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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2008: Bikepacking in Henry Coe State Park / Day 8: China Hole, Henry Coe State Park, to home in downtown San José by bicycle, via Coyote Creek Trail /

I start limping up China Hole Trail with the 10-ton bike

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00536-china-hole-trail-800p.jpg I finally get the 10-ton bike packed up and snap one last photo before departing China HoleThumbnailsI come around a switchback and can see back down to China Hole belowI finally get the 10-ton bike packed up and snap one last photo before departing China HoleThumbnailsI come around a switchback and can see back down to China Hole belowI finally get the 10-ton bike packed up and snap one last photo before departing China HoleThumbnailsI come around a switchback and can see back down to China Hole belowI finally get the 10-ton bike packed up and snap one last photo before departing China HoleThumbnailsI come around a switchback and can see back down to China Hole belowI finally get the 10-ton bike packed up and snap one last photo before departing China HoleThumbnailsI come around a switchback and can see back down to China Hole below

This lower part of the trail is rather steep, so excellent vistas back down into the canyon present themselves almost instantly.

That might be the brutal Willow Ridge Trail that I can see rising up a distant hillside. I didn't climb that trail during this trip, but I've learned to respect it during previous trips here.