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Corona Loma (only)

Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ride Type: Loop
Trail Type: Single Track 100%
Distance: 1.50 miles (2.41 KM)
Duration: not specified.
Elevation Gain: 1000 Feet (305 Meters)
Climbing: Steep and Technical
Skill Level: Advanced Skills
User Density: not specified.

Trail Description:
It starts off not much of a trail. You'll ride about 5 feet before you have to get off of your bike. Don't worry about any kind of trail for about 10 minutes. There isn't one. But you'll find a path toward the bottom, through hill and dale. So there you are 10 minutes later, scraped to hell and wanting to ride. You'll happen upon a wash. Ride this away until you see a trail (50 yards or so). You'll see the one and only sign indicating that, "Yes. You are not lost, infact, you are on the right trail." Then you ride this down for a bit (3 seconds), where you'll begin the climb to ecstacy. Up you go....still further yet. When you do peak, be sure to peek around. Beautiful isn't it? Have the people with the lesser brakes go first. (Or live and learn) Now, just let your bike flow over the sharp, jagged, loose rocks, on this steep, winding trail. Before too long, it all ends, and you must go to great, flowing singletrack. But It was fun.

How to get there:
It's on South Mountain. You take Mormon/National, up to Buena Vista Look Out. You'll take a left, just before the "Winding Road" sign. It takes about an hour of riding to get here, unless you cheat, and drive to the look out. (BASTARDS!)