I love this Cibola national forest area for hiking … Glorious open forests with good shade for the mid day hike, but also open Forest Meadows to give variance. Combination of grasslands and forest. This hike was a mile out; found the edge of an east facing ridge to sit on for lunch. Perfect
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Steady incline, lovely workout, great views. Best to do early morning or late afternoon, bright sun most of the time, or walking through Juniper pinion forest. In late May, barrel cactus just starting to bloom.
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Great off-roading trail through Cedro area in Tijeras. Air down at Sandia ranger station then short (less than a mile) drive on pavement before you reach the dirt. Mostly small rocks on the main trail with a few more moderate/hard obstacles which are marked
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This is a rating for MTB. These trails were pretty easy, flowed well, and could keep you busy for a good ride. No serious elevation on this route.
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Better suited to MTB. Not much shade and nothing remarkable about the scenery. It is easy hiking if you’re trying to avoid significant elevation changes.
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This is a good and fairly challenging MTB loop that o ride regularly. You can hike in the area, and a lot of people do, but it’s most popular with MTB. The area is also open to horseback riding and dirt biking.
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This area is multi use. Hikers bikers motorcyclists jeeps all enjoy these trails. It would awesome.
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