Name: Sidewinder
Rating: 3.0

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All Clear 6 days ago

Mostly Dry: despite the summer monsoon, the trail is in excellent condition History

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“A straight doubletrack through arroyos that turns into a twisting singletrack with rocky climbs. ”

— Caleb Robinson

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Description

Break off of the Strip Mine Trail to the right and follow Sidewinder down through arroyos. Paralleling the Forest Road Loop, you go up some rocky climbs and through some twisting singletrack. At the end of the trail, there is access to Bobsled, CS09 and Tightrope.

Contacts

Local Club: Placitas Area Trail Association

Nov 23, 2012: Testing

Land Manager: USFS - Cibola National Forest Office

Aug 8, 2018: Fire Activity Decreasing on the Mt. Taylor RD

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Trail Ratings

3.0 from 1 vote

#6

in Placitas

#15957

Overall

3.0 from 1 vote

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Rankings

#6

in Placitas

#421

in New Mexico

#15,957

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This is the rolling part of the Bobsled Trail (…

Same of the trails in Placitas, NM

An example of the trail as riders near the Fore…

1.1 Miles 1.7 Kilometers Singletrack	292' 89 m Ascent -22' -7 m Descent
6% Avg Grade (3°) 13% Max Grade (7°)	6,091' 1,857 m High 5,799' 1,768 m Low

Sidewinder

1.1 Miles 1.7 Kilometers

Singletrack

292' 89 m

-22' -7 m

6%

13%

6,091' 1,857 m

5,799' 1,768 m

Shared By Caleb Robinson

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