Mt Tam
- Thread starter holyrider
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I've said this before, but if you've never done it, a ride up Railroad to the peak is a good gradual grinder with great views, not a waste of time...my opinion anyway. If you want a mixed loop that is longer than just going up and down Tam, park in Mill Valley and ride up Railroad to the East Peak, then go back down to West Point and take the other fire road (Indian Fire? Old Stage? Can't remember) down to the Pantoll Station, jump across the road and take the new legal singletrack down to Route 1, then drop down on the road to the Pelican Inn for a few beers before dragging your ass up Middle Green Gulch and dropping back down into Mill Valley. None of the legal riding out there is very technical but there are challenging climbs, the new singletrack is a fun swoopy descent, and the views are ridiculously killer if it's not foggy.
The nice thing about Railroad (going up) is the sense of a group ride. Unless you can glue yourself to someone's wheel, you can ride 3 abreast heading up.
EDIT: I should point out that I haven't ridden there since I wrote that review. I rather go to Tamarancho than Tam. But if you have never been there before, I think it is a must.
EDIT: I should point out that I haven't ridden there since I wrote that review. I rather go to Tamarancho than Tam. But if you have never been there before, I think it is a must.
Search the web. Tamarancho is a boy scout camp outside Fairfax, great legal singletrack on private land (owned by the boy scouts). Buy a day pass and rock it.
