5.2 miles
Distance
177 ft
Climb
-341 ft
Descent
00:26:31
Avg time

50 Year Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Coronado National Forest - Mt Lemmon
    Arizona
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Green (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #42705 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #84313 in Trail Running
    • #68249 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 55 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback

A fun beginner-intermediate cross-country trail that winds through the desert. The trail is mostly packed, with short sections of soft sand. Most of the trail is fast and easy riding, but there are a number of short, fun, slightly technical rocky areas.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for 50 Year multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -164 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,042 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,280 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,280 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,117 ft
  • Grade
    -0.6%
  • Grade max
    -11.2%
  • Grade min
    13.9%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    3 miles
  • Distance flat
    1 mile
  • Avg time
    00:26:31
  • Avg reverse time
    00:43:54
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on Apr 25, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 3.62 (23 votes)
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      50 Year Trail Reports

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      Apr 25, 2024 @ 1:09am
      Apr 25, 2024
      May 11, 2023 @ 7:55am
      May 11, 2023
      		 Good shape overall.
      Dec 30, 2022 @ 12:08pm
      Dec 30, 2022
      		 Recent rains left a couple of small puddles near the lot and a couple of soft sand sections but overall, great shape out there.
      Nov 2, 2022 @ 1:16pm
      Nov 2, 2022
      Oct 8, 2022 @ 1:09am
      Oct 8, 2022
      		 Yesterday rain equals primo!!!!
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 16 rides
      • 19 miles avg distance
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      • 247 rides
      • Last: Jul 10, 2025

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