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Desperado Loop

 4.8 (24)
  1. Areas
  2. AZ
  3. …Southern Arizona and Tucson
  4. …Tucson
  5. Sweetwater Preserve
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3.6 Miles 5.8 Kilometers


Singletrack

231' 70 m

Ascent

-175' -53 m

Descent

2%

Avg Grade (1°)

7%

Max Grade (4°)

2,561' 781 m

High

2,405' 733 m

Low

Shared By Jason Wild

Conditions

All Clear 16 days ago
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“A nice, non-technical, flowing section, great for a warm-up or an awesome finish to a longer ride.”

— Jason Wild
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Dogs Unknown

Features -none-

Family Friendly Not too technical so it's a great beginner section that gets you into the nice desert area.

Description

This loop is a nice way to add more miles to the counterclockwise Sweetwater Trail System featured ride on the way back to the parking lot.

This loop trail is a faster, more flowing section with topography for pumps. This trail unfortunately skips some of the fun but adds a little more technical downhill than what Wildflower Ridge Trail provides. It descends towards the apex of the loop and climbs back to the parking lot ridge.

Contacts

Local Club: Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists

Jan 28, 2019: WE’RE MOVING!

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

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Jan 21, 2019
Jeff Smith
Jan 15, 2019
Czar Huang
Jan 4, 2019
Carlos Lopez
My second day hitting the trails. I tell you this sport is not for the faint hearted. It is no easy chore for a 44 years old man. 4.3mi
Dec 2, 2018
Jeff Smith
Nov 11, 2018
Dustin Nonnemacher
3.6mi
Oct 6, 2018
Jose Leal
Sep 2, 2018
Frank Kaiser
Super nice trail. Very nice flow and fun to ride. Very enjoyable. 3.8mi — 0h 40m
Aug 29, 2018
Damon Roth

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Trail Ratings

  4.8 from 24 votes

#1

in Sweetwater Preserve

#151

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#1

in Sweetwater Preserve

#10

in Arizona

#151

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Take a lap on the Desperado Loop to experience fun, flowy singletrack.
Take a lap on the Desperado Loop to experience…
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Enjoy a taste of riding among the giant saguaros on narrow singletrack.
Enjoy a taste of riding among the giant saguaro…
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Robert Lewis
Robert Lewis  
This is a fast, curvy ride with some moderate tech points. Beginners can handle it. Awesome views. For those coming from out of town, tucsonbikerentals.org is the only company renting mountain bikes. For more information about this course go to our local club site at BikeTucson.com. Be careful of keeping anything valuable in your car at the Sweetwater parking lot. Park in the residential area! Sep 10, 2017
Andrew R
Arizony
Andrew R   Arizony
Consistently the easiest and fastest trail in the Sweetwater system with almost none of the rough rocky sections abundant elsewhere. Good one to run laps on, just be heads up for pedestrians, equestrians, coyotes, jackrabbits, and deer. Nov 1, 2018
A L
A L  
Hi. I found a jacket on this trail on Sun. Jan. 6, 2019. Let me know if you lost a jacket. Jan 7, 2019

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