Here is my mtb ride from this morning. The Rancho San Vicente trail weaves it's way through the South San Jose foothills and near Calero reservoir. It is nice and green everywhere you look. In the summer, the grass will dry out and will be a golden color.
The ride was just short of 18 miles and 1300 feet of climbing.
GPS data is from a Garmin Vivoactive HR and uploaded to Strava
One thing that I really like about this trail is that there are not really steep climbs, at least for an extended distance. I also like that it has tree cover which makes it much cooler in the summer months. For the most part, it is about 4 feet wide or so or a double track.
The landscape shots and scenery are great here. Lots of wild flowers and fresh air.
For the bike geeks out there, this bike is a Norco carbon hard tail with a 32 chainring and a 11-36 sram cassette with a wolftooth 40 added as a bailout gear.
I just purchased a Sunrace 11-46 cassette and a 34t one up components no drop chainring. I needed a bit more speed and I will now have a 34-11 and a climbing gear of 34-46.
Happy beautiful Sunday!