Exploring Cabo
Photo: Thundersbikes.com
For Christmas break, my family and I took a trip down to Cabo in search of good weather, exotic food, and great scenery. Not one to pass up a chance to ride, I spend my time exploring some trails I’d never heard of.
Upon our arrival, my dad and I found a shop called Thunder Bikes and rented some sweet ebikes to make the most of our time on the trails. We also found a guide to show us around the best riding spots in Baja Sur.
For day 1, we decided to get warmed up on some xc trails at bike park Sanjo in San Jose Del Cabo. The trails here were pretty flowy with the occasional sandy chute (don’t break too much!). Since my trip, the locals have been hard at work building more trails and features like a massive road gap on a trail called Covid and a sick drop on another new trail called 9-10. Can’t wait to check them out!
Day 2 started off with a two hour drive north to the town of Los Barilles in search of Cabo’s longest descent. After some endless climbing (ebikes made it much easier), we reached the top of a trail called Mars. Mars was a fun black tech trail that eventually led into Ochito which was a pretty tame green flow trail with a surprise teeter totter at the end. The final part of the descent was on a trail called Gummy Bear. This was easily my favorite part. It was just as rough as Mars, but still almost as fast as Ochito, making it feel like a thrilling enduro stage.
Our final day brought us to a place called Las Antenas in Cabo San Lucas. This spot gets it’s name from several Antennas atop a mountain and is the local downhill hotspot. There’s a shuttle road to access almost all the trails, and the terrain here is gnarly! While there are some flowier descents here like Back Door, most of the terrain here is steep and incredibly loose. We warmed up on a trail called Cesena that had some pedally tech, before taking on Canada which was much looser and steeper. Our most challenging lap of the day was easily Kamikaze (impossible to stop on) to Love Shack (has a really gnarly rock garden). Just like bike park Sanjo, they’ve also put in a lot of work here by adding some janky wooden features.
Overall, Cabo is a sick riding destination and if you’re ever in the area, I’d definitely consider bringing a bike with. I can’t wait to go back sometime and hit some more of these sick trails.