SScheetz
Cracking frames since '88
RR – Palm Springs, Sedona, Phoenix
Each year my wife, Jeanne, and I spend Thanksgiving with her family in Arizona. This year we did it right by turning the trip into a week of desert mountain biking.
Day 1: We only got as far as Palm Springs in order to hit “Goat Trails”. Goat Trails is an area with multitudes of unmarked trail options along with several marked trail systems. I haven’t ridden here in years and forgot how much fun it is.
Our next destination was Sedona.
Day 2: A short ride on Courthouse and Bell Rock pathway to loosen up after the long drive.
Day 3: Bell Rock to Llama, Little Horse, and Broken Arrow. These trails lead you to the ever popular Chicken Rock and Submarine Rock.
Day 4: Boynton Pass Road area for a couple of loop connections, Long Canyon, Deadman’s Pass, Cockscomb, and other unmarked trails where we got a little confused due to a major construction project near Cockscomb.
Day 5: Bell Rock to Templeton, Oak Creek and Baldwin.
We really needed a lot more time in Sedona, but we had a bird to eat in Sun City.
Day 6: We hit White Tank Mountain (west of Pheonix) where they built a “mountain bike track”. I thought it was pretty fun. Most of it is all out high speed stuff over small rocky washes and such. There is a really fun technical section followed by a climb up a few switch backs. Go around a few times for a good workout.
Each year my wife, Jeanne, and I spend Thanksgiving with her family in Arizona. This year we did it right by turning the trip into a week of desert mountain biking.
Day 1: We only got as far as Palm Springs in order to hit “Goat Trails”. Goat Trails is an area with multitudes of unmarked trail options along with several marked trail systems. I haven’t ridden here in years and forgot how much fun it is.
Our next destination was Sedona.
Day 2: A short ride on Courthouse and Bell Rock pathway to loosen up after the long drive.
Day 3: Bell Rock to Llama, Little Horse, and Broken Arrow. These trails lead you to the ever popular Chicken Rock and Submarine Rock.
Day 4: Boynton Pass Road area for a couple of loop connections, Long Canyon, Deadman’s Pass, Cockscomb, and other unmarked trails where we got a little confused due to a major construction project near Cockscomb.
Day 5: Bell Rock to Templeton, Oak Creek and Baldwin.
We really needed a lot more time in Sedona, but we had a bird to eat in Sun City.
Day 6: We hit White Tank Mountain (west of Pheonix) where they built a “mountain bike track”. I thought it was pretty fun. Most of it is all out high speed stuff over small rocky washes and such. There is a really fun technical section followed by a climb up a few switch backs. Go around a few times for a good workout.
