8.3 miles
Distance
1,001 ft
Climb
-997 ft
Descent
1,823 ft
High Point
Fun moderate route around Central South Mountain in Ahwautkee
Detailed Description
Corona de Helipad is a 8 mile popular intermediate route located near Phoenix Arizona. This mountain bike primary route can be used one direction and has a moderate overall physical rating. This route includes 7 trails. This route climbs 1,001 ft with a max elevation of 1,823 ft then descends -997 ft.
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19 Reviews & Comments
mbolitho
(Feb 23, 2022 at 13:56)
Ride from west to east. It has some very steep parts on the west end of the trail and if you ride E to W it's pretty challenging. The terrain is loose so you won't have much traction on the uphills. Easy on the switchbacks, as others have said, very loose and potential to really screw up. Overall, it's not bad. Definitely not for beginners, one of the more difficult blues on South Mountain.
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Creamcorn1
(Apr 20, 2021 at 11:43)
(Apr 20, 2021 at 11:43)
Comparatively smoother than than most other trails. Steep uphills and downhills. I wouldn't recommend it to green riders, unless they have great lungs or an ebike. Some of the riders in the comments have dismissed the trail for various reasons. I'm willing to give it a chance. Curious to see what time and weather will do to it's ridability.
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alexmt13
(Apr 3, 2021 at 21:04)
This trail is ok. It’s nice to hop on to mix things up and not just ride the classic. However, I don’t think this trail was built with bikers in mind. This trail has some elevation but uses any of it in the most ineffective way. Any downhill section is fallowed by steep turns quickly after making the trail anything but fun. If you like me and you like to bomb down everything this trail isn’t for you. I think this trail was built to divert hiking traffic off of the desert classic. I hope the trail builders consider mountain bikers more as the continue to build the Guadalupe trail up the mountain.
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Flowdad
(Mar 17, 2021 at 13:55)
Unnecessarily steep at parts. Loose at critical points so that you have to brake and lose all you speed. I prefer desert classic over the bypass.
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jcav5
(Mar 7, 2021 at 10:35)
This trail was a waste... it's boring for no other reason that the city chose lazy builders. Great path for grandma to walk on, don't bother riding it.
This should be a green, there is nothing difficult about it other than the lazy steep lines the builder chose.
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This should be a green, there is nothing difficult about it other than the lazy steep lines the builder chose.
Lucki13
(Dec 1, 2020 at 9:25)
(Dec 1, 2020 at 9:25)
On West end, the switchbacks are very dry and loose. At least 2 riders have been seriously injured and airlifted out. The trail is very rideable, just control your speed for your skill level.
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derekfransen
(Sep 23, 2020 at 20:23)
Vote this name to be Grand Canyon trail and its nick name can be GC
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DustyCheeseGrater
(Sep 21, 2020 at 11:47)
I did this trail East-West today. Smooth but loose dirt and steep grade towards the end easy to slide out. This bypasses one of the only technical portions of DC. Probably better W-E as advertised on trail forks.
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rylanharrison08
(Sep 20, 2020 at 9:48)
Amazing Trail! It’s brand new and it’s a flowy, rockless alternative to Goat Trail. Can get up to some pretty great speeds going down.
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outbackwack
(Jan 30, 2019 at 21:36)
Trail Helipad
First time up Helipad... nice, well maintained tight singletrack up to the helipad with a few punchy climbs but pretty straightforward. Great views of the $1.8M homes below. We went down Goat instead of retracing our tracks. This trail, for me, was well worth the climb.
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outbackwack
(Jan 30, 2019 at 21:36)
Trail Helipad
First time up Helipad... nice, well maintained tight singletrack up to the helipad with a few punchy climbs but pretty straightforward. Great views of the $1.8M homes below. We went down Goat instead of retracing our tracks. This trail, for me, was well worth the climb.
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Primary ActivityMountain Bike
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Difficulty ratingBlue
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Route TypeLoop
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DirectionOne Direction
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Physical ratingModerate
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Altitude min1,373 ft
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Altitude start1,375 ft
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Altitude end1,378 ft
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Grade max-42.9%
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Grade min34.8%
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Distance climb4 miles
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Distance down3 miles
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- By danhiris & contributors
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….then came the descent. That was wild and fun (but i took a spill near the bottom.