, left on Cheeseboro Canyon trail and back to the parking lot (9.5 miles; 1320' elevation gain)
• Full Cheeseboro Ridge loop: Cheeseboro Canyon trail, right up Canyonview, left up Cheeseboro Ridge to Sheep Corral Trail, left down Sheep Corral, left down Cheeseboro Canyon trail and back to the parking lot (10.25 miles; 1780' elevation gain)
• Lower Las Virgenes loop: Cheeseboro Canyon trail, right up Canyonview, left onto Cheeseboro Ridge, right onto the Edison Road to Las Virgenes Canyon, left onto the Las Virgenes Canyon Trail (up the single track), left on the Las Virgenes Connector then an immediate right onto the Las Virgenes Canyon single track, turn around when you reach the fire road and ride back on the single track but take the right fork up towards Cheeseboro Ridge, right onto the Las Virgenes Connector, straight ahead onto the Cheeseboro Ridge Connector, left  onto Cheeseboro Canyon trail and back to the parking lot (8.6 miles; 1840' elevation gain)
• Lower Las Virgenes loop with Morrison Ranch loop: As above, but ride the Morrison Ranch Road loop (clockwise) after Canyonview but before Cheeseboro Ridge Road (11.3 miles; 2470' elevation gain)

Advanced

• China Flat out and back: Cheeseboro Canyon trail, left on Sheep Corral Trail, right on Palo Comado, left on China Flat Trail, up to Simi peak and back, left onto China Flat Trail again, left onto Palo Comado, left onto Sheep Corral Trail, right down Cheeseboro Canyon trail to the parking lot (15.5 miles; 2240' elevation gain, or 14.6 miles and 1920' elevation gain if you skip the Simi Peak Trail)
• Dead Cow Road loop: Cheeseboro Canyon trail, left on Sheep Corral Trail, right on Palo Comado, left on China Flat Trail, left on Dead Cow Road (Lindero Canyon Road), along the pavement to the Doubletree Connector, right on Palo Comado, right on Modelo Trail and back to the parking lot (12.0 miles; 2100' elevation gain, plus a few miles on the pavement)
• Lower Sheep Corral Loop: Cheeseboro Canyon trail, right up Sheep Corral Trail, right on Las Virgenes Canyon Trail, right onto the upper Las Virgenes Canyon single track, right up the Las Virgenes Connector, right up Cheeseboro Ridge, left down Sheep Corral Trail, left down Cheeseboro Canyon trail to the parking lot (15.4 miles; 2240' elevation gain)
• Bell Canyon Loop: Cheeseboro Canyon trail, right up Sheep Corral Trail, left up the Edison road opposite the top of Cheeseboro Ridge Trail, around the Bell Canyon Loop, right up Sheep Corral Trail, left down Cheeseboro Canyon trail to the parking lot (16.2 miles; 2860' elevation gain)