MTB TRAIL STATS

Avg Rating:	8 trail reviews
Status: Open updated 7/20/08 by cisco006 Closed Open Wet / Sketchy	Difficulty: Intermediate
Length: 0 miles	Global Rank: 354
Tread: Singletrack	Configuration: Network
Ridden: 44	Wishlist: 13

 

Fantasy Island in Tucson

 

Templeton/ Baldwin Loop in Sedona

 

Broken Arrow / Chicken Point in Sedona

 

  
reviewed by AK_Dan on February 15, 2010

This trail actually starts at the Catalina St Park 5 miles south of described TH. This will give you 3 miles of really rocky riding followed by 2 miles of sandy, cow trail and add 10 miles to your daily total. Yea, unless you’re a brute start at the TH listed here. There is also a great, challenging climb and decent of a loop at the northern end of this trail. Go to where the trails start down into the different chutes and just keep turning right and uphill when you can. The trail Y’s near the top with one way leading back down some steep switchbacks and the other going through a gate to …?

  
reviewed by amhall1612 on December 5, 2009

Good trail for beginner to intermediate riders. If your looking for technical riding this is not the place for you. The more challenging trails are located on the south side of the trail system. Great desert scenery, lots of small rocks on trail, plentiful cacti very close to the trail... so try to stay on your bike. Overall, a fun scenic ride... but not a place for adrenaline junkies.

* Review edited 12/5/2009

  
reviewed by vincimus on May 25, 2009

50 Year Trail offers some great riding! The Chutes were so fun, that I did a second loop just so I could do them again. Tried the more technical sections, would have been better if I'd done them at the beginning of the ride, instead of at the end.

Similar Trail: Fantasy Island

  
reviewed by abegold on May 14, 2009

50 Year is the main trail here but the trail system is 30+ miles. Middle Gate and Upper Loop, Charleau Gap, Rattlesnake Canyon. 50 Year has great flow thru high desert and boulders. The trails above are more tech, rockier. Tucson's best.

Similar Trail: AZ Trail, Fantasy Island, Brown Mountain, Bug Springs-Milagrosa

  
reviewed by cisco006 on August 2, 2008

I ridden this trail twice this summer, and was blown away both times, most of the trail flows very nicely and feels like an easy ride for the intermediate, the chutes are a blast, they are deep grooves in the rocks and steep too! awesome ride!

  
reviewed by NoTrace on April 21, 2008

50 Year is a nice trail with variety in difficulty. It starts almost deceptively easy, with swooping downhill singletrack. As you near the Chutes, more climbs and faster sections require more attention and leg power. The ride back is also enjoyable, with a nice flow back to the trailhead. Be sure to pick up a State Land Recreational Permit and watch out for the cows and the extra "challenges" they regularly leave along the trail, especially on the upper part of the trail.

  
reviewed by skibum on October 7, 2007

This ride is an absolute hoot. It is consistently entertaining with either climbs, descents, or small rock gardens. Make sure you hook up with the loop known as The Chutes. You can do many laps here without getting bored. A reasonable uphill brings you to a roller coaser downhill, so the fun to work ratio is very high. Lots of flowy singletrack with a couple opportunites for air.* Review edited 2/16/2008

* Review edited 2/16/2008

  
reviewed by tamerlane240 on January 30, 2006

Trail is pretty decent. Nice slopes in most points until you get to the Upper 50 Year, which will take you into the Catalinas, and is full of switchbacks. Watch for pinch flats, fairly large rocks litter the trail, just watch where you put your front tire, snakebite flats are the leading cause of mechanical problems in the Fifty Year. The trail composure is light, layered dirt over a good hard packed soil littered with rocks.

Similar Trail: Fantasy Island

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