The Hummingbird Trail in Simi Valley is part of the Rocky Peak trail area and offers a technical downhill riding experience with lots of rocky terrain to test your balance and skills. Hummingbird offers some fast yet bumpy downhill sections, rocky technical switchbacks and even some areas where you are riding over solid rock. Even though it's not too difficult of a trail it's not recommended for beginners and can still be intimidating for riders with more experience. Many people ride Hummingbird with a full face helmet and pads so that tells you something right there. But if you want to try it out you can take it slow and you should be fine. This is also one where many people do a 2 car shuttle so you don't have to ride back up the road to your car. |
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Hummingbird Trail Review
Like mentioned before, Hummingbird offers a variety of terrain as you go down the trail. It starts off as more of a downhill run even though it can be hard to go fast because it's very bumpy in some areas. Then it turns into switchbacks with some pretty rocky areas in many sections that will take some good balance to make it through without getting off your bike. As you get to the bottom it turns into a rock bed and then finally back to some singletrack at the end.
For the most part it's a pretty fun trail that will leave you on the tired side by the time you get to the bottom. If you don't have a full suspension bike you will get pretty jarred on the way down especially if you keep up a good pace. The beginning section is the most fun because it's pretty fast and makes you hold on while taking all the bumps. The switchbacks are ok if you like the technical rock riding type of thing. Riding over the solid rock near the end is pretty fun and it's not hard because it's all smooth for the most part. There are even arrows painted on the rock so you know which way to go since it's not really a trail. Then the last part is a fast singletrack which is not quite as bumpy as the beginning section and is a nice way to finish the ride.
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Directions to Hummingbird Trail
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The Hummingbird trailhead begins off of the Rocky Peak Fire Road and you will need to do some fire road climbing for about a mile or so to get there. Even though it's a fire road its still pretty rocky and steep and will tire you out by the time you get to Hummingbird. And on a hot day it's really unpleasant to ride up!
To get to the Rocky Peak Fire Road take the 118 freeway and exit at Rocky Peak and there will be a small dirt parking lot to the right when you get off the freeway if coming from the valley. If you are coming from Simi take a left go get to the dirt parking lot where the fire road starts. On the other side of the freeway there is some parking as well since the parking lot fills up quick. Then you just need to start riding the fire road and the Hummingbird trailhead will be on your left and marked with a wooden sign. Hummingbird trail comes out right by the freeway exit at Kuehner Dr. so it's a good idea to park the second a there otherwise you will be riding back up to Rocky Peak Rd to get back to your car.
