31043

Total Miles
3.5

Elevation

881.46 ft

Duration

0.75 Hours

Technical Rating

5

Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Winter

Trail Overview

This 3.5-mile-long trail starts on a ridge line on the north end. The trail is pretty wide in spots but also a narrow single track in many spots, making it most ideal for dirt bikes only. Be aware that it's tightly lined with cholla cactus. The trail overall descends from north to south but is constantly going up and down the desert hills throughout the route, with big hill climbs and descents. The hills are often rutted and steep and covered in loose rocks. There's some shelfy side hilling required to get around the hillsides at times. Several of the climbs are extremely rutted, like a trough, where you have to ride inside a 2-foot-deep rut that is dug out and will grab your pegs. Some of the climbs have more embedded rock, but some have loose baby heads that will make it very hard to keep momentum. Dual sport four-stroke riders will likely be spinning on the climbs. One of the climbs also has a bigger embedded rock ledge halfway up the climb, but you can kind of skirt around it. It's a pretty fun route with some good challenges and great views along the way.

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Difficulty

This is a moderate trail that has very steep and rutted and loose hill climbs that will require some hill climbing experience to get up.

Technical Rating

5

Status Reports

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Access Description

To access the Boulders OHV Area, take North Picacho Wash Road north from the West Carefree Hwy. There is a huge staging area a mile up North Picacho Wash Road, with one pit toilet, a couple picnic tables, and about 20 nice dispersed camp sites for big rigs. There's a youth training area as well that is a fenced off area for young or new riders to practice without cars nearby. This riding area gets very crowded on weekends. Most of the trails are unmarked, so a GPS map is extremely helpful here. Look out for wild burros.

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