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Region Details
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- 3
- 65
- 94
- 34
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- 1
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 399
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 244
- Trails E-Bike
- 16
- Trails Horse
- 173
- Trails Hike
- 400
- Trails Trail Running
- 397
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 12
- Trails Observed Trials
- 1
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 12
- Total Distance
- 1,237 miles
- Total Descent
- 154,399 ft
- Total Vertical
- 6,868 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 10,747 ft
- Reports
- 854
- Photos
- 540
- Ridden Counter
- 4,352
Articles
What I've Learned from Hiking America's First Wilderness Area
Jul 17, 2024 from backpacker.com
As the Gila Wilderness, the nation's first protected wilderness area, celebrates its centennial, a backpacker reflects on decades hiking it.
Sub Regions
- Catron County (2)
- Glenwood (1)
- Glenwood (1)
- Grant County (105)
- Silver City (105)
- Boston Hill (32)
- Burro Mountains (0)
- City of Rocks State Park (5)
- Fort Bayard (29)
- Gomez Peak Area (0)
- Little Walnut (19)
- Silver City (105)
- Hidalgo County (22)
- Lordsburg (22)
- Lordsburg (22)
- Luna County (0)
- Deming (0)
- Sierra County (5)
- Socorro County (51)
- Magdalena (14)
- Socorro (37)
- Box-Enterprise Network (10)
- Quebradas (11)
- Socorro Single Track Network (13)
Popular Southwest Region NM Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knot Hole Fort Bayard | |||
| Wild Mustang Loop Fort Bayard | |||
| Cornell Ranch #758 Fort Bayard | |||
| FS757 - Nursery Road Fort Bayard | |||
| Twin Sisters Creek Fort Bayard | |||
| The Watering Hole Fort Bayard | |||
| Servis Corrals Fort Bayard | |||
| Dragonfly Loop #720 Fort Bayard | |||
| Dragonfly Loop #720 Fort Bayard | |||
| ML to Pinon Connect Little Walnut | |||
| Picnic Wagon Wheel Little Walnut | |||
| CDT Access (712) Little Walnut | |||
| Pinon Picnic Little Walnut | |||
| Blue Loop Boston Hill | |||
| Lower Mustang Loop Fort Bayard |
Southwest Region NM Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Copper Canyon Loop Magdalena Mountains | 15 miles | |
| Descansos Loop Box-Enterprise Network | 6 miles | |
| Gramont Peak Out-N-Back Box-Enterprise Network | 13 miles | |
| Chupadera Loop Box-Enterprise Network | 17 miles | |
| SST XC Loop Socorro | 8 miles | |
| Hop Canyon loop Magdalena Mountains | 9 miles | |
| Gila BCH: Gnarly/CDT loop Burro Mountains | 12 miles | |
| Twin Sister's Peaks Little Walnut | 4 miles | |
| Gila BCH: Woodhaul/Allie/Bear Loop Fort Bayard | 23 miles | |
| Signal Peak Long Course Southwest Region NM | 23 miles |
Photos of Southwest Region NM Mountain Bike
trail: Brushy Mountain Trail
2 |
Jan 13, 2025 @ 8:01pm
Jan 13, 2025
trail: Brushy Mountain Trail
2 |
Jan 13, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Jan 13, 2025
trail: Sawmill Wagon Road
12 |
Dec 24, 2024 @ 1:28pm
Dec 24, 2024
trail: Holt Apache Trail (middle)
5 |
Dec 3, 2024 @ 7:36am
Dec 3, 2024
trail: Little Whitewater
32 |
Jan 9, 2024 @ 8:09pm
Jan 9, 2024
trail: Dirt Wall
36 |
Dec 4, 2023 @ 4:27am
Dec 4, 2023
trail: Dirt Wall
36 |
Dec 4, 2023 @ 4:27am
Dec 4, 2023
trail: Copper Canyon Trail #10
29 |
Aug 15, 2023 @ 9:59am
Aug 15, 2023Videos of Southwest Region NM Mountain Bike
trail: Descansos Trail
37 |
Feb 6, 2024
trail: Copper Canyon Trail #10
21:08 |
10 |
Apr 3, 2025 , Magdalena
trail: CDT - Silver City (Sec 7)
15:43 |
579 |
Feb 7, 2021 , Silver City
trail: Dragonfly Loop #720
15:43 |
249 |
Feb 7, 2021 , Silver City
5:47 |
461 |
Feb 4, 2020 , Truth or Consequences
17:59 |
407 |
Feb 4, 2020 , Truth or Consequences
11:35 |
227 |
Jan 3, 2022 , Silver City
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Baldy Trail #11 Magdalena Mountains | May 11, 2025 @ 5:48am May 11, 2025 | Dry | jheynekamp STA | ||
| Copper Canyon Trail #10 Magdalena Mountains | May 11, 2025 @ 5:44am May 11, 2025 | Unknown | jheynekamp STA | ||
| Sycamore Canyon Silver City | Apr 21, 2025 @ 6:22pm Apr 21, 2025 | Unknown | GilaTrails GILABCH | ||
| CDT - Bullard Peak Lordsburg | Feb 27, 2025 @ 10:30am Feb 27, 2025 | Unknown | GilaTrails GILABCH | ||
| Servis Corrals Fort Bayard | Jan 10, 2025 @ 1:48pm Jan 10, 2025 | Variable | PeterfXvsrS | ||
| Hydra Trail City of Rocks State Park | Dec 7, 2024 @ 3:20pm Dec 7, 2024 | Dry | PeterfXvsrS | ||
| Lookout Point Trail City of Rocks State Park | Dec 7, 2024 @ 1:51pm Dec 7, 2024 | Dry | PeterfXvsrS | ||
| Dragonfly Loop #720 Fort Bayard | Nov 29, 2024 @ 1:00pm Nov 29, 2024 | Unknown | bmcwilliams | ||
| Dragonfly Loop #720 Fort Bayard | Nov 29, 2024 @ 1:00pm Nov 29, 2024 | Dry | bmcwilliams | ||
| Socorro ST Lunch Loop Socorro Single Track Network | Nov 11, 2024 @ 10:22am Nov 11, 2024 | Very Dry | robselina STA |
National Scenic Trails & Official Routes
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Continental Divide Trail (Bike)
- Mountain Bike
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| phylgerb | comment | trail | activity #72183038 | May 22, 2025 @ 3:15pm 14 hours |
| phylgerb | wishlist | route | activity #71767144 | May 16, 2025 @ 8:33am May 16, 2025 |
| jheynekamp | add | report | activity #71436565 and 1 more | May 11, 2025 @ 5:44am May 11, 2025 |
| GilaTrails | add | photo | activity #71100395 and 3 more | May 6, 2025 @ 6:15am May 6, 2025 |
| LomiMonk | wishlist | route | activity #70354135 | Apr 25, 2025 @ 11:27am Apr 25, 2025 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Agree: fun, flowy, downhill, but don't look... | May 22, 2025 @ 3:15pm 14 hours | ||
| trail | Beautiful trail, but large portion of the... | Apr 20, 2025 @ 8:39am Apr 20, 2025 | ||
| trail | This is not a trail! It’s a nasty 4x4 dirt... | Feb 26, 2025 @ 12:41pm Feb 26, 2025 | ||
| trail | Not very fun to ride; even downhill.... | Sep 22, 2024 @ 11:20am Sep 22, 2024 | ||
| trail | Upper part is unrideable; lots of loose rock | Sep 22, 2024 @ 11:18am Sep 22, 2024 |
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Descent 10k Badge2 awarded -
Epic Ride Descent 2k1 awarded -
Epic Ride Descent 2k0 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge0 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge2 awarded
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 244 | 660 miles | 78,560 ft | 279 miles | 6,542 ft | 155 | 562 | 13 | 15,084 | |||
| E-Bike | 16 | 71 miles | 8,537 ft | 36 miles | 2,956 ft | 6 | 456 | 1 | 228 | |||
| Horse | 173 | 835 miles | 112,431 ft | 357 miles | 6,703 ft | 139 | 367 | 15 | ||||
| Hike | 400 | 1,230 miles | 153,294 ft | 505 miles | 6,870 ft | 207 | 840 | 23 | 2,222 | |||
| Trail Running | 397 | 1,229 miles | 152,808 ft | 504 miles | 6,870 ft | 838 | 22 | 381 | ||||
| Dirtbike/Moto | 12 | 66 miles | 7,477 ft | 32 miles | 4,121 ft | 56 | 8 | |||||
| Observed Trials | 1 | 3,999 ft | 62 ft | 1,801 ft | 66 ft | 21 | 1 | |||||
| ATV/ORV/OHV | 12 | 65 miles | 6,352 ft | 31 miles | 4,121 ft | 56 | 2 |
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