Ride Like a Girl – Women's MTB Ride – Wilder Ranch

This month, Ride Like a Girl, BTCEB's women's ride series, is heading to the seaside for the scenic and sometimes tricky delights of Wilder Ranch in Santa Cruz.

Note that some of these trails are too challenging for inexperienced riders riders, but intermediate and up riders will have a most excellent time.

Join ride leaders Rebecca and Heather on Saturday, September 17th, on Ingalls Street in Santa Cruz, just around the corner from Humble Sea Brewing. Guess where the after-ride hangout will be?

Aim to arrive at 8:30am. We'll gather up for a quick huddle to talk about the ride at about 8:45, and roll by 9:00 am. There ought to be plenty of street parking available at that time in the morning.

This unusual start point has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Rebecca’s love of foggy IPAs, but will give us a two-mile flat warm-up along the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail before we enter Wilder Ranch proper for a singletrack smorgasbord.

Our route will be a bit longer than usual at nearly 19 miles, but with only a bit more than 2,000 feet of climbing, it won’t be all that strenuous. We may run a second group if there's sufficient demand, that will do the same route, only at a more relaxed pace.

As always the mission of Ride Like a Girl is to have fun, learn new trails and meet other women (cis, trans and femme) who love to mountain bike. We’ll take care of you: these are stress-free rides where no one is left behind.

Please bring your mountain bike, obviously, in good working condition. (No ebikes, please. Ride Like a Girl is strictly muscle-powered.) Whether you’re running tubeless tires or not, please make sure you have a spare inner tube to fit your wheels, plenty of water and some food for the trail.

If you need a ride, or want to set up a carpool, leave a comment and we'll see what the group can come up with.

And please consider joining BTCEB. We are much more than a group that puts on rides. BTCEB tirelessly advocates for better bike access on trails in the East Bay and we need your support. Join today at https://btceb.org/join-us/.

If you have questions, ask 'em below and we’ll get right back to you.