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The switchbacks down County Line Road from Coit Road to Orestimba Creek make for a fun downhill

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09771-county-line-descent-8.jpg I look down across the Orestimba Wilderness through some burned chamise skeletons from last year's brush fireThumbnailsA few minutes later, the 10-ton bike and I find ourselves at the bottom of County Line RoadI look down across the Orestimba Wilderness through some burned chamise skeletons from last year's brush fireThumbnailsA few minutes later, the 10-ton bike and I find ourselves at the bottom of County Line RoadI look down across the Orestimba Wilderness through some burned chamise skeletons from last year's brush fireThumbnailsA few minutes later, the 10-ton bike and I find ourselves at the bottom of County Line RoadI look down across the Orestimba Wilderness through some burned chamise skeletons from last year's brush fireThumbnailsA few minutes later, the 10-ton bike and I find ourselves at the bottom of County Line RoadI look down across the Orestimba Wilderness through some burned chamise skeletons from last year's brush fireThumbnailsA few minutes later, the 10-ton bike and I find ourselves at the bottom of County Line Road

For a mile, I glide down County Line Road, dropping about 350 feet in the process. The joy doesn't last long enough!