Santa Cruz Singletrack

Nicknamed “Surf City”, Santa Cruz’s identity ranges from a college town, distinctive for its thriving counterculture, to big Redwood-groves, omnipresent greenbelts, and barking sea lions. This trip leans towards organic farms, the flourishing artisanal beer and wine scene, as well as long stretches of free-spirited, primo singletrack. Wilder Ranch State Park, a 700-acre coast-hugging preserve, boasts beautiful trails amongst Brussels sprout fields and towering Redwoods. Respectfully built around a 19th-century dairy ranch, Gothic Revival farmhouses and a Victorian residence, Wilder Ranch is as much about cultural moorings as it is easy-on-the-eyes pastoral.