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China Hole Trail exits the oak woodland on the crest and begins winding its way downhill across grassland

00464-china-hole-trail-800p.jpg China Hole Trail drops down 700 feet into the canyon over two miles of nice single-trackThumbnailsOne of many tight switchbacks on the way down China Hole TrailChina Hole Trail drops down 700 feet into the canyon over two miles of nice single-trackThumbnailsOne of many tight switchbacks on the way down China Hole TrailChina Hole Trail drops down 700 feet into the canyon over two miles of nice single-trackThumbnailsOne of many tight switchbacks on the way down China Hole TrailChina Hole Trail drops down 700 feet into the canyon over two miles of nice single-trackThumbnailsOne of many tight switchbacks on the way down China Hole TrailChina Hole Trail drops down 700 feet into the canyon over two miles of nice single-trackThumbnailsOne of many tight switchbacks on the way down China Hole Trail

Single-track along hillsides is more fun for regular mountain biking than on a wobbly 10-ton bike that constantly threatens to slide off the edge of the trail.