Mountain biking The Irish Hills in San Luis Obispo, Ca

The Irish Hills Natural Reserve is located right outside of downtown SLO. It offers up about 8-10 miles of rocky, fast rolling single track. The loop is pretty easy to follow especially starting from where I did, linking onto King trail and working counter clockwise. I parked off Madonna road on DeVaul Ranch Dr, it’s pretty easy to locate with plenty of parking options near a small park and the trail head. The Ocean View trails are obviously the crown jewel of the trek but all the trails were fun and challenging. In my opinion an intermediate rider could clean all these trails, the black ratings might be a tad too much (IMO) the loop was 8 miles with around 1,200 feet of climbing, definitely do able. Some of the climbs will test your cardio and technical riding capabilities but I didn’t find anything too extreme here. Not a ton of shade so beware on warm days, drink plenty of water. If you’re interested in riding here do yourself a favor and go check it out! Now get outside and ride your damn bike!

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What’s happening guys and I’m back for another one and today I’m riding down in San Luis Obispo and I’m riding the Irish Hills natural Preserve first time ever riding down in San Luis Obispo and just to clear the air um they do have the bike Bell system down here

Um I will not be using the bell in the video um I’ve tried riding with a bell before and you I just can’t record with it so just letting everyone know the Bell will be in my pocket um and on certain sections I’m not filming I’ll throw the Bell on um I

Don’t want to be that guy I will comply just a little bit but it’s um you know it’s a good practice if you’re in an area that recommends it or requires it definitely do that but use your best judgment but I will not be using the

Bell I’ll have it in my pocket so you might hear a little jingle hopefully it’s not too annoying in the video we shall see all right guys I’m gonna be doing a pretty big loop today um I think it’s going to be about nine miles or so with maybe 13 1400 feet of

Climbing we’ll see so nothing too gnarly uh hopefully I don’t fly off the bike get bitten by a rattlesnake attacked by Bigfoot you know any other normal regular stuff we always worry about all right I’m blabbering on too much let’s get it yeah all right this was the first Trail

And I’m linking on to the king Trail parking is pretty easy actually got a nice spot in the shade oh it is Smoky down here okay this is room connector and like I mentioned in my intro this is the first time I’ve ever ridden here oh hello Bridge oh that could be dangerous

Don’t fly off that oh almost killed a lizard nice little flow section mind if I squeeze by you guys oh no worries thanks no hikers no hikers All right so I just finished Frome Creek connector and now I am on the Frome Creek Trail and this just runs parallel with the uh well with the dried up feroma creek pretty straightforward we’ve got a bit of a climb ahead of me luckily it’s not that hot though all right

All right all right so this is broom I just finished broom Creek now this is Ocean View extension and it is Rocky as hell holy crap this is going to be a leg burner oh God oh super Rocky thank you ah I hate doing it but it got to me guys

There’s just one section super steep loose and very Rocky man I almost had it but once I dabbed like three or four times I just I had to get off the bike all right looks like I’m gonna get a little bit I’m descending here on Ocean View

Not a super long climb but man there’s some really Punchy parts I don’t know why but this actually reminds me of like Mount Tam all the tiny loose rocks that’s kind of cool a little wood feature Super loose So many loose rocks man you gotta definitely gotta watch her watch yourself under The Descent another Punchy climb lots of these out here and the Irish Hills all right so this is Ocean View top and this is rated as a black diamond I’m uh prepared for a very Rocky descent Oh Oh Thank you hell yeah oh this is what I’m talking about there’s your chunk That was that’s what I’m talking about Okay so now I’m on Ocean View upper started with top now I’m on upper oh All right this is Ocean View uh middle I think Hey yo Tight turn Some tight little sections there really narrow especially with the uh all the shrubs and bushes Oh Thank you Chunky ah those are really fun all right so I finished all the ocean view trails and now I’m on the ocean view access and I’m gonna be heading towards shooting ladders all right this is Chutes and Ladders right off of the ocean view Access Fire home Oh you got a killer View Well hello so far this is a pretty awesome trail system foreign that was a hell of a pedal strike oh Okay I’m probably gonna mispronounce this this is called kale Joaquin cow Joaquin I don’t know I’m trying thank you this is uh rated as a blue although to be honest most of these Trails felt more like Blues than blacks if I’m just being honest foreign Got some air baby oh a little Breezy All right guys I am back on the king Trail and I’m headed back towards the vehicle awesome day riding out here I love San Luis Obispo can’t wait to come back all right guys that is it thanks again for sticking around and watching the whole video I really appreciate it guys

I had an absolute blast here at the Irish Hills in San Luis Obispo I will definitely come back and I actually want to explore more of this area and get some more riding in so it was a great day not a super hard ride eight miles twelve hundred thirteen hundred feet of climbing

Uh uh not too bad but some really punchy techy Parts um my legs are burning and I am ready for a freaking beer uh thanks again guys I really appreciate it until next time I’m out bam