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Length: 13 mi (20.9 km)
Surface: Singletrack
Configuration: Out & Back
Elevation: -
Total: 2 riders
Mountain Biking East Fork
#92 of 283 mountain bike trails in New Mexico
This is an out and back trail. Round trip is 13 miles. You can park a vehicle at far end of this trail (near the area where everyone rock climbs). But you will miss the super fun down hill you climbed up.
First added by Fatbike1 on Jun 10, 2016. Last updated Apr 22, 2020. → add an update
Before you go
- Drinking water: unknown
- Lift service: unknown
- Night riding: unknown
- Pump track: unknown
- Restrooms: yes
- Fat bike grooming: unknown
- E-bikes allowed: unknown
- Fee required: unknown
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Park at the falls campground area and head north upstream on the single track that crosses over the river via a wooden bridge. This trail will climb for about 6 miles. Once you peak the highest point of the climb the trail will descend quickly to the river. The trail then follows the rivers edge over multiple wooden bridges.
There is some mighty fine singletrack on this route and the scenery is positively stunning in the canyon, merely beautiful everywhere else. The whole thing is above 8,000 feet and densely wooded, so it's a great way to escape the heat of the lower deserts. If you start at the midway trailhead where trail 137 crosses highway 4, and don't feel like making the climb back up that steep descent to the bottom of the canyon, you can make a less strenuous loop by simply riding the highway back, or still make an almost all singletrack lollipop: turn right (west) on the highway and pedal up the highway grade for 0.6 miles and look for a faint singletrack heading up the hill to your right--this will take you back to the main 137 singletrack where you can turn left (west) and bomb back down your initial three mile climb. This section also sees less traffic, so you can be a little more comfortable opening up some speed.
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