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| Mtn Biking | 15.20 Miles |
1,279 AEG |
| | Mtn Biking | 15.20 Miles | 2 Hrs 16 Mns | | 7.79 mph |
| 1,279 ft AEG | 19 Mns Break | 9 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | | Thought I'd take advantage of a lite traffic day to head into the heart of the city and spin around on Papago Park trails. Started from the lot across from the Phoenix Zoo entrance and did a clockwise loop on the singletrack trail that parallels the Papago Park Walking Path. Did a spur on the Papago Buttes trails and rode down the amphitheater steps, which was pretty sketchy on the full rigid bike. Worked my way south on Vigilante trail and crossed Galvin Parkway on a path that heads over to Hole in the Rock where I found crowds of visitors. Went south from the Hole along the Crosscut Canal trails crossing over Marigold Lane and under Curry Lane. Last time I was in the area between Curry Lane and the 202 in was full of trash and homeless people. Not any more. While the trash has been cleared out of this area, it still feels like a dystopian super fund with trails going in all directions like a heap of spaghetti hanging from a fork. Found my way over to North Mill Ave and crossed under the 202. Followed the Tempe Town Lake shoreline west to the pedestrian bridge, crossed to southern side, then took the Rio Salado Bike Path to Scottsdale Road and crossed back over to the north. Worked my way back to the van mostly using trails paralleling the way I had came in. Interesting mix of fun trails, hard trails, bike paths, crowds, and solitude. Merry Christmas Eve! |
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. Started from the Evelynn Hallman park. Jogged down the canal and over to Hole in the Rock. Then to get some more mile continued northwest following user trails that led to the next large mountain/hill. Had to cross a street to get to the mountain. Initial thought was to jog around the mountain, but ended up doing all the user trails between the main trail that loops the mountain and the road that I had to cross. This had me doing a couple of user trails that paralleled the road rather closely. Followed them as they turned in a more westward direction and then looped back without ever getting on the main trail or circling the mountain. The "loop" that I did took place entirely on the east side of the mountain. This involved some low lying hills that I normally would coast right over. Not today 
