La Luz

Total Miles 8.6
Technical Rating
3 Easy
Best Time Spring, Summer, Fall
Trail Type Full-Width Road
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La Luz trail photo

Trail Overview

This trail starts in High Rolls off of Old Firehouse Road. Pass the houses and it becomes a dirt, rock and gravel winding road. There are a few hiking trails along the way as you pass in and out of Lincoln National Forest. There are a few decent campsites along the way as well. Some great views of the forest and White Sands and sightings of elk, deer, turkey and fox. There are three spurs off this trail that is a total of 12.4 miles long.

Photos of La Luz

Difficulty

This trail is mostly one-vehicle wide and in any wet weather can be sketchy. There are a few steep grades.

Technical Rating

3

Status Reports

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Liz McCartney
Jun 07, 2026
Open
Larger loose rocks and gravel, some narrow areas, and it was dusty. There were more 4x4s than I expected. They were zooming around and packed with a lot of people in them which put me on high alert since I'm in a bigger vehicle. It took away from some of the experience to have to worry about them zipping around a blind corner carelessly, thankfully I already drive slow and they had to slam on their brakes more than me.
Fred Stankowski
Apr 09, 2026
Open
Pretty standard Forest service road. Some ruts and areas that might be narrow for a full size vehicles.
Colby Roach
Mar 21, 2026
Open
Trail was a fun quick evening/night ride. Trail was rutted and washboarded in areas from melt off, but overall was a nice and quick ride!
Adrian Montes
Nov 26, 2025
Open
Tom Watson
Jun 08, 2025
Open
B Stacks stacks
Aug 07, 2024
Open
Cool drive. Zero technical. Go from dense woods to red rocks and arid. Can see white sands on the west end
Pedro Gonzales
Jul 08, 2024
Open
Started at La Luz and turning onto Bailey Canyon. Trail was dry and the road was in good shape with no really difficult spot. Saw some Elk and deer along the trail.
William Mabie
Apr 19, 2024
Open
straightforward trail, drove it in a stock 2024 Subaru Crosstrek without issue.
Matt Hinkle
Apr 05, 2024
Open
Trail was very easy. We had a light snow the night before we went but the trail was very easily passable. I think we put our trucks in 4WD one time just because of some ruts and snow and didn't want to slow the group down. A few spots were muddy but they had a solid bottom.
Nick Bour
Mar 12, 2024
Open
Trail was open, it’s just the one side cut-off that’s gated off. Open from Bailey cannon road to 244
Agustin David
Feb 10, 2024
Open
https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/lincoln/alerts-notices/?aid=85936
Adam netherton
Jul 30, 2023
Open

La Luz Trail can be accessed by the following ride types:

  • Single Track
  • 50 Inch
  • High Clearance
  • Full Width

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