Dirt Bike Trails
Near Carnuel, New Mexico

Birdhouse Ridge is an intermediate trail in the Cibola National Forest that gains 650 feet over 2.7 miles as it heads south. It starts at the Tunnel Trailhead off State Highway 337 and continues as a very curvy, narrow, shelfy trail with difficult rock obstacles. There are lots of rocky sections wit...
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West Ridge is a 2.6-mile single track in the Manzanita Mountain Trail System near Albuquerque, New Mexico. The south end starts at the intersection with Otero Canyon and heads north. It starts on the south end by climbing up a few easy switchbacks. The switchbacks themselves aren't hard, but there a...
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This is a short 1.1-mile-long trail starting at the Coyote Trailhead, which has several spots for parking. It starts through a pinch point at a gated dirt road. It parallels the dirt road on a flowy dirt single track with a couple of rock slab sections. Other than a few obstacles, most of the trail ...
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Chamisoso starts out on the west end as a flowy, smooth dirt trail through a grassy meadow elevated above a ravine. The beginning is a 2 difficulty. After the intersection with Coyote Split, it comes up to a bigger ledge obstacle that is more like a 5 difficulty. It's a series of two ledges in a row...
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Otero Canyon is a really fun and easy trail in the Manzanita Mountain Trail System by Albuquerque, New Mexico. This one is scenic, fast, and flowy, with a few rocky sections. It starts from the north at the Otero Trailhead, which is a big pull-off on Highway 337 with space for lots of vehicles. You ...
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Tunnel is a 2.6-mile-long single track in the Manzanita Mountain Trail System. It is accessed either from the Tunnel Trailhead or Otero Trailhead off State Highway 337, south of the town of Tijeras, New Mexico. The trail is full of tight curves, switchbacks, and rock obstacles. The south end is pret...
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Coyote is a 5-mile-long single track in the Manzanita Mountain OHV area that is popular with dirt bikers, mountain bikers, and hikers. It's very windy through a forested desert terrain full of pinyon pine and juniper trees. The trail has lots of rock slab sections and moderate rock obstacles. The ob...
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Jackalope is a 2.3-mile-long single track that starts directly off State Highway 337 with no staging or parking area. The trail just starts behind a gate. You wouldn't notice this trail is here unless looking for it. You'll need to be street-legal to connect the west end of this trail with any of th...
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Powerline Trail is a 2.7-mile long single-track trail in the Manzanita Mountain trail system just west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. This trail is made up of several hard sections of rock ledge climbs that are steep and on loose dirt. The beginning of the trail starts off of the ATV bypass trail, whic...
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Rabbit Run is a quick single-track trail that starts across the road from the Powerline Trail and gains 300 feet as it climbs to the top of a high desert hill in the Cibola National Forest. It has a couple of rocky switchbacks in order to get on top of the hill. There are a couple of blunt rock ledg...
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Coyote Split is a 2-mile single track that connects the Coyote Trail to the Chamisoso Trail. It's narrow and shelfy at times, with loose rock and embedded slab rock ledges in the dirt trail. It goes along the top of a mesa and drops down off of the mesa into a flat and grassy meadow at the intersect...
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Gnasty W/AG is an intermediate single track with several rocky obstacles. It climbs up from the south end of Otero Canyon to meet back up with the Blue Ribbon trail. It's a steady climb, only gaining 220 feet of elevation. It has a steady flow of loose rocks though. The trail is narrow as it climbs ...
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Middle is one of the easier single tracks in the Manzanita Mountain Trail System, without any big rock ledges. It just has sections of loose rock and embedded slab but no big obstacles. It still has some technical features like very tight turns through the pinyon pine trees and lots of curves. This ...
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Three Bottles is the hardest trail in the Manzanita Mountain Trail System near Albuquerque, New Mexico. This trail is best for running south to north, as it goes through several huge rock problems that are marked as directional in the south-to-north direction. The main trail is made up of lots of mo...
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Cedro is an intermediate single track in the Manzanita Mountain Trail System that starts at the Cedro Trailhead and ends on Forest Service Road 05627 (Meadow Ridge). This trail has a lot more fast and flowy sections where the dirt is smooth and rock-free, but also has several rock ledge obstacles. T...
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The Blue Ribbon single track is a 2.5-mile trail in the Manzanita Mountain Trail System that starts on the north end near the Otero Trailhead. The south end starts off of 106 Road. Going south to north, it starts on top of a ridgeline and drops off the side of the hill with some side-hilling and sev...
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West Boundary is an easy single track in the Manzanita Mountain Trail System that goes north to south along the west boundary of this OHV area in the Cibola National Forest. The land on the west side of this trail belongs to the US Air Force, and there are signs every 50 feet stating not to enter be...
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More Cowbell is a 1.6-mile single track that connects the Coyote Trail to the Coyote Split Trail. This one is pretty flat with hardly any elevation gain, but it has lots of tight curves through the pinyon pine and juniper trees. It's pretty tight through the trees at times, so it has more shade whic...
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Drop In is a fast and easy single track in the Manzanita Mountain Trail System by Albuquerque, New Mexico. This trail starts and ends off of 106 Road, which is also easy. It has fast sections on smooth dirt, and a few sections with some chunky rock, but has no big ledges or obstacles. It goes throug...
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Cajun Pine is an easy trail in the Cibola National Forest near Albuquerque, New Mexico. For the most part, it's easy, with a few spots of embedded rock slabs, loose rocks, and small ledges. The south end is pretty full of loose chunky rocks and tight curves through the pine trees. It intersects with...
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Coyote Mesa Trail is listed on MUVM maps as FR462. Its starts just south of Tijeras in Chamisos Canyon, and crosses the mesa north of Cedro Peak ending near the Zuzax area. This trail offers panoramic views of the Sandias, Monzanos and Cedro Peak with minimal difficulty. At each break in the trees, ...
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Meadow Ridge Alternate Pass is a scenic dirt bypass, or an alternate trail, featuring dusty sections, loose rock, and occasional off-camber areas. There may be wildlife sightings, including deer, possibly along the route. This is moderate terrain with a mix of open dirt sections, rocky areas, off-ca...
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Meadow Ridge Loop is a part of the Cedro peak network of trails in the south half of the Sandia Ranger district. This trail has some areas with significant challenges for stock vehicles, including one major obstacle with no bypass, which can easily damage rocker panels without rock sliders. It also ...
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Earth Wash Trail features sand sections where maintaining momentum can be important. A portion of the route is blocked, but following the mapped trail avoids the blocked portion and instead leads to an old water tank and back to the other trails and hills in the area. Mostly a sandy exploration rout...
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Coyote Mesa Trail is listed on MUVM maps as FR462. Its starts just south of Tijeras in Chamisos Canyon, and crosses the mesa north of Cedro Peak ending near the Zuzax area. This trail offers panoramic views of the Sandias, Monzanos and Cedro Peak with minimal difficulty. At each break in the trees, ...
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Meadow Ridge Alternate Pass is a scenic dirt bypass, or an alternate trail, featuring dusty sections, loose rock, and occasional off-camber areas. There may be wildlife sightings, including deer, possibly along the route. This is moderate terrain with a mix of open dirt sections, rocky areas, off-ca...
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Meadow Ridge Loop is a part of the Cedro peak network of trails in the south half of the Sandia Ranger district. This trail has some areas with significant challenges for stock vehicles, including one major obstacle with no bypass, which can easily damage rocker panels without rock sliders. It also ...
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Earth Wash Trail features sand sections where maintaining momentum can be important. A portion of the route is blocked, but following the mapped trail avoids the blocked portion and instead leads to an old water tank and back to the other trails and hills in the area. Mostly a sandy exploration rout...
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