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County Line Road turns east and starts snaking down the steep hillside to Orestimba Creek.

05485-county-line-road-descent-800px.jpg Still up on the ridge, County Line Road keeps providing great views of the valley.ThumbnailsThat was fun; I'm down in the valley now at Orestimba Creek and it only took 15 minutes to get down the hill.Still up on the ridge, County Line Road keeps providing great views of the valley.ThumbnailsThat was fun; I'm down in the valley now at Orestimba Creek and it only took 15 minutes to get down the hill.Still up on the ridge, County Line Road keeps providing great views of the valley.ThumbnailsThat was fun; I'm down in the valley now at Orestimba Creek and it only took 15 minutes to get down the hill.Still up on the ridge, County Line Road keeps providing great views of the valley.ThumbnailsThat was fun; I'm down in the valley now at Orestimba Creek and it only took 15 minutes to get down the hill.Still up on the ridge, County Line Road keeps providing great views of the valley.ThumbnailsThat was fun; I'm down in the valley now at Orestimba Creek and it only took 15 minutes to get down the hill.

With numerous switchbacks along the way, this one-mile segment of County Line Road drops down 500 feet in a mile, from about 1950 feet to 1450 feet. Hold on tightly!

I'll be riding back up this road in a few days and hope that it won't be one of those impossibly difficult hills.