1.9 miles
Distance
125 ft
Climb
-254 ft
Descent
00:20:49
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Sotol Forest Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    North Hills
    El Paso, Texas
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Blue
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #76582 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 50 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    Texas Parks and Wildlife

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Sotol Forest is a 2 mile popular blue singletrack trail located near El Paso Texas. This multi-use trail can be used both directions and has a moderate overall physical rating with a 125 ft blue climb. On average it takes 20 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Sotol Forest multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -129 ft
  • Altitude min
    4,526 ft
  • Altitude max
    4,689 ft
  • Altitude start
    4,689 ft
  • Altitude end
    4,560 ft
  • Grade
    -1.3%
  • Grade max
    -16.3%
  • Grade min
    18.1%
  • Distance climb
    2,910 ft
  • Distance down
    1 mile
  • Distance flat
    1,634 ft
  • Avg time
    00:20:49
  • Avg reverse time
    00:26:37
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on Mar 2, 2025
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Avg: 3.99 (5 votes)
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      Sotol Forest Trail Reports

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      Mar 2, 2025 @ 12:27pm
      Mar 2, 2025
      Dec 29, 2024 @ 8:20am
      Dec 29, 2024
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      Mar 9, 2024 @ 3:39pm
      Mar 9, 2024
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      Apr 5, 2021 @ 6:23am
      Apr 5, 2021
      Jun 11, 2020 @ 5:30am
      Jun 11, 2020
      		 very rocky and fun
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 1 rides
      • 43.3 km avg distance
      6 Months
      • 28 rides
      • 39.1 km avg distance
      All
      • 101 rides
      • Last: Apr 23, 2025

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      Dec 16, 2023 @ 11:54am
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      Dec 16, 2023 @ 11:49am
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      Dec 16, 2023 @ 11:44am
      Dec 16, 2023

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