Like I said in previous posts, we are never really sure what we are in for each day when we set out on our rides. This day was the closest we have ever been to getting panicked about making it back to camp. Our mountain bike “loop” was 36 miles with 4341’ of climbing. Starting …
Our boondocking spot is incredibly quiet nestled in a little clearing among towering ponderosa, spruce, cedar, and gamble oak. We had a pretty good blast of rain yesterday evening that magnified the fragrance of the forest. Wet, warm pine needles and sweet smelling trees greeted us this morning. Riding new trails every day is a …
Slide Trail and Petaca Point After a big ride the day before, we dialed it back a bit and did a fun exploring ride along the river gorge that clocked in at 20.8 miles with 1800’of climbing. Slide Trail is a section of the old NM State Road 570 that closed after a landslide buried …
Angel Fire Town Trails Boondocking rules for the most part, state 14 day maximum in a forest and we usually stay all 14 days before moving on. Our trailer is equipped for us to have enough fresh water and gray/black water space to last the entire time so it works perfectly. For our last ride, …
The Big Kahuna ride shares sections of trail we rode on other rides, and includes plenty of new trail and gravel road as well. We started from downtown Angel Fire earlyish one morning in order to beat any chance of afternoon thunderstorms. The loop is 22 miles with 2929′ of climbing up to around 10500′. …
Our Rio Chiquito Loop was exploratory. We wanted to incorporate some parts of South Boundary into our ride, and check out Rio Chiquito Trail, and Buena Suerte Trail. To do this, we linked everything together with some forest roads that we were hoping were passable. Our loop was 20 miles with 2305′ of climbing. We …
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 …