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Take the El Toro Or Bake Parkway Exit from I-5 heading east. About five mile will be Portola Road. From Bake Pkwy. or El Toro, turn left on Portola. You will see a supermarket shopping center on the east side of Portola. Turn into the parking lot and park in the north section of the lot. There is a bike shop named ’Canyon Cyclery’ there...park close to there. Or towards the far left end of the parking lot you will see the entrance to the park and designated parking. Make sure you put money in the box. The trail head is clearly marked, from the lot to the canyon. The park is shared by hikers, bikers, and horse people...be careful. There is one very, very challenging climb and descent, but mostly graded fire road and a little singletrack. There are some nice side hikes that can be taken and you can even ride some sections. Thomas Guide page 862
P.S: The driving directions for how to get to whiting ranch are inaccurate. you need to turn left from both bake pkwy and el toro road (or lake forest drive, also). the ralphs shopping center will then be on the right. also, people need to quit being such chiselers when it comes to the $2.00 parking fee. if too many mtbers park in the shopping center parking lot, the shopping center is likely to take action. come on people, it’s only two bucks, plus the money goes to a good cause. how can you continue to ride all of these nice wilderness parks and not do your share to contribute to their maintenance? i admit, i didn’t really dig the fees at first when they started them last year, but since they did, every orange county wilderness park i’ve been to has improved greatly. trail signs, restrooms (or outhouses), information centers with maps, water stations, and don’t forget the conditions of the actual trails themselves are all in a much better state than they were before.
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