Level:
Length: 12 mi (19.3 km)
Surface: Singletrack
Configuration: One-way
Elevation: -
Total: 1 riders
Mountain Biking Arizona Trail: Passage 43 Buckskin Mountain Passage
#228 of 417 mountain bike trails in Arizona
The 12.5-mile northern trailhead stretch of the Arizona Trail makes its way south through the steep and rugged eastern flank of Buckskin Mountain, where it treats visitors to sweeping views of the Vermilion Cliffs, Coyote Buttes, Kaibab Plateau, and southern Utah. The trail continues to the Grand Canyon and beyond, eventually traversing some 800 miles to Mexico.
First added by TrailAPI on Aug 23, 2013. Last updated Sep 3, 2024. → add an update
Before you go
- Drinking water: yes
- Lift service: no
- Night riding: yes
- Pump track: no
- Restrooms: yes
- Fat bike grooming: no
- E-bikes allowed: no
- Fee required: no
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From Kanab, take U.S. Highway 89 east about 35 miles to House Rock Valley Road. Turn south on House Rock Valley Road and travel 9 miles to the Stateline Campground and the Arizona Trail Trailhead. Continue south on House Rock Valley Road (into Arizona, where the road is numbered BLM 1065) for 7 additional miles to BLM 1025 (also called Winter Road), and turn west. Continue about 5 miles to the Arizona Trail. Hikers can head north from here across Buckskin Mountain to the Utah border, or head south to the Kaibab Plateau within the Kaibab National Forest.
Passage 43 of the AZT is maybe the best of the five passages above the Grand Canyon, especially in terms of riding. In addition to the beautiful views of the Vermillion Cliffs and southern Utah, the trail gives you all the best of mountain biking. There are fast flowy sections, fast chunky sections, and moderately steep technical climbs. The final descent is long and fast. It is full of 20 some switchbacks that are space out far enough that you gain and maintain a lot of speed between each switchback. I think it may be the best set/section of switchbacks I have ever ridden. On the lower half of the trail, there is also a run in and out of a small drainage that is hoot. Pretty much the entire trail was a joy to ride.
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