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One of many tight switchbacks on the way down China Hole Trail

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00476-switchback-800px.jpg China Hole Trail exits the oak woodland on the crest and begins winding its way downhill across grasslandThumbnailsNice views across the canyon from the parts of China Hole Trail that cross open grasslandChina Hole Trail exits the oak woodland on the crest and begins winding its way downhill across grasslandThumbnailsNice views across the canyon from the parts of China Hole Trail that cross open grasslandChina Hole Trail exits the oak woodland on the crest and begins winding its way downhill across grasslandThumbnailsNice views across the canyon from the parts of China Hole Trail that cross open grasslandChina Hole Trail exits the oak woodland on the crest and begins winding its way downhill across grasslandThumbnailsNice views across the canyon from the parts of China Hole Trail that cross open grasslandChina Hole Trail exits the oak woodland on the crest and begins winding its way downhill across grasslandThumbnailsNice views across the canyon from the parts of China Hole Trail that cross open grassland

I have to get off the 10-ton bike and walk it around switchbacks like this one to avoid losing my balance and falling.