Mount Woodson / Lake Poway
Poway · near Poway · San Diego
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Trail miles
- ~20 mi, ~20 trails
- Elevation
- ~1,760ft climb on the Mt Woodson trail with a strong descent
- Best season
- October–May
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- xc · flow
- Signature trails
- Mount Woodson Trail · Fry-Koegel
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- City of Poway allows Class 1 e-bikes here.
- Intl tip
- Ride weekday mornings — on weekends the summit trail is packed with Potato Chip Rock hikers and constant yielding kills the flow.
The guide
A legitimately distinct North County ride with a real climb and a flowy descent, and — unusually for San Diego — e-bike-legal. …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mount Woodson / Lake Poway — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.0056, -116.9979