1 miles
Distance
351 ft
Climb
-103 ft
Descent
00:12:21
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Primer Trail
  • BLM
    BLM
    Land Manager

Primer Details

  • Riding Area
    Barnes Canyon
    Caliente, Nevada
  • Difficulty Rating
    Green rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    XC
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Primary
  • Direction
    Uphill Primary
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Easy
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #38385 in Mountain Biking
  • Land Manager
    BLM

Primer. The first trial section built in Caliente. It turned out to be one of the most complicated builds so far due to the sand and soft substrate that accumulates at the base of the mesa. Meant to be ridden as a CCW loop from the trailhead connecting to Blue 1, but this is very fun to descend back to the trailhead. There will be a trail that connects to Primer from the south that will facilitate a nice, flowy ride back. Good for beginners to ride this as an out and back from the trailhead.

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More Stats for Primer bike trail
  • Altitude change
    248 ft
  • Altitude min
    4,606 ft
  • Altitude max
    4,866 ft
  • Altitude start
    4,618 ft
  • Altitude end
    4,866 ft
  • Grade
    3.645%
  • Grade max
    -11.772%
  • Grade min
    25.081%
  • Distance climb
    4,414 ft
  • Distance down
    1,771 ft
  • Distance flat
    613 ft
  • Avg time
    00:12:21
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Status:
on Oct 23, 2018
Dry
Avg: 3 (3 votes)

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  • Snow Covered
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  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
  • BLM (public)
  • USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
  • State land
  • Indigenous
  • Military
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
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Directions to primer-98686 trailhead (37.609381, -114.446860)
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Primer Trail Reports

datedescription
Oct 23, 2018 @ 3:39pm
Oct 23, 2018
 Seemed like it rained a day or two ago but nice riding conditions yes Kudos trails builders. I will have to come back .
May 26, 2018 @ 6:41pm
May 26, 2018
 Sandy in a few spots but nothing bad.
Dec 23, 2017 @ 11:12am
Dec 23, 2017
 Way to go Caliente trail ????builders. Well marked and some fun descents. Some snow on north facing ascpects.
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Primer, Las Vegas
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Dec 23, 2017 @ 11:11am
Dec 23, 2017
Primer, Las Vegas

1 Review & Comments

  • + 0
flag Wheel-suck (Dec 23, 2017 at 11:14)
 Ride the trail clock wise!
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