Crest Trail Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Horse
- Hike
- Trail Running
Riding Area

Chiricahua Mountains
Portal, Arizona
Ref Number

#270
Difficulty Rating

Blue rate
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

AM, XC
Direction

Both Directions
Dogs Allowed

Yes
eBike Allowed

No
Global Ranking
#225756 in Mountain Biking [+]
- #65234 in Trail Running
Local Popularity
70 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 80 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
- 5 in Horseback
Land Owner

Coronado National Forest

The Crest Trail follows the ridge line from Fly Saddle just within the Wilderness area, eventually connecting to Barfoot Park Road. Along the way it passes Bootlegger Saddle, Rustler Park Campground, and Barfoot Lookout Saddle. The trail generally parallels to Rustler Park Road and Long Park Road, alternating from the west side to the east side of the ridge. It has excellent views on both sides of the ridge. Most of the trail is rated blue. Between Rock Creek Trail and Bootlegger Trail however, the Crest Trail is more difficult with narrow, loose, rocky tread and plenty of exposure. Most of the downed trees are on this section as well. There is a small rock slide below a large rock outcrop just before the Bootlegger intersection that you will need to carefully carry the bike across.

Access Info

You can access the Crest Trail at Rustler Park Campground or via a short connector trail from Long Park Road to Bootlegger Saddle.

Note - as does the Long Park Trail, Crest Trail crosses into Wilderness 150ft before the two trails intersect. So if travelling by bike you cannot connect directly from one to the other. Instead, carry the bike cross country between the trails at the Wilderness sign which will keep you out of Wilderness. It is a short carry of about 100ft through aspen trees and grass over flat terrain.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory

Chiricahua Apache

More Stats for Crest Trail multi-use trail trail

Altitude change

745 ft
Altitude min

8,310 ft
Altitude start

8,310 ft
Altitude end

9,055 ft
Grade

3.9%
Grade max

-30.3%
Grade min

38%
Distance climb

2 miles
Distance down

4,505 ft
Distance flat

1,870 ft
Avg reverse time

01:02:49
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status	date	description
	May 5, 2025 @ 11:28pm May 5, 2025	Trail is mostly in good shape. There are a few downed trees throughout. There is a small landslide just south of the campground below a big rock...
	Aug 22, 2021 @ 5:33pm Aug 22, 2021	Pretty overgrown and loose in spots from the fire. Rideable(ish) in places but mostly bikeschwacky.

Crest Trail #270

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