Taos Vortex Ride I have no idea why they call this ride the Taos Vortex, but it was a blast. The MTB Project app describes it as a grueling endure-techno rockhopping ride on the best foothill trails. The route is kind of a figure 8 of sorts and starts from El Nogal Trailhead which is …
Sage to Elliot Barker Loop We only rode a part of Elliot Barker Trail the other day so we came up with a loop that incorporates some of the closer in town trails, and also climbs up to Apache Pass on a different section of Elliot Barker before descending back to the start. Our loop …
Angel Fire Bike Park Our first ride in Angel Fire was at the bike park. Angel Fire Bike Park is world class. The lift assisted mountain hosted a world cup competition in 2005 and holds downhill races regularly. The mountain has all levels of trails though I’d bet most of the riders are advanced and …
Questa to San Cristobal is a mostly gravel loop that requires mountain bikes. We rode 28 miles with 3865′ climbing. The loop goes up into the mountains behind Questa, NM on some NEVER used doubletrack before dropping down into the interesting local of San Cristobal. The ride starts at Eagle Rock Lake in Questa which …
Horsethief Mesa and John Dunn Bridge The Horsetheif Mesa singletrack by Taos is outstanding. We put together a loop there and added an out and back down to the Rio Grande John Dunn Bridge for a total of 24 miles with 1857’ of climbing. The area is at elevations of 6500 to 7200’ so while …
On paper this looked like a cinch. Ride 31 miles with 1750’ of climbing. In reality, it seemed really hard. We left from Sheep Canyon overlook where we saw otters playing in the Rio Grande waaaaaay below us. It’s doubletrack the whole way, almost nonexistent in some places. All around is sage and scrub brush…and …
The Rio Costillo valley is a remote part of Northern New Mexico. We rode a lollipop route that was 35 miles with 2300’ of climbing. The riding was on gravel roads and doubletrack through a ginormous valley. The valley is a 101,000 acre mountain basin in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This pristine wilderness was …
Back in El Paso we saw the Rio Grande, then we paddled it in Big Bend State Park and Big Bend National Park, and now we saw it here in Northern New Mexico as well. Our Vistas de Questa ride was 27 miles with 2317′ of climbing. Questa is a small village down the highway …
In December 2014 the Wheeler Peak Wilderness boundary was redrawn and now this loop is legal to ride. Good thing, because it was amazing. Our loop was 14.4 miles with 2398’ climbing. It is tough rewarding riding that tops out at 11,553’. This is high alpine mountain biking with views of the Sangre de Cristo …
Wanting to get another big loop done while the weather forecast was good, we rode Greenie Peak Loop from camp. Greenie Peak Loop was a big gravel/dirt loop of 27.7 miles with 4408’ of climbing. We topped out at 11,141’ with views of surrounding peaks. We started by riding up to Sawmill Pass on a …