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Brown Canyon Mountain Bike Trail
Sierra Vista, Arizona
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:    |
4 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 6/5/10 by Kenhmays |
Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 6 miles | Global Rank: #1371 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Network |
| Ridden: 19 | Wishlist: 6 |
| Avg. Speed: 7.44 mph | Avg. Time: 1hr 2min |
| Elevation Gain/Loss: +664/-675 ft |
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Description: The Brown Canyon Trail is fun and tough to ride. It's a 6 mile loop and it dumps you back onto Ramsey Road about a mile up from the parking area. I listed this as a technical ride based on my current skills as an amateur rider, I wouldn't recommend this trail to a beginner. There are a lot of short steep rocky climbs as well as roots and small boulders to maneuver around. You will encounter a few soft sandy areas on your way up the canyon. Cross the creak where the Miller Peak Trail starts and climb up the fire road. This takes you to a fast downhill section before exiting back onto Ramsey Road. Enjoy!!
Description: The Brown Canyon Trail is fun and tough to ride. It's a 6 mile loop and it dumps you back onto Ramsey Road about a mile up from the parking area. I listed this as a technical ride based on my current skills as an amateur rider, I wouldn't recommend this trail to a beginner. There are a lot of short steep rocky climbs as well as roots and small boulders to maneuver around. You will encounter a few soft sandy areas on your way up the canyon. Cross the creak where the Miller Peak Trail starts and climb up the fire road. This takes you to a fast downhill section before exiting back onto Ramsey Road. Enjoy!!
added on October 10, 2005 by 
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by Kenhmays on June 5, 2010
I ride this trail nearly every weekend. Go clockwise from the trail head up Ramsey canyon road for a steep technical climb and a gradual downhill or go counterclockwise for a gradual rocky climb and a very fast downhill taking you back to Brown Canyon road. Trail ranges from wide trail to tight single track throughout. Beware of the Loose rock on a lot of the trail and some soft sand near the trail head. Not the best trail but about the best in Sierra Vista. Definitely not for beginners
reviewed by genesis0225 on September 6, 2006
great trail, veteran or beginner you can still have a blast. Good technical challenge (which in arizona defines a bunch of rocks), a few good jumps/ drops, and makes a great circle. I might add that if you bypass the big climb back to the parking lot, and make a right at the next Y through the wood "gate", you can ride right by the old farmhouse to an established road that spits out right onto ramsey canyon just below the parking area.
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reviewed by max on January 28, 2006
This is a pretty nice trail to ride. I like to ride it the other way. leave the parking lot on ride up Ramsey Canyon Rd for about 0.5 miles, turn right on Brown Canyon Rd and ride for about 0.5 miles to the fork. take the left fork and climb climb climb up the road, until you get to the ridge with the views, then down the rocky bit to the single track trail and the rocky, swoopy, fast single track fun, then you have to ride some dirt roads and back to Ramsy Canyon Rd for about 0.1 miles up to the parking lot.
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