On Saturday July 1, I rode along the New Millennium Loop Trail, and access trails, from the trailheads on the north and west sides. The purpose was to evaluate the trails to see where work was needed to cut back the brush. The map here shows what I found: some of it was really good, but most of it was a real mess. As well as overgrowth, there were some ruts, but those can’t be addressed until we clear the brush away to see the extent of the damage.
In the map, the uncolored areas are ones that I wasn’t able to access and so couldn’t evaluate, but I assume they are badly overgrown.
The distance from the bottom of the Bark Park Trail to the end of the rideable part of Colossus is 2.5 miles. Colossus is very steep in sections so you could need an ebike to get back up. There’s another 0.6 miles along the mail loop towards the Pyramid Switchbacks that is clear.
From the new Cambria Hotel on Las Virgenes Road to the muddy section of the main loop is about 1.7 miles, but expect a lot of tall grass along the way. Finally, the rideable part of Gun Club Road is 1.1 miles, up to the nursery.
Here’s a gallery of the photos I took of the trails. They all have captions so you can tell what and where they are.
Heading west from Calabasas Road, the trail is pretty good.
Pretty soon there's lots of brush
The fork that heads east and crosses a little stream
The stream is easy enough to get across
After the stream
A little further up the trail, headed east
Back to the trail headed towards the steps, there are some major ruts
The edge of the trail is broken down
A little more overgrown.
Where the trail to the steps forks off, the trail is really broken down.
Beyond the steps trail, the main trail is more overgrown
The Edison Road heading west from the end of Calabasas Road is pretty overgrown
The entrance to the swamp bypass trail on the right
The swamp bypass trail is completely obscured
The swamp bypass trail is completely obscured
The bottom of the fire road from the new hotel on Las Virgenes Road.
The fire road has lots of growth.
Looking down at the swamp bypass trail from the top of the fire road. It looks like a doubletrack from here. Trucks have driven down there?
A zoom-in of the previous photo, looking at the swamp bypass trail.
Looking up the fire road at the west end of the swamp bypass trail
The west end of the swamp bypass trail
Poison oak growing at the west end of the swamp bypass trail
Start of the singletrack that leads southeast from the fire road.
The trail is overgrown with grass, but not too difficult to ride
The edge of the trail is broken down
The trail towards the muddy section from Gun Club Road
As before, overgrown with grass but rideable.
For some reason, people have travelled on the outside of the trail. The actual trail is on the right.
Approaching the muddy section, it's getting to be pretty overgrown.
My bike lies on the trail in this extremely overgrown section, just uphill of the muddy section.
Part of the muddy section
A close-up of the mud. This is a bike track
Just uphill of the muddy section
Near the top of Gun Cllub Road
The trail below the nursery at the top of Gun Club Road looks pretty good where the homeowners association has cut the grass down on the hillside.
The switchbacks from the nursery need work - they're overgrown and rutted.
Where the homeowners have cut back the grass hillside - rideable but not great.
Trucks parked at the nursery
Headed down Gun Club Road
At the bottom of the Bark Park Trail
The Bark Park Trail
A retaining wall on the Bark Park Trail.
A little further up the Bark Park Trail
The Kobe memorial site
The top of the Bark Park Trail, looking right. Trail looks really good!
The top of the Bark Park Trail looking left. Trail is covered with mustard.
Clockwise on the Bark Park Trail, blocked by mustard
Looking counterclockwise in the distance, the New Millennium Loop trail looks pretty good.
Jumps on the NM Loop
The trail continues to look really good heading counterclockwise.
Junction of NW Loop (left) wth Colossus (right)
Looking down NM Loop towards the Pyramid Switchbacks
Looking down Colossus
A banked turn on Colossus
The Pyramid Switchback in the distance from Colossus
Looking back up Colossus. It's completely clear of brush.
The end of the brushed part of Colossus
Further towards the Las Virgenes Vista Trail, Colossus is very overgrown.
Further towards the Las Virgenes Vista Trail, Colossus is very overgrown.
A jump on Colossus
Back on the NM Loop, the trail in the distance looks okay, but you can't be sure until you're on it.
The end of the brushed part of NM Loop, heading towards the Pyramid Switchbacks.
The NM Loop after the top of Colossus. It's a little tight in a few places, but overall pretty good.
The bottom of the Las Virgenes Vista Trail at the corner of Mulholland and Las Virgenes Road.
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The distance from the bottom of the Bark Park Trail to the end of the rideable part of Colossus is 2.5 miles. Colossus is very steep in sections so you could need an ebike to get back up. There’s another 0.6 miles along the mail loop towards the Pyramid Switchbacks that is clear.
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