Reviewed by: Ben , from Glendale, AZ

Summary:
Trail starts out fairly timid, a mile and a half or so of riding around the flat desert. Then you pass through a few creek/river beds and begin a very long, shallow-angled ascent with lots of sand and rocks. If you aren't in great shape, this part will kill ya!After you complete that climb, there's a short, slow downhill followed by a medium-steep switchback climb. Once you get to the top, you'll realize why you spend all that time climbing. There is a long, sweet-ass downhill that snakes though the mountain valley with loose dirt and lots of rocks. After that, there's a few miles of short climbs and decents around the valley, then you are greeted by another long climb that flips a 180 halfway through and turns into the park access road (the steepest part of the climb). At the top of this climb, you can see back to the parking lot, and the most fun section of the course. Another great downhill with a few rollers to jump over, you can build up some serious speed on this one to cruise back to the parking lot. Trail is about 8 miles total. This trail is also great because it's NEVER busy!

Recommended Route:
Start from the parking lot trailhead, until you get to the 'competitive loop' sign, and follow it.

Reviewed by: dc , from Marlboro MA

Summary:
I go out to AZ every February just to shake off the New England weather. This past Feb, I had spent 5 days riding in Sedona and was ending the week in Phoenix. Needless to say I was pretty beat and didn't have much left in the tank after Sedona (price you pay for being over 40 I guess ;-) I only did the 8 mile less technical loop, but the thing rocked. The second half had loads of quick up and downs with incredibly fast singletrack with blind corners. I'll be back this coming Feb and plan to do both at least twice. Although, as usual this depends on Sedona weather ;-)

Recommended Route:
These two trails are both one-way. Start from the parking lot and head up and left.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Murphys trail in Scottsdale--great fast single track. Usery Park in Mesa for some nasty rock hoping

Reviewed by: Rick , from Mesa, AZ

Summary:
This trail rocks! No traffic, not even other bikers! Twisty singltrack, a seemingly never ending sandy oh-so gradual cimb, a few little grunt climbs, rock gardens, washes, gravel, and instant wipe out at any point. And no matter how much it shakes you up you can't just do one of ea. lap; it's too much fun.
A good race wk. end cleans the surface pretty good. That is most of the sand and loose rock get pushed aside and frame the trail in so the line is way tight. Traffic is prob. the best thing for this one trail. Out side any event happenings the only people you'll see out here work for the park.

Recommended Route:
Only one way to go.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Go 60 Mls. east and do Pass Mnt. trail counter clockwise.