6.5 miles
Distance
666 ft
Climb
-1,229 ft
Descent
01:15:20
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of South Boundary Trail
USFSLand Manager
Taos Mountain Bike AssociationMaintainer
Details
-
Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
-
Riding AreaCarson National Forest - Camino Real Ranger District
Taos, New Mexico -
AKA164
-
Difficulty Rating
-
Trail TypeSingletrack
-
Bike TypeAM, XC
-
DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular direction shown
-
Climb DifficultyBlue
-
Physical RatingHard
-
SeasonLate May/June-Mid Oct/Nov
-
Alpine TrailYes
-
Dogs AllowedYes
-
eBike Allowed
-
Global Ranking
-
Local Popularity95 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 75 in Hiking
-
Land ManagerUSFS
The SBT (Trail 164) is typically ridden from east to west, starting at either the Forest Road 76 trailhead near Angel Fire, or the Garcia Park trailhead near Valle Escondido. Typically these start points are accessed via a shuttle. Riding east to west makes the climbs more manageable, and downhills more delicious.
Local Trail Association
-
-
Please consider joining or donating to the local trail association to supportdonate to earn trail karma!
trail development & maintenance.
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for South Boundary Trail mountain bike trail trail
-
Altitude change-562 ft
-
Altitude min9,534 ft
-
Altitude max10,728 ft
-
Altitude start10,497 ft
-
Altitude end9,934 ft
-
Grade-1.6%
-
Grade max-31.3%
-
Grade min23.5%
-
Distance climb3 miles
-
Distance down4 miles
-
Distance flat1,040 ft
-
Avg time01:15:20
-
Avg reverse time01:20:00
- view trail stats
close
Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
- bi-directional trail
- no data
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
Contribute Details
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
- Description
- Photos
- Description & Photos
- Videos
Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months.
Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
- most popular
- popular
- less popular
- not popular
ATV/ORV/OHV Filter
Max Vehicle Width
inches
Radar Time
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
- Downhill Ski
- Backcountry Ski
- Nordic Ski
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
Trails Deemphasized
Trails are shown in grey.
Directions to south-boundary-trail-76536 trailhead
(36.298850, -105.329600)
update trails status or condition
South Boundary Trail Trail Reports
view all reports »
Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 2 rides
- 23 miles avg distance
6 Months
- 111 rides
- 24 miles avg distance
All
- 281 rides
Photos
more »
Trail Lists
-
IMBA Epics US14 trails -
TMBA Recommended Rides around Taos
7 trails
Routes with this trail
more »
-
+ 1
JasonToliver
(Sep 19, 2017 at 9:14)
Turquoise Tours offers shuttles to Full SBT (FR 76) or half SBT (Garcia Park) from Taos ( turquoisetours.us/south-boundary-shuttle )
[Reply]
twowheeledwanderer
(Oct 29, 2019 at 8:09)
I rode this in early October, 2019 and it was prime. The aspens were changing, the temps were cool, and it was a great add-on to a weekend at Angel Fire. Be prepared for a lot of cross-country, though. It's not techy at all until the final four miles of descent. Read more about the trail here twowheeledwanderer.com/posts/epic-review-south-boundary-trail-taos-new-mexico
[Reply]
fri501pm
(Jun 24, 2020 at 12:22)
(Jun 24, 2020 at 12:22)
Planning on riding the entire SBT as a shuttle this weekend. Is there water along the ride? Should I bring my water filter?
[Reply]
TMBA
TMBA (Jun 25, 2020 at 16:55)
Not really... There's a spring toward the end that you can filter if desperate, but by that point, your about 4 miles from the trail-head anyway.
[Reply]
ev-dog
(Oct 20, 2021 at 1:35)
(Oct 20, 2021 at 1:35)
First mile and a half or so is forest road. Lots of hunting traffic when I rode it. After singletrack peels off from the road the segment flows great and is very nice
[Reply]
Videos
more »
Nearby Trails
- Mount Osha 1 mile
- Jaracita Trail 2 miles
- Forest Road 70 2 miles
- South Boundary Trail #164: East Addendum 3 miles
- Osha Mountain Connector 4 miles
Carson National Forest - Camino Real Ranger District
- embed South Boundary Trail trail on your website
- By brenthillier NSMBA TRAILFORKS & contributors
- #76536 - 4,491 views
- subscribe
- login to download gpx or kml files.
Open trail in mobile app