2.0 miles
Distance
272 ft
Climb
-504 ft
Descent
00:26:43
Avg time
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Ridge Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Carroll Canyon
    Sedona, Arizona
  • Ref Number
    202B
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (1 vote)
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #9725 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #16775 in Trail Running
    • #20665 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    70 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 85 in Trail Running
    • 65 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback

The 2.71 mile long ridge trail serves as a major connect between Red Rock Crossing and west Sedona. The trail has numerous intermediate sections, but an intermediate rider will find a number of sections very challenging due to the uphill nature of the trail in many sections.

The easiest direction to ride the trail is northeast to southwest. There is certainly more downhill component in that direction and if you ended up riding the other direction there are many steep sections an expert rider would have to walk.

Advanced skilled riders normally don't ride Ridge all the way from the Recycle Center to the Crescent Moon Park they take the Old Ridge trail to Sketch for a more challenging ride with spectacular views.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Ridge multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -231 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,988 ft
  • Altitude max
    4,438 ft
  • Altitude start
    4,219 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,986 ft
  • Grade
    -2.2%
  • Grade max
    -34.9%
  • Grade min
    31.7%
  • Distance climb
    4,505 ft
  • Distance down
    5,210 ft
  • Distance flat
    633 ft
  • Avg time
    00:26:43
  • Avg reverse time
    00:41:13
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on Mar 6, 2025
Ideal
Avg: 4.32 (23 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 3 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 63 rides
      • 13 miles avg distance
      All
      • 300 rides
      • Last: May 13, 2025

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      Jan 23, 2018 @ 11:56pm
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      Oct 29, 2022 @ 5:55pm
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      Oct 29, 2022

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