Closed Trails
This list shows trails that are closed
to bicycles, or that used to be. Please do not ride
on these trails. If you really would like to ride on any of these
trails, why not join us in helping to ensure access to all suitable
trails for all trail users?
Note that trails are listed by area and land manager. We try
to be comprehensive for these areas, but we may have missed some.
Do not assume that a trail is open to riding just because it
is not on this list!
This list does not generally show trails that are open to mountain
biking, but some regions are mentioned where all
trails are open so you know we haven't overlooked it. On the other
hand, some areas, such as Tuna Canyon, have been ommitted because
we have insufficient information on which trails are closed
in those areas.
The areas are ordered generally east to west.
Index to the regions listed below
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City of Los Angeles
Land Manager: City of Los Angeles, Department
of Recreation and Parks (Official
Website) Notes: All trails are closed in LA city parks despite
years of CORBA and local community efforts to have them opened to mountain bikes.
Check the list
of LA City Parks to see if a trailed area near you bans biking.
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Runyun Canyon Land
Manager: City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation
and Parks (Official
Website) Notes:
All trails in this area is closed
to bicycles and equestrians Location:
Between Mulholland Dr and Hollywood Blvd, at 2000
N. Fuller Ave, Los Angeles
Trail
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Status
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Runyon Canyon Road
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Solar Drive |
Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Unnamed Trails |
Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Fryman Canyon Land
Manager: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and
National Park Service (Official
Website) Notes: All
trails in this area is Closed to Bicycles
and equestrians Location: North of Mulholland
Drive, a little west of Laurel Canyon Blvd
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Trail
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Status
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Dearing Mountain Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Betty B. Dearing Trail |
Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Unnamed Trails |
Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Wilacre Park to Franklin
Canyon Park Land Manager: City of LA
Dept of Recreation and Parks, Santa Monica
Mountains Conservancy and National Park Service Notes:
Almost all trails in these areas
are Closed to Bicycles and equestrians Location:
Wilacre Park - North-east of Mulholland Dr, west of
Laurel Canyon Blvd, west of Fryman Rd. (Official
Website) Franklin Canyon Park - West of Coldwater
Canyon Dr at N Beverly Dr (Official
Website)
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Trail
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Status
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Betty B. Dearing Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Maxwell Fireroad |
Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Unnamed Wilacre Park Trails |
Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Berman Trail |
Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Blinderman Trail |
Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Chernoff Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Franklin Canyon Drive (paved)
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Open
to bicycles
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Unnamed Franklin Canyon Trails
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Ranch Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Hastain Trail
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Open
to bicycles
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Discovery Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Connector Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Hastain Trail Connector
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Westridge - Canyonback Park Land
Manager: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (Official
Website) Notes: All
trails in this area are Open to Bicycles. Location:
Between Mulholland and Sunset Blvd, around Mandeville
Canyon Rd, in Encino
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Topanga State Park Will
Rogers State Historic Park Land
Manager: California State Parks Location:
Topanga SP - Generally south of Dirt Mulholland
and surrounds Pacific Pallisades at the south (Official
Website) Will Rogers SHP - South-west corner
of Topanga SP, Sunset Blvd at Will Rogers State Park
Rd (Official
Website)
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Trail
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Status
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Dead Horse Trail
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Closed to Bicycles
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92 Trail |
Closed to Bicycles
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Musch Trail |
Closed to Bicycles
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Santa Ynez Canyon Trail |
Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Los Liones Trail |
Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Waterfall Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Garapito Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Rita Walters Trail
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Formerly closed, now open
to bicycles due to CORBA's efforts (This
singletrack runs parallel to Fireroad 29
at the south end of Reseda Blvd)
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Bent Arrow Trail
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Closed to Bicycles
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Rogers Road (Backbone Trail)
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Formerly closed, now open
to bicycles due to CORBA's efforts
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Temescal Ridge Trail (south of the Via
la Costa Trailhead in Pacific Palisades)
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Bienveneda Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Leacock Memorial Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Temescal Canyon Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Temescal-Will Rogers Connector
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Rustic Canyon Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Betty Rogers Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Will Rogers Trail
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Closed to Bicycles
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Polo Field Connector
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Mulholland Gateway Park Land
Manager: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (Official
Website) Location: Immediately north and
north-west of Topanga
State Park
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Trail
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Status
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Topanga/Henry Ridge Trail
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Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Red Rock Canyon Land
Manager: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (Official
Website) Location: West of Old Topanga Canyon
Rd at 23601 West Red Rock Canyon Rd in Topanga
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Trail
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Status
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Red Rock - Cali Camp Connector
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Closed to Bicycles
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Stunt Ranch Land
Manager: Mountains Restoration Trust (Official
Website, or this Official
Website) Notes:
Almost all trails in this area are closed to mountain
biking Location: South-west of Mulholland
at Stunt Rd, north of Saddle Peak Rd in Calabasas
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Trail
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Status
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Cold Creek Canyon Trail |
Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Cold Creek Trail |
Closed to Bicycles
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Deer Grass Trail |
Closed to Bicycles
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Cold Creek Valley Preserve |
Closed to Bicycles
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Saddle Peak Area Land
Managers: California State Parks, National Park
Service, Mountains Restoration Trust (Official
Website) Notes:
The entire
Backbone Trail in this area is Closed to Bicycles. Location:
This area encompasses the Backbone Trail between Malibu
Canyon Rd and Topanga Rd.
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Trail
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Status
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Piuma Ridge (Backbone) Trail
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Closed to Bicycles
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Saddle Peak (Backbone) Trail |
Closed to Bicycles
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Backbone Trail |
Closed to Bicycles
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Fossil Ridge (Backbone) Trail |
Closed to Bicycles
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Hondo Canyon (Backbone) Trail |
Closed to Bicycles
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Solstice Canyon Land
Manager: National Park Service (Official
Website) Notes:
Only one paved road is open to
bicycles Location: 23815 Stuart Ranch Road,
Malibu
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Trail
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Status
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Dry Canyon Trail
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Closed to Bicycles
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El Nido Trail |
Closed to Bicycles
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Rising Sun Trail |
Closed to Bicycles and
Equestrians
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Deer Valley Loop Trail |
Closed to Bicycles
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Sostomo Trail |
Closed to Bicycles
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Malibu Creek State Park Land Manager: California
State Parks (Official
Website) Notes: About half the trails in this area
are Open to Bicycles. Location:
West of Las Virgenes Rd / Malibu Canyon Rd in Agoura
Hills, Calabasas and Malibu
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Paramount Ranch Land Manager: National
Park Service (Official
Website) Notes: All
trails in this area are Open to Bicycles. Location:
West of Cornell Rd in Agoura, north-west of Malibu
Creek State Park
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Upper Las Virgenes Canyon
Open Space Preserve (AKA Ahmanson Ranch) Land
Manger: Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
(Official
Website) Notes:
All trails in this area are
Open to Bicycles. Location:
Between Cheeseboro
Canyon to the west and Victory Blvd in Woodland
Hills, north of Las Virgenes Canyon Rd
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Cheeseboro and Palo Comado
Canyons Land Manager: National Park
Service (Official
Website) Notes: All trails are open in this
area except Baleen
Wall Trail Location: Chesbro Rd in the
south to Albertson
Fireroad in the north, in Agoura Hills
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City of Simi
Valley Land
Manager: Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District (Official
Website) Notes:
All RSRPD trails are Open to Bicycles,
in part due to CORBA's efforts. Location: Simi
Valley is located in Ventura County, north of Thousand
Oaks.
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Peter Strauss Ranch Land
Manager: National Park Service (Official
Website) Notes:
All trails are
Closed to Bicycles. Location:
South of Mulholland Hwy at Troutdale Dr in Agoura
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Rocky Oaks Land
Manager: National Park Service (Official
Website) Notes:
All trails in this area are
Open to Bicycles. Location:
North-west corner of Kanan Rd and Mulholland Hwy in
Malibu
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Zuma / Trancas Canyons /
Castro Crest Land Manager: National
Park Service Location: Zuma/Trancas - West
of Kanan-Dume Rd, south of Mulholland Hwy, east of Decker
Canyon Rd in Malibu (Official
Website) Castro Crest is between Zuma/Trancas
and Malibu Creek State Park
(Official
Website)
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Point Dume State Preserve Land Manager: California
State Parks (Official
Website) Notes: All trails are
Closed to Bicycles
and equestrians Location: South-west
end of Cliffside Drive in Malibu
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Charmlee Park Land
Manager: City of Malibu (Official
Website) Notes: All
trails in this area are Open to Bicycles. Location:
On Carmichael Rd, 3.8 miles up Encinal Canyon Rd from
the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu
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Arroyo Sequit Land Manager:
National Park Service (Official
Website) Notes: All
trails are closed
to bicycles Location: On Mason Road, 5.6 miles
up Mulholland Highway from the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu
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Leo Carrillo State Park Land Manager: California
State Parks (Official
Website) Location: Between Mulholland
Hwy and Decker Canyon Rd in Malibu
Malibu Springs Land Manager:
National Park Service (Official
Website) Location: Immediately north of
Leo Carrillo State Park Notes: All
trails except for the two fireroads Nicholas
Ridge Mtwy and Yellow
Hill Fireroad are Closed to Bicycles
in these two areas
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City of Thousand Oaks Land
Manager: Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency (COSCA; Official
Website) Notes:
All COSCA trails are Open to Bicycles,
in part due to CORBA's efforts, with the following
exceptions Location: In the Conejo Valley in Ventura County,
west of Agoura Hills
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Santa
Rosa Valley Land Manager:
Santa Rosa Valley
Trails, Inc. (Official
Website) Notes:
All SRVTI trails are Open to Bicycles,
in part due to CORBA's efforts Location: The
Santa Rosa Valley in Ventura County is between the cities of
Thousand Oaks, Moorpark and Camarillo.
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Circle X Ranch Land Manager:
National Park Service (Official
Website) Notes: All
trails except for the Sandstone
Peak and Yerba
Buena segments of the Backbone Trail are closed
to bicycles Location: Along Yerba Buena
Rd in Ventura County, immediately east of Pt
Mugu State Park
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Point Mugu State Park Land Manager: California
State Parks (Official
Website) Location: At the western end
of the Santa Monica Mountains, this area is bordered by the Pacific
Coast Hwy to the south, Circle X Ranch
to the east and Rancho Sierra
Vista/Satwiwa to the north.
Boney Mountain State Wilderness Area Notes: The State Wilderness Area borders Sycamore
Canyon Fireroad on the west. All trails
east of it are off limits to bikes.
Sycamore Canyon Notes: Most trails
in Sycamore Canyon are Open to Bicycles
La Jolla Valley Notes: All trails
in La Jolla Valley are closed to bikes except La
Jolla Valley Fireroad
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Rancho Sierra Vista / Satwiwa Land
Manager: National Park Service (Official
Website) Notes: All
trails in the Chumash Satwiwa area are off limits to bikes and equestrians.
Location: This is between Potrero Rd and Pt
Mugu State Park in Newbury Park (Thousand
Oaks)
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