Soquel Demonstration State Forest
Soquel / Aptos, Santa Cruz Mtns · near Soquel / Aptos · Central Coast
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- advanced
- Trail miles
- ~10-15 mi of destination singletrack in a 2,681-acre forest
- Elevation
- Flow Trail drops ~1,300ft over 3.2 mi; typical climb 900-1,000ft
- Best season
- Late spring-fall (dry). Closed weekdays during timber ops (~May-Oct), open weekends; closes entirely after major storms
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Nickname
- Demo Forest
- Ride types
- flow · all-mountain · enduro · downhill
- Signature trails
- Flow Trail · Braille Trail · Ridge Trail / Sawpit
- Ebike
- No
- Ebike note
- E-bikes prohibited - CAL FIRE state forest rule. Respect weekday timber-operation closures and never ride when muddy.
- Intl tip
- Come on a dry weekend and pre-arrange a Highland Way car shuttle - it closes weekdays for timber ops and after rain, so verify it is open before you drive up.
The guide
This is the reason people fly to Santa Cruz to ride. The Flow Trail is one of the most celebrated purpose-built descents in the…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Soquel Demonstration State Forest — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.0846, -121.8557