1.9 miles
Distance
350 ft
Climb
-331 ft
Descent
00:29:27
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Upper Fifty Year Trail

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Upper Fifty Year Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Coronado National Forest - Mt Lemmon
    Arizona
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Black Diamond (2 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
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  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • TTFs on Trail
    Drop, Rock Face
  • Global Ranking
    #8855 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #81495 in Trail Running
    • #14565 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 65 in Trail Running
    • 80 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback

This trail starts with a sustained and sometimes technical climb, then after very briefly flattening out, continues climbing up a series of rock faces. The downhill winds through carved out chutes, over rock rolls (usually with ride around options), and over a number of difficult technical features and small drops. Keep an eye out for side lines and features. The landscape is beautiful. The trail can become rutted out after heavy rains.

To access this trail, drop into the chutes, but cut to the right almost immediately at the first fork. This will quickly take you the the base of the climbing portion of this trail. The trail is ridden almost exclusively in the clockwise direction, and is often combined with middlegate for a longer ride with similar character.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Upper Fifty Year multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    19 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,285 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,613 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,289 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,307 ft
  • Grade
    0.2%
  • Grade max
    -36.6%
  • Grade min
    29.7%
  • Distance climb
    5,194 ft
  • Distance down
    4,393 ft
  • Distance flat
    446 ft
  • Avg time
    00:29:27
  • Avg reverse time
    00:41:15
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on Sep 9, 2023
Dry
Avg: 4.1 (22 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Upper Fifty Year Trail Reports

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      Sep 9, 2023 @ 10:37pm
      Sep 9, 2023
      Mar 21, 2023 @ 8:52pm
      Mar 21, 2023
      Jan 29, 2023 @ 9:34pm
      Jan 29, 2023
      Dec 30, 2022 @ 12:08pm
      Dec 30, 2022
      		 Recent rains left a couple of small puddles near the lot and a couple of soft sand sections but overall, great shape out there.
      Nov 26, 2022 @ 1:41am
      Nov 26, 2022
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 11 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 227 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      All
      • 2,910 rides
      • Last: Oct 1, 2023

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      Mar 12, 2023 @ 7:32am
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      Mar 12, 2023 @ 7:32am
      Mar 12, 2023
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      Feb 1, 2023 @ 11:32am
      Feb 1, 2023
      150 |
      Oct 2, 2020 @ 2:03pm
      Oct 2, 2020

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