SPEED INDEX:     (Sluggish ) ( in Between ) (Slow ) ( Parts Slow, Parts Fast ) (Fast )(Veeerry Fast  )

SINGLETRACK:
     Exit the visitor center area and take the paved road at your left, this is the one that takes to the camping area.  You will find a gate; it has an opening at the right side.  In about one mile this road will lose the pavement and every minute it will become smaller.  Then you will find a small stream, cross it, and for some time you all ready had been inside the single track. This trail has no detours, until it finishes in front of the river.  To get to the other side of the trail... you have to cross the river.  The next entry point is 10 meters down river.  This last part is a little tricky, because I had found a couple of trails that finishes in front of the river, but any way, the next entrance is 10 m following the stream.  When in the river, look toward the tree canopy because the route has been marked using red flagging tape, hanging from the branches.
     If you already found the entrance, I got you a surprise, a big surprise.  If you take a look a t the map, at the second river crossing, you will notice that the height changes from 100 m a 200 m, in other words you have to climb very steep a 100 meters hill.   Dry well your shoes, and as a friend of mine says ... "light bikes are made that way to carry them easily in the hills!  If you are already in the top (and still hasn't died yet), you will find a fire road made of lose gravel and lots of small boulders, go to the right.  You will climb several small hills, and then you will find the "Wall".  Thank God the route is down hill, but the angle is close to 70 degrees, even at foot is challenging.  After that the trail is very good and wide.  It has a lot of hills, followed by short down hills.  This trail finishes when you find a Green Gate that connects with the main road (Carretera Principal).  Probably you recognized this road, because this is the one used to arrive to the visitor center.  This is a long and very fast down hill.  Once in the visitor center drink lots of water or sports drinks wile thinking if you have the guts to make another run!

NOTE 1:
     An alternate way, and way more fun for me, is to run the route in reverse sense.  In other words, climb the Road HILL, then take the Fire Road, and let the singletrack for the end.    But you should have to warm very well for the Loooong Hill.  The big advantage is that now you will face relatively long downhill, followed by short climbs.  The 300 feet climb, now is a 300' descend.  You will travel the Singletrack up river now, it will descend slowly toward the visitor center ( a lot better than slowly ascending ).

NOTE 2:
      When the route hasn’t be used much, mainly during the rainy season, the trail is full of tall grasses that impedes bike traffic in the singletrack.  You can use the trail, but you have to push the grasses away.


FAMILY FUN:
     This forest is excellent for the ones that travel with their families.  If you don't like places with lots of people, this is your site.  The temperature in the Visitor Center (Centro de Visitantes) is very good.   They are huts with picnic tables, water and rest rooms.  They are space for the kids to play and run bicycles safely.  The forest has a camping area but is not used or maintained very often, but is a very nice one and is close to the river.  If you are lucky enough to camp there let me warn you, it may be classified as a Dry Forest, but during the night the wind comes from the mountains and is verrrrry cold.   The paved road that takes you to the Singletrack is closed to the traffic, so is very safe for the kids.  Check the photo that follows, so you can have an idea!