2 miles
Distance
425 ft
Climb
-612 ft
Descent
00:33:10
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Hawes (Rocky) Trail

Hawes (Rocky) Details

  • Riding area
    Hawes
    Mesa, Arizona
  • Difficulty rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail type
    Singletrack
  • Bike type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical rating
    Hard
  • Global Ranking
    #16278

The Hawes (Rocky) trail loop starts in Las Siendas and takes you up the mountain pretty steeply at first until you crest just below the towers does it start to level up and head back around and then down the mountain. Down is really great. Up is challenging and peppered with rocks and crushed granite. Tight switchbacks and lots of sections suffering from erosion. Down is flows nicely with berms and drop offs from the erosion control as you get down lower. Connects into the rest of Hawes or you can keep right and take a further loop around the mountain.

Access Info

Trail starts at the corner of where Hawes Rd and Mountain Ridge connect. There is private property on both sides of the trail, so the actual trail head seems to be the best way to get there. Well Marked train sign.

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More Stats for Hawes (Rocky) mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -186 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,779 ft
  • Altitude max
    2,325 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,965 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,779 ft
  • Grade
    -1.531%
  • Grade max
    -79.284%
  • Grade min
    108.073%
  • Distance climb
    3,583 ft
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    514 ft
  • Avg time
    00:33:10
  • Avg reverse time
    00:36:27
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Status:
on Sep 11, 2018
Avg: 4.2 (10 votes)

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Trail Style
  • ?
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Directions to hawes-rocky trailhead (33.487930, -111.649840)
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Hawes (Rocky) Trail Reports

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Sep 11, 2018 @ 9:49pm
Sep 11, 2018
Crazy guy is on leash. There is a fence along the trail. It is kinda of tight but passable.There is also an alt trail right near it.
Aug 5, 2018 @ 3:45pm
Aug 5, 2018
There is a man who lives on the right side of the trail near the entrance of Teton circle who claims the trail access isn’t public. There is a...
Jul 15, 2017 @ 9:09pm
Jul 15, 2017
Jan 25, 2017 @ 8:18pm
Jan 25, 2017
Jan 17, 2016 @ 4:34pm
Jan 17, 2016
 Perfect
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3 Reviews & Comments

  • + 0
flag rockyMTNamerican (Jul 22, 2017 at 11:17)
 Just rode the trail on 7/22/17 and the trail in several areas has been washed out due monsoon rains. So its a little rough. Also I personally would put the climb at the beginning a double black diamond.
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flag AZ101 (Aug 5, 2018 at 15:42)
 There is a man who lives on the right side of the trail near the entrance of Teton circle who claims the trail access isn’t public. Can someone please clarify.
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  • + 1
flag bemon91 (Aug 22, 2018 at 15:04)
 Possible the entrance you were at might be on or near private land. The Hawes trails are apart of the Tonto National Forest and I have ridden there many times without any issues. I cannot imagine something being part of a National Forest be private as it is on public land.

Below is a link to google maps of where I always enter. I have not entered through any other entrances.

www.google.com/maps/place/Hawes+Trail+System+Entrance/@33.505235,-111.6845128,17.42z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x872ba4a4a0589faf:0xc5b74606125920ed!8m2!3d33.5065857!4d-111.6840418
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