13.1 miles
Distance
1,320 ft
Climb
-1,321 ft
Descent
1,802 ft
High Point

Allows you to ride most of Saguaro, all the Horse trails, and all of Twisted Sister in a 12 ish mile loop. Note that you can avoid North Power Road by turning a hard left onto Horse Tail to get from Twisted Sister to Saguaro and avoid the road.

Detailed Description
All The Horses, Saguaro, and your Sister is a 13 mile moderately popular intermediate route located near Mesa Arizona. This mountain bike only route. This route includes 11 trails. This route climbs 1,320 ft with a max elevation of 1,802 ft then descends -1,321 ft.
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  • Ridelogs
    175
More Stats for All The Horses, Saguaro, and your Sister mountain bike route
  • Avg time
    1 hr 21 min
  • Altitude change
    0 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,323 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,461 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,460 ft
  • Grade max
    -34.8%
  • Grade min
    27.5%
  • Distance climb
    5 miles
  • Distance down
    6 miles
  • Distance flat
    2 miles
Avg: 3 (2 votes)
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Recent Trail Reports Along Route

statustraildateconditiondescription
Ridge
Mar 22, 2025 @ 9:03am
3 days
Mine Access
Mar 15, 2025 @ 12:12pm
Mar 15, 2025
Twisted Sister (Lower)
Mar 10, 2025 @ 10:55am
Mar 10, 2025
Bowhead reach goes. One steep bedrock chunk climb at the top. Not to hard
Wild Horse
Mar 5, 2025 @ 8:30am
Mar 5, 2025
Sign decal placement.
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Saguaro
Jan 20, 2025 @ 12:04pm
Jan 20, 2025
nice Re-Route/trail pack down between saddle and Twisted.
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  • By NCKingsting & contributors
  • #11820 - 768 views