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Primary Trail Type: All-Mountain & Downhill
Shuttleable: YES

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- Cienega.pdf (1.89 MB)
Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
60 trails
- Horse
34 trails
- Hike
64 trails
- Trail Running
63 trails
Region Details
- 2
- 2
- 18
- 26
- 9
- 1
Region Status
Open as of Dec 23, 2024Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 62
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 60
- Trails Horse
- 34
- Trails Hike
- 64
- Trails Trail Running
- 63
- Trails Snowshoe
- 6
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 2
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 3
- Total Distance
- 53 miles
- Total Descent
- 11,156 ft
- Total Vertical
- 3,492 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 10,578 ft
- Reports
- 474
- Photos
- 117
- Ridden Counter
- 7,539
Popular Sandia Mountain East Side Trails Trails
Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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Challenge Trail 233 Extension | 4 miles | |
Armijo Loop | 6 miles | |
Sulphur Canyon Loop | 7 miles | |
Full Faulty 30 | 30 miles | |
ABQ Enduro Lower Sandia | 10 miles | |
East Side Bonanza | 27 miles | |
Faulty Loop | 7 miles | |
2024 ABQ Enduro - Lower Sandia's | 11 miles |
Photos of Sandia Mountain East Side Trails Mountain Bike
trail: Horse Bypass Upper
4 |
Oct 27, 2024 @ 9:15am
Oct 27, 2024
trail: Horse Bypass Upper
3 |
Oct 27, 2024 @ 9:14am
Oct 27, 2024
trail: Horse Bypass Upper
3 |
Oct 27, 2024 @ 9:14am
Oct 27, 2024
trail: Double Eagle
4 |
Oct 19, 2024 @ 12:00pm
Oct 19, 2024
trail: Ellis
10 |
Oct 15, 2024 @ 6:55am
Oct 15, 2024
trail: Ellis
3 |
Oct 15, 2024 @ 6:55am
Oct 15, 2024
trail: Ellis
8 |
Oct 15, 2024 @ 6:55am
Oct 15, 2024
trail: Ellis
3 |
Oct 12, 2024 @ 3:29pm
Oct 12, 2024Videos of Sandia Mountain East Side Trails Mountain Bike

trail: Challenge
3:29 |
196 |
Sep 5, 2012

trail: Challenge
4:47 |
12667 |
Jun 18, 2012

trail: Challenge
8:25 |
307 |
Jun 13, 2012

trail: North Course DH
17:11 |
6 |
Feb 2, 2025 , Albuquerque

trail: Oso Corredor
25:27 |
8 |
Feb 2, 2025 , Albuquerque

trail: Tree Spring
25:27 |
4 |
Feb 2, 2025 , Albuquerque

trail: Horse Bypass Lower
5:27 |
7 |
Feb 2, 2025 , Albuquerque
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Armijo | Dec 23, 2024 @ 2:14pm Dec 23, 2024 | Variable | ass-napkin-ed | ||
North Course DH | Oct 26, 2024 @ 3:51pm Oct 26, 2024 | Dry | marisarocks | ||
Double Eagle | Oct 25, 2024 @ 11:52am Oct 25, 2024 | Dry | vincetrail AMBA | ||
Nine Mile paved bypass | Oct 25, 2024 @ 11:52am Oct 25, 2024 | Dry | vincetrail AMBA | ||
Challenge | Oct 22, 2024 @ 2:22pm Oct 22, 2024 | Ideal | l3acon | ||
Rocky Point | Oct 23, 2024 @ 12:31pm Oct 23, 2024 | Ideal | l3acon | ||
Sulphur Canyon | Aug 30, 2024 @ 10:17am Aug 30, 2024 | Ideal | vincetrail AMBA | ||
Acequia Trail | Aug 30, 2024 @ 10:17am Aug 30, 2024 | Dry | vincetrail AMBA | ||
Cresta | Aug 30, 2024 @ 10:17am Aug 30, 2024 | Dry | vincetrail AMBA | ||
Valle | Aug 30, 2024 @ 10:17am Aug 30, 2024 | Dry | vincetrail AMBA |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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amandaham12 | add | video | activity #65613545 and 6 more | Feb 2, 2025 @ 2:46pm Feb 2, 2025 |
ass-napkin-ed | add | report | activity #63426518 | Dec 23, 2024 @ 2:16pm Dec 23, 2024 |
BMFAndy | wishlist | route | activity #63289148 | Dec 20, 2024 @ 6:32pm Dec 20, 2024 |
talleyman | ridden | trail | activity #62948229 and 1 more | Dec 10, 2024 @ 9:25am Dec 10, 2024 |
trailforks | add | video | activity #62781016 | Dec 7, 2024 @ 2:00am Dec 7, 2024 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | Reroute is nice. I took 10k North out &... | Oct 11, 2024 @ 9:14pm Oct 11, 2024 | ||
trail | This trail is undergoing numerous re-routes.... | Aug 16, 2024 @ 6:31am Aug 16, 2024 | ||
trail | Trail still says closed and don't ride because... | Aug 11, 2024 @ 8:13am Aug 11, 2024 | ||
trail | Green easy | Jul 11, 2024 @ 12:42pm Jul 11, 2024 | ||
trail | I did this trail years ago and left a review... | Apr 21, 2024 @ 5:45pm Apr 21, 2024 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sandia Mountains - Upper East Side | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2.8 km |
San Antonito Open Space | 3 | 3 | 3.3 km | ||
Sandia Foothills - North | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3.6 km | |
Gutierrez Canyon Open Space | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4.1 km | |
Ojito de San Antonio Open Space | 1 | 2 | 4.6 km |
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Local Trail Supporters
- NM Cross Country Ski Club
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 60 | 50 miles | 11,043 ft | 25 miles | 3,494 ft | #1,189 | #642 | 119 | 475 | 8 | 6,494 | |
Horse | 34 | 22 miles | 4,977 ft | 13 miles | 3,494 ft | #99 | #82 | 85 | 1 | 13 | ||
Hike | 64 | 53 miles | 11,155 ft | 25 miles | 3,494 ft | #873 | #551 | 2 | 475 | 1 | 614 | |
Trail Running | 63 | 53 miles | 11,155 ft | 25 miles | 3,494 ft | #874 | #546 | 475 | 1 | 302 | ||
Snowshoe | 6 | 3 miles | 919 ft | 3 miles | 3,478 ft | 12 | 25 | |||||
Backcountry Ski | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
Nordic Ski | 3 | 2 miles | 282 ft | 1 mile | 249 ft | 5 | 39 |
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