2 miles
Distance
430 ft
Climb
-596 ft
Descent
00:34:55
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of 10K North Trail

10K North Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Sandia Peak Ski & Tram
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Season
    April-October
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #9008 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    35 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 95 in Hiking
  • Land Manager
    Crystal Powell

10K Trail is one continuous bi-directional, multi-use trail that is split by its crossing of the Sandia Crest Road. True to its name, the 10K trail roughly tracks the 10,000’ elevation mark as it traverses from north to south. The northern portion of 10K is more heavily trafficked by hikers than the southern portion, and is a challenging, physical trail with several very steep, rooty, rocky climbs and descents. The trail is, however, quite wide and provides many line choices as it descends down towards the Wilderness boundary. At this point, 10K turns sharply upward towards its intersection with the Ellis Trail.

Access Info

Multiple Trailheads, all official parking areas are paid ($3) but there are several pullouts along the road where one can avoid paying.

More Stats for 10K North bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -167 ft
  • Altitude min
    9,657 ft
  • Altitude max
    10,038 ft
  • Altitude start
    9,968 ft
  • Altitude end
    9,801 ft
  • Grade
    -1.52%
  • Grade max
    -28.085%
  • Grade min
    22.176%
  • Distance climb
    4,533 ft
  • Distance down
    1 miles
  • Distance flat
    533 ft
  • Avg time
    00:34:55
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Status:
on Jun 22, 2019
Dry
Avg: 5 (1 votes)

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  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
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  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
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      10K North Trail Reports

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      Jun 22, 2019 @ 11:32am
      Jun 22, 2019
      		 good to go! thanks FOSM!
      Jun 9, 2019 @ 2:20pm
      Jun 9, 2019
      		 Hundreds of downed trees. Not recommended until they can clear some of them.
      Oct 13, 2018 @ 6:44pm
      Oct 13, 2018
      		 hit it!
      Oct 8, 2017 @ 4:40pm
      Oct 8, 2017
      		 One tree down, otherwise great conditions
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      • 15 miles avg distance
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