2 miles
Distance
440 ft
Climb
-226 ft
Descent
00:30:11
Avg time
Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of South Boundary (Garcia Park to Forest Road 445) Trail

Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Carson National Forest - Camino Real Ranger District
    Taos, New Mexico
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Green (1 vote)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Alpine Trail
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #2329 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 95 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
  • Land Manager
    USFS

This GPS track goes the opposite direction I was biking, but either way this section is pretty fun.
I was headed uphill, and the track is pretty smooth and would be really fun as a downhill.
I would imagine you can loop this as a downhill by biking up FR 437 to FR 445, then hopping left onto the trail and riding back to Garcia Park. If you go this way, don't fly to fast off the whoops down towards the bottom.

I started at Garcia Park and headed down FR 437 for 100 yards or so before breaking off right into the field.
After a mile or so of climbing you hit a nice field to take a break in before the last bit of sustained climbing.
Then push on for another 1.5 miles to get to a fun downhill.
If you break off right when you hit the last field, you get a nice hilltop with views, when you've caught your breath, head left again to get back on the main trail and get ready for some fast straight pedaling across the hill.

See South Boundary Section 2 for the rest of the ride in this direction.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for South Boundary Trail (Garcia Park to Forest Road 445) mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    214 ft
  • Altitude min
    9,888 ft
  • Altitude max
    10,226 ft
  • Altitude start
    9,916 ft
  • Altitude end
    10,130 ft
  • Grade
    1.822%
  • Grade max
    -19.923%
  • Grade min
    20.431%
  • Distance climb
    1 mile
  • Distance down
    3,644 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,129 ft
  • Avg time
    00:30:11
  • Avg reverse time
    00:24:06
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Status:
on Jun 13, 2020
Ideal
Avg: 4.35 (3 votes)

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      • 9 rides
      • 27 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 147 rides
      • 24 miles avg distance
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      South Boundary Trail Shuttle from FR76 to El Nogal
      		21 miles
      South Boundary Trail Self-Served to Garcia Park
      		33 miles
      South Boundary - Garcia Park to water tower
      		12 miles
      South Boundary Trail Self-Served Loop
      		47 miles

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