Dirt Bike Trails
Near Rio Lucio, New Mexico

Ojito Maes Trail is a long trail in the Carson National Forest with varied terrain and scenic views through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The west end starts at the Amole Trailhead on FS Road 703, and it starts as an easy, wide, and smooth ATV trail through a forest of scrub oak and ponderosa pine...
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Trail 20 is a long and technical ATV trail in the Carson National Forest that is more suitable for dirt bikes only. It does not look trafficked by ATVs, and many spots would likely be too narrow and technical for ATVs, as many segments are more like single track. The entire 6-mile route is extremely...
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Maes Canyon Trail #5 is a rugged and technical ATV trail that is extremely rocky. It starts at the Maes Canyon Trailhead and immediately starts climbing up a steep slope covered in loose and embedded rocks of all sizes. It’s a very chunky ride, the rocks constantly pinging you around, with slippery ...
Learn more about Maes Canyon Trail - FS 5

Bear Canyon is an easy ATV trail in the Carson National Forest that connects Trail 22 to Forest Road 1877. It is a wide, single-lane, road-width path that looks like it’s been bulldozed as a fire break and for logging. There are big log piles off to the side of the trail, and clear-cut hillsides. I...
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Gallegos Trail is an intermediate dirt bike route in the Carson National Forest, full of chunky rock challenges. The south end of the trail starts directly off of Highway 518 with no parking area. It side-hills along a dry hillside in scrub oak, with a rocky switchback obstacle right away, with an e...
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The Comales Cutoff Trail is a 4.4-mile-long, narrow, and rocky ATV trail that connects Comales Trail to Agua Piedra Trail. Although 50-inch vehicles are legally allowed on this trail, it is best suited to dirt bikes and is likely too narrow for ATVs because there are many single track segments, and ...
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22A is a short spur that connects Trail 22 to the Comales Canyon Cutoff Trail. It goes through a high alpine forest of white firs covered in moss, on a dirt ATV path that is consistently rocky, with large, embedded chunky rocks in the trail that make it a slow and bumbling ride. The trail is a steep...
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La Cueva Canyon Trail 492 is a great dirt bike trail in the Carson National Forest. The south end starts off of New Mexico Highway 518 in Tres Ritos, behind several private cabins. Please be respectful and quiet while passing the private land. It has a rocky and steep entrance from the south end, bu...
Learn more about La Cueva Canyon Trail - FS 492

La Cueva Trail 8 is a 3.3-mile-long rugged and rocky ATV trail in the Carson National Forest. The south end starts on FS Road 76 across from a staging area and campsites. The trail is full of intermediate challenges, including blunt root ledges, big embedded boulder faces, slippery roots, and steep ...
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Slope to Slope is a scenic, approximately 30-mile point-to-point offroad route tailored for intermediate four-wheel-drive vehicles and SxSs, connecting Sipapu Ski Resort on the south to the vicinity of Angel Fire Ski Resort on the north. Traversing the scenic Sangre de Cristo Mountains within the Ca...
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The Knob is a short spur off of Agua Piedra Trail that climbs up to a great overlook of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, making a great lunch spot. The route is 1 mile each way and will be ridden as an out-and-back, making a short and worthwhile detour from your ride. It climbs up from a grassy saddl...
Learn more about The Knob - FS 19D

Trail 19A is a rocky ATV trail through the Carson National Forest, with constant embedded and loose rocks of all sizes, a couple of rocky stream crossings, and several steep and rutted climbs and descents. While many of the ATV trails in this trail system have narrow segments that make the trails mo...
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Trail 9A is a 1.3-mile-long ATV trail that starts at the end of Angostura Road (FS Road 89), next to a few private homes. The trail goes through a couple of gates, as there are cattle grazing in the area. It climbs from east to west, gaining about 500 feet in elevation throughout the route. It is co...
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Trail 13 is a rugged and rocky ATV trail through the Carson National Forest, making a nearly 7-mile-long loop off of FS Road 76. There are small parking lots at both trailheads. When riding counterclockwise, the first three miles of trail are like an endless rock garden. The trail is a mix of wide s...
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Borregoanger cabin is a foundation deep in the National Forest next to an unusual quartz and granite promontory. The trail to reach the cabin leaves from the Borrego Mesa Trail and climbs down switchbacks into one of the canyons next to the mesa. The trail is mainly pine forest, though the end break...
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Pecos Wilderness Border Road (Forest Road 306E) is an ideal short trek for high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicles and SxSs looking to explore the scenic highlands of Borrego Mesa. Starting near the intersection with Borrego Mesa Road (Forest Road 306), this unmaintained 1.7-mile trail runs along t...
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Sardinas Canyon Trail 12 is a wide and rocky route through the Carson National Forest, off of Forest Road 76. Per the MVUM, the trail is designated for 50-inch vehicles, but there are no sign designations at the entrances of the trail, and it looks more like a full-width road, so you may see wider v...
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Beginning in the New Mexico town of Cordova, this trail climbs into the foothills of the Sangre De Christo Mountains. While the Borrego Mesa trail itself is relatively easy, it provides access to several other moderate routes throughout the area, as well as hiking and camping opportunities. Frequent...
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This is an in-and-back leading through Carson National Forest. Winding through and cresting at nearly 10,000 feet this is an easy cruise with some awesome scenery. Minimal traffic in the area but there is woodcutting so you may encounter other vehicles or people cutting wood. Most of the road is wid...
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This trail leads from the border of the Carson National Forest through the Luna Creek Fire burn scar to its intersection with the Slope to Slope trail, also known as Forest Road 75. Max grade observed on the trail was 12deg, and there is one water crossing of Luna Creek, which could be dangerous dep...
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Ojito Maes Trail is a long trail in the Carson National Forest with varied terrain and scenic views through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The west end starts at the Amole Trailhead on FS Road 703, and it starts as an easy, wide, and smooth ATV trail through a forest of scrub oak and ponderosa pine...
Learn more about Ojito Maes Trail - FS 182

Trail 20 is a long and technical ATV trail in the Carson National Forest that is more suitable for dirt bikes only. It does not look trafficked by ATVs, and many spots would likely be too narrow and technical for ATVs, as many segments are more like single track. The entire 6-mile route is extremely...
Learn more about Osha Canyon Trail - FS 20

Maes Canyon Trail #5 is a rugged and technical ATV trail that is extremely rocky. It starts at the Maes Canyon Trailhead and immediately starts climbing up a steep slope covered in loose and embedded rocks of all sizes. It’s a very chunky ride, the rocks constantly pinging you around, with slippery ...
Learn more about Maes Canyon Trail - FS 5

Bear Canyon is an easy ATV trail in the Carson National Forest that connects Trail 22 to Forest Road 1877. It is a wide, single-lane, road-width path that looks like it’s been bulldozed as a fire break and for logging. There are big log piles off to the side of the trail, and clear-cut hillsides. I...
Learn more about Bear Canyon Trail 28

Borregoanger cabin is a foundation deep in the National Forest next to an unusual quartz and granite promontory. The trail to reach the cabin leaves from the Borrego Mesa Trail and climbs down switchbacks into one of the canyons next to the mesa. The trail is mainly pine forest, though the end break...
Learn more about Borregoanger Cabin Cutoff

Pecos Wilderness Border Road (Forest Road 306E) is an ideal short trek for high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicles and SxSs looking to explore the scenic highlands of Borrego Mesa. Starting near the intersection with Borrego Mesa Road (Forest Road 306), this unmaintained 1.7-mile trail runs along t...
Learn more about Pecos Wilderness Border Road

Beginning in the New Mexico town of Cordova, this trail climbs into the foothills of the Sangre De Christo Mountains. While the Borrego Mesa trail itself is relatively easy, it provides access to several other moderate routes throughout the area, as well as hiking and camping opportunities. Frequent...
Learn more about Borrego Mesa Trail

This is an in-and-back leading through Carson National Forest. Winding through and cresting at nearly 10,000 feet this is an easy cruise with some awesome scenery. Minimal traffic in the area but there is woodcutting so you may encounter other vehicles or people cutting wood. Most of the road is wid...
Learn more about Forest Road 722