Rademacher Hills (Ridgecrest)
South edge of Ridgecrest · near Ridgecrest · California Desert
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Trail miles
- ~10-15+ mi of BLM singletrack plus connecting dirt roads; home of the historic Ridgecrest Classic race
- Elevation
- Town ~2,300 ft rolling to ~3,000-3,500 ft; punchy rolling climbs, no big sustained vertical
- Best season
- October-April; summer is dangerously hot
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Mountain Biking detail
- Nickname
- The Ridgecrest Classic
- Ride types
- xc
- Signature trails
- Ridgecrest Classic Race Loop · Brady / Back Door
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- BLM land - Class 1 e-MTBs are generally allowed where bikes are, but this follows the BLM Ridgecrest Field Office travel plan; verify before relying on it.
- Intl tip
- Fly into a Sierra/desert road trip and treat Ridgecrest as the one real Mojave MTB stop. Ride Oct-Apr, carry all your own water, and drop by TJ Frisbee Bicycles in town for current trail conditions. Pair it with nearby Red Rock Canyon and the southern Sierra.
The guide
Rademacher Hills is the honest answer to 'where can you actually mountain bike in the Mojave' - a real BLM-built singletrack ne…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Rademacher Hills (Ridgecrest) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 35.558, -117.687