3,291 ft
Distance
22 ft
Climb
-292 ft
Descent
00:15:29
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Gem Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Coronado National Forest - Mt Lemmon
    Arizona
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Extreme
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Rock Face
  • Global Ranking
    #11953 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #81496 in Trail Running
    • #14783 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    95 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in Trail Running
    • 65 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback

This short trail is full of freeride goodness if you look past the beaten path. There are a couple small drops and a couple optional rock face descents. Horses and cattle some times use this trail so beware of blind corners and loose rocks. This trail is by no means a double black however you can find some big faces to roll.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Gem multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -270 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,276 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,559 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,546 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,276 ft
  • Grade
    -8.199%
  • Grade max
    -40.765%
  • Grade min
    29.084%
  • Distance climb
    376 ft
  • Distance down
    2,842 ft
  • Distance flat
    72 ft
  • Avg time
    00:15:29
  • Avg reverse time
    00:15:37
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Status:
on Oct 21, 2023
Very Dry
Avg: 4.4 (12 votes)
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      Gem Trail Reports

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      Oct 21, 2023 @ 12:41am
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      Oct 14, 2023 @ 12:37am
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      Jan 22, 2023 @ 7:04am
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      Dec 31, 2022 @ 4:02pm
      Dec 31, 2022
      		 Mmmmmmm perfect and tacky. Trail angels have also done work as of late, thank you (although some of the alt lines are being questionably...
      Sep 3, 2022 @ 7:12am
      Sep 3, 2022
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 12 rides
      • 10 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 214 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      All
      • 2,169 rides
      • Last: Dec 3, 2023

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