3.3 miles
Distance
967 ft
Climb
-607 ft
Descent
00:39:07
Avg time

Bursera Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    South Mountain Preserve
    Phoenix, Arizona
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T2 Mountain Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #72998 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #27649 in E-Biking
    • #4800 in Trail Running
    • #3246 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    35 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 40 in E-Biking
    • 75 in Trail Running
    • 85 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback
  • Land Owner
    City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation

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Bursera is a 3 mile less popular black diamond singletrack trail located near Phoenix Arizona. This multi-use trail can be used both directions and has a hard overall physical rating with a 967 ft black diamond climb. On average it takes 39 minutes to complete this trail.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Bursera multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    360 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,250 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,889 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,252 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,614 ft
  • Grade
    2.1%
  • Grade max
    -47.7%
  • Grade min
    62.9%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    850 ft
  • Avg time
    00:39:07
  • Avg reverse time
    00:49:55
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on Aug 25, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 3.71 (15 votes)
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      Bursera Trail Reports

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      Aug 25, 2024 @ 5:48am
      Aug 25, 2024
      Dec 31, 2023 @ 7:35am
      Dec 31, 2023
      Dec 19, 2022 @ 9:33am
      Dec 19, 2022
      		 Rode it downhill both directions from the Gila Connector. I'm an intermediate rider. I found the westbound downhill to be a black trail but mostly...
      Jan 18, 2022 @ 2:38pm
      Jan 18, 2022
      Dec 12, 2020 @ 8:32am
      Dec 12, 2020
      		 Good single track but a lot of hikers. I would rate it blue. I’m from Colorado where people wave and say hello. No one does that here ????
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 2 rides
      • 3 miles avg distance
      All
      • 119 rides
      • Last: Sep 12, 2024

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      Jan 24, 2020 @ 9:45am
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      Mar 25, 2018 @ 1:09pm
      Mar 25, 2018
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      Mar 25, 2018 @ 1:09pm
      Mar 25, 2018

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