Chamisoso

Total Miles
2.7

Elevation

2,123.37 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

5

Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Winter, Fall

Trail Overview

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 with blunt faces that are a couple of feet high or so, so they are hard to ramp up. This is followed by several more moderate rock slab ledges. The rest of the trail is narrow and windy through pinyon pine trees until it intersects with Delberts.

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Chamisoso
Chamisoso

Difficulty

This is an intermediate desert single track with several bigger rock ledge obstacles, but it also has easy sections that are smooth and flowy with no rocks.

Technical Rating

5

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Access Description

The Manzanita Mountain Trail System is a very well-maintained multi-use area popular for hiking, horses, mountain biking, and dirt bikes. There are 40+ trails ranging from a mile to 5 miles long of varying difficulties between easy and advanced in a Chihuahuan desert terrain in the Cibola National Forest. There's enough trails for 2-3 days of riding, and is best in fall and spring when it's not too hot. Be aware of oncoming traffic since there are lots of tight turns and it can be busy. There are several staging areas from the north off of Chamiso Canyon Road, as well as the Tunnel and Pine Flat Trailheads along State Road 337, and from the south at the Oak Flat Trailhead.

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