1.6 miles
Distance
431 ft
Climb
-349 ft
Descent
00:14:35
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Sierra Pelada Trail

  • USFS
    Land Manager

Sierra Pelada Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Arroyo Hondo Headwaters
    Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #60492 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #54093 in Trail Running
  • Local Popularity
    50 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 60 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Santa Fe National Forest

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Sierra Pelada is a 2 mile moderately popular black diamond singletrack trail located near Santa Fe New Mexico. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions and has a hard overall physical rating with a 431 ft black diamond climb. On average it takes 14 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Sierra Pelada mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    83 ft
  • Altitude min
    8,593 ft
  • Altitude max
    8,906 ft
  • Altitude start
    8,816 ft
  • Altitude end
    8,898 ft
  • Grade
    1%
  • Grade max
    -34%
  • Grade min
    39%
  • Distance climb
    4,357 ft
  • Distance down
    3,786 ft
  • Distance flat
    289 ft
  • Avg time
    00:14:35
  • Avg reverse time
    00:28:12
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on Jul 5, 2022
Ideal
Avg: 4 (1 votes)
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      Sierra Pelada Trail Reports

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      Jul 5, 2022 @ 8:22am
      Jul 5, 2022
      		 reporter FS has reopened this area post-fire restrictions.
      May 20, 2022 @ 5:31am
      May 20, 2022
      		 reporter CLOSED due to extreme fire danger
      Jun 4, 2020 @ 4:48am
      Jun 4, 2020
      Nov 23, 2019 @ 6:47am
      Nov 23, 2019
      		 reporter First major snowfall of the season left ice/snow in areas and midday mud in others. Keep a close eye on the weather forecast.
      Jul 28, 2019 @ 3:03pm
      Jul 28, 2019
      		 reporter Losing the trail a bit from so much growth, needs to be ridden more!
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      6 Months
      • 33 rides
      • 19 miles avg distance
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      • 127 rides
      • Last: Nov 13, 2022

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