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Ironwood Loop Trail

Easy/Intermediate Easy/Intermediate
 4.0 (17)
  1. Areas
  2. AZ
  3. …Southern Arizona and Tucson
  4. …Tucson
  5. Tucson Mountain Park
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“A fun flowy trail through the desert. ”

Hillary Mathis
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6.9

Miles

11.1

KM
Singletrack

2,624' 800 m

High

2,428' 740 m

Low

197' 60 m

Up

195' 59 m

Down

1%

Avg Grade (1°)

4%

Max Grade (2°)

Dogs Unknown

E-Bikes Unknown

Description

Smooth easy trail loop around the TMP western trails, west of Golden Gate Mountain. Used as an alternative parallel to Golden Gate Trail. There are lots of social trails that branch off from this section. No worries taking any of them, they all lead to the same place. Anything that branches off east have to potential to make their way to Golden Gate Trail.

Ironwood connects the Tucson Saguaro Estates neighborhood to W Gates Pass Rd.

Contacts

Local Club: Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists

Jul 29, 2026: Mt Graham Article about SDMB Volunteers

Jul 17, 2026: IMBA Article about Tucson Trails

Feb 25, 2026: Raffle WInner

Land Manager: Pima County - Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation

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Hillary Mathis
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Trail Ratings

  4.0 from 17 votes

#5

in Tucson Mountain Park

#7900

Overall
  4.0 from 17 votes
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Trail Rankings

#5

in Tucson Mountain Park

#208

in Arizona

#7,900

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Saguaro struck by lightening.
Jan 5, 2018 near Tucson…, AZ
A flowy ride through the Sonoran Desert terrain.
Sep 5, 2017 near Tucson…, AZ

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Feb 24, 2025
Kaitlyn Benton
Apr 11, 2024
Gordon Jones
Mar 22, 2024
Matt Hage
Great afternoon ride for my son (7yo) and I 7mi — 1h 00m
Oct 14, 2023
Samuel Kinkade
Good intro to Tucson MTB. Fun flow first half, good slow burn out on the second half. 7mi — 1h 00m
May 28, 2023
Wesley Neill
May 13, 2023
Wesley Neill
First mountain bike ride ever! 8.1mi — 1h 03m
Feb 5, 2023
Diane Ellis
Apr 23, 2021
Tom Vail
Nice flowy, well marked singletrack. So many choices out here.

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