We ticked yet another portion of the Arizona Trail off the list by riding from Helvetia Pass up to a high point of around 5900′ and then back. The ride was mostly rugged singletrack with a few dirt road sections. 21.8 miles and 2795′ of climbing granted us the opportunity to see lots of backcountry …
Month: October 2020
Our next boondocking spot wasn’t a very big drive from Indian Bread Rocks where we camped last week. We’re in a National Conservation Area by Sonoita, AZ off on our own with nobody around except a herd of pronghorn. Our first day we rode a Kentucky Camp loop with a further add on of the …
Ascending to a high-point around 8400′, this ride to Rustlers Park and Barfoot Park climbed up into forests of chaparral, oak, laurel, then pine, douglas fir, aspen, and spruce. Our out and back ride on this dirt/gravel road was 26.9 miles with 3476′ of climbing. We started our ride on Pinery Canyon Road just past …
Sure, most cyclists have heard of Mt Lemmon in Tucson and plenty, including us, have ridden up the challenging mountain. But ask most cyclists and they probably haven’t heard of the lesser known Mt Graham located about 70 miles NE of Tucson. At 10,724′, it’s high. Our ride was 12.4 miles up, then we turned …
The Chiricahua National Monument bills itself as, ” A Wonderland of Rocks”. Indeed it is. Located outside Wilcox, AZ, the National Monument was created in 1824. It is one of the lesser visited monuments since it is pretty nearly in the middle of nowhere. Rhyolite rock pinnacles rise sometimes hundreds of feet in the air …
Cochise Stronghold is up in the Dragoon Mtns at 5000′ just west of Sunsites, AZ. We are camped in the area for a week to check out some of the sights. Our boondocking spot is nestled up against a terrifically rocky mountain backdrop. Our first evening we hiked up one of them to get a …
Our first ride in Silver City was up the Continental Divide from the Jack’s Peak Trailhead and the whole way up I was thinking this sure would be better as a descent. So, we put together a loop that allowed that! The ride itself was short mileage at only 15.1 miles but it featured 2446′ …
Today we mountain biked past/through a place called Devils Garden. I’ll never get why so many places are called Devils Garden…we’ve been to quite a few! It was a bit of a slog to get there. This was another out and back ride; 18.7 miles with 1919′ of climbing. We started riding out Bear Creek …
Over two days we rode two additional sections of the Continental Divide Trail by Silver City. Both were incredibly scenic and were deserted. Actually, we did see one person once. Both days were out and back rides. Day one was 18.4 miles with 2102′ of climbing and day two was 22 miles with 2798′ of …
Boston Hill Open Space Boston Hill in Silver City, NM has a little trail network that offers great views of the town below. It’s a series of three hills that were mined for silver back in the late 1800’s. Around 1880 The Boston Company purchased the legal tender claim and the name was born. Tired …