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1.1 miles
Distance
186 ft
Climb
-220 ft
Descent
00:13:10
Avg time
-33 ft
Altitude change
1,992 ft
Altitude min
2,145 ft
Altitude max
2,025 ft
Altitude start
1,992 ft
Altitude end
-0.583%
Grade
-49.04%
Grade max
45.55%
Grade min
2,019 ft
Distance climb
3,323 ft
Distance down
303 ft
Distance flat
00:13:10
Avg time
Vortex Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaGold Canyon
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Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (1 vote)
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Local Popularity75 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 85 in E-Biking
- 5 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
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State Ranking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeXC
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DirectionBoth DirectionsPopular Direction Shown
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Climb DifficultyBlue
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Physical RatingModerate
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
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Vortex is a 1 mile popular blue difficulty singletrack trail located near Gold Canyon Arizona. This multi-use trail can be used both directions and has a moderate overall physical rating with a 186 ft blue climb. On average it takes 13 minutes to complete this trail.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 1 rides
- 11 miles average
6 Months
- 4 rides
- 11 miles avg distance
All
- 380 rides
- Last: Oct 3, 2026
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- Prevalent Mud
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- Very Dry
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Directions to vortex trailhead
(33.375690, -111.406650)
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mtb
9:56 |
281 |
Dec 8, 2020 , Gold Canyon
mtb
5:42 |
394 |
Dec 9, 2019 , Gold Canyon
Routes with this trail
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★ 5.0 • 13 miles • 1,106 ft • 25 • Loop •
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23 miles • 1,911 ft • 24 • Loop •
A generally clockwise loop through the Gold Canyon trail network, hitting all the best stuff. Easy to add...
t8Nv4r
Needs to be cleaned up, jumping chollas everywhere
happyboyc
Nice cross-country trail that gets you into some red rock.
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