National Trail | Mountain Biking in Arizona

National Trail

Author:	4088286031
Date:	2 Aug 2006 11:32:35 AM
Activity:	Mountain Biking ActivitySearchMountainBiking
State:	Arizona (AZ)
Distance:	7.68 mi (Change units)
Elevation:	Total Gain: 1556 ft Total Loss: 1556 ft Net Change: 0 ft
Difficulty:	8 / 10
Tags:	Phoenix, waterfall, Arizona, South Mountain, Mountain Biking, loop
Rating:	Unrated Rate it

Don, Michael, and I did the usual Wed morning ride up National Trail and Down Mormon Loop in South Mountain Preserve. Today we had a little extra time so we went up to the Waterfall on National Trail before turning around. Michael showed us how to come down the Waterfall without a helicopter airlift! Great morning to ride.

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Tracks

National

Dist: 7.68 mi	Points: 625	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

8 Mile ride up Pima road to National Trial. Up National Trail to the Waterfall and then back down National to Mormon Loop and down Mormon back to the Pima trailhead.

Points of Interest

Beautiful Day To Ride

Location: 33.360634°, -112.004799°
It's nice this morning. A great Arizona day to ride.

Bike Fix

Location: 33.357944°, -112.012604°
Don's doing a tuning to his bike after a nice crash.

Car

Location: 33.363052°, -111.985558°
Good parking spot today.

Celebrating a victory

Location: 33.354927°, -112.020042°
We all just cleaned a technical rock climb here and are comparing notes.

Cleaning Mini-Waterfall

Location: 33.357883°, -112.012581°
Don is showing how to clean the mini waterfall. Nice climb!

Don Plows Down a Tough Formation

Location: 33.348808°, -112.026649°
This is not the "official" route. Don went off a rock formation into a sandy wash riding. NO HELICOPTER.

Flat Audio

Location: 33.360661°, -112.004944°

Flat!

Location: 33.360664°, -112.004890°
don gets a pinch flat going off a jump into the wash. Another photo that did not make it all the way.

Ground Shot

Location: 33.358768°, -112.010864°
Good single track! Don't know why I took this one -

Long Climb

Location: 33.360394°, -112.008133°
Michael is on the way up this long climb with technical rock jumps along the way. You need some serious wind to make it without stopping!

Michael cleans it

Location: 33.361183°, -112.005241°
A nice technical climb at the beginning of the National Trail. This rock is very tough - hit it right and keep peddling! I've flopped on the ground here more than I'd like to say....