| Fun | |
| Fitness needed | |
| Skill needed | |
| Duration | 1-2 hours |
| Shuttle needed | No |
| Start at | Los Gatos (in town, near Summit Cycles), or the bottom of the Jones Trailhead |
| Finish at | Where you start! |
For Kids
This trail doesn’t start at St. Joseph’s Open Space. It starts near it. There is optional single track, and the hills are at the start. It’s got quite a fun downhill. If you ride it easily then I’d recommend the single track.
For Adults
Well the kids’ description above is super useful isn’t it? The good news is, there’s only so many places to go at St Joeseph’s so once you are there you can pretty much follow your nose. You can park in central Los Gatos (somewhere near Summit Cycles), or somewhere up towards the Jones Trail entrance.
You can either bike along the flat by the reservoir and then up a steep trail in to St Joseph’s or start from the Jones Trail entrance. This is not a flat ride, and you may find there is some complaining either way.
Either way you will want to make your way up to the outlook at the top, up the Manzanita trail. There are some fun fast downhills on the way down with some nice lips for safe opportunities to get a bit of air. The Serpentine trail downhill is proper singletrack and it quite fun.