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| Self portrait, while riding |
The ride up to Onyx Summit is something I've been talking about doing for a while. My brother-in-law lives in Redlands, so he and I finally made the plans and did it.
We parked at a local community park in Yucaipa. From there, it was just a couple miles to Highway 38 and ultimately our trek up to Onyx Summit. We left early in the morning, and the goal was to ride into Big Bear City and meet our family there for lunch. Since there was no real pressure to push it, we kept a comfortable pace the entire ride, stopping occasionally for small breaks.
Our first break was at Angelus Oaks. If you're a mountain biker and haven't ridden the trails around Angelus Oaks, you're missing out on some great riding. We couldn't have picked a better day to do this ride. Other than a brief drizzle near Onyx Summit, it was sunny and in the low 70's the entire day.
Onyx Summit is at about 8,400 feet of elevation, and our ride was a total of 7,000 feet of climbing. After stopping at the summit, the ride into Big Bear Lake and Big Bear City is pretty easy. The downhill after the summit is fun. It's not too steep to be dangerous, and that day there weren't too many cars on the road either.
We capped our ride off with some great Mexican food, and then headed down the hill in my SUV.
Here's the Garmin file to check out the route.
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| David at the summit |
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| Lots of space to ride |
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