BikeMapDude Productions Mountain Bike Trail Guides: Santa Monica Mountains Map-Pack [Map]

Peter Kelly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 30, 2002

The Santa Monica Mountains Map-Pack is part of a cool new line of mountain biking guides. Each Map-Pack has five laminated, two-sided, 8 1/2"x11" tri-fold maps, giving riders an easy-to-carry/easy-to-use resource for finding and navigating rides suitable to them.

Each map includes:

Two featured rides with written descriptions, elevation profiles and on-map directional arrows.

Ski-map style symbols rating each trail's level of difficulty.

USGS-based shaded relief topography with color-coded ground cover.

Inspiring color photography.

The Santa Monica Mountains Map-Pack includes five great maps of the five best riding areas in LA's "backyard" with featured rides suitable to riders of all levels. Featured areas include Topanga State Park and vicinity, Cheeseboro Canyon, Malibu Creek State Park (including the Backbone single-track!), Zuma Ridge and Point Mugu.

Editorial Reviews

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BikeMapDude makes some great maps. If you like to try different biking trails, these maps make excellent companions. -- Martha Bakerjian, About-SF

Product Details

• Map: 5 pages
• ISBN-10: 0972622233
• ISBN-13: 978-0972622233
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 4.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,357,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and reader-friendly, June 1, 2009

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Maria (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BikeMapDude Productions Mountain Bike Trail Guides: Santa Monica Mountains Map-Pack (Map)

We used the Point Mugu map and really appreciated the level of detail. The write-ups are brief, but they convey BikeMapDude's expertise and enthusiasm -- we felt we were in good hands.

4.0 out of 5 stars Map Pack Santa Monica Mountains, May 30, 2009

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J. Barron (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BikeMapDude Productions Mountain Bike Trail Guides: Santa Monica Mountains Map-Pack (Map)

I like this a lot. It gives both narrative and map information which are both helpful. It turned me on to a wonderful ride (my first mountain bike trail ride). It gave a pretty accurate description of the ride, skill level, and aerobic level. My only criticism is regarding the level of detail of the map and the smaller supporting roads. The smaller roads are not labeled, so I needed to use google maps and my iPhone to navigate my way to the trailhead and from time to time at various crossroads. All in all, I think this is a cool and portable guide and I would recommended it to others interested in riding in the area. BikeMapDude also gave me a great deal by allowing me to immediately download the map as a .pdf file and threw in the Orange County maps at no extra cost!