We took a road trip up to Santa Barbara and hit "Cold Spring" and "Tunnel" trail. These are some of the best trails in SoCal, definitely the chunkiest. There was so much footy I broke the video into 2 videos. This video is our ride down "Cold Spring" and the next video will be "Tunnel".
I used hit this trail a lot during Covid because the state was on lock down so there was never any traffic. I used to be able to get to Santa Barbara in about 2.5 hours but the last time we went it took 3.5 hours to get there and 4 hrs to get home. I had a hard time staying awake on the drive home, I left that morning at 7am and didnt get home til 10pm. That was 2 years ago and I havent been back.
I figured since it was Superbowl Sunday there wouldnt be any traffic and I was right. It only took me 1 hr to get to Simi Valley from there we jumped in Seans van and it was only another 1.5 to get to Santa Barbara. We had a solid crew it was a sick day.
I forgot how chunky these trails were. Its been a long time and it took a toll on my body especially my shoulder which is still healing from all the crashes 6 months ago. After Cold Springs I wasnt even sure I was going to make it down "Tunnel" since its even more chunky and gnarly.