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Ride Summary:
A desert ride through washes with short rises. This trail is very close to the heart of Tucson
Trail Description:
0.0 Start riding west on the road you drove in on.
0.9 A walk-over gate designating the start of Tucson Mountain Park.
1.5 At fork with sign reading "Starr Pass Trail Head 1.1 mi." turn left.
1.9 Proceed through walk-over gate and ride along fence. You will encounter two more walk-over gates.
3.4 Ride to the right of the large berm and through gate.
6.6 Remain left at fork.
6.8 At fork with sign reading "Starr Pass Trail Head 1.1 mi." turn left.
7.4 Back to the first walk-over gate. Ride back down road to parking lot.
How to get there:
Take St. Mary's Road West past Greasewood. Turn LEFT into the Starr Pass development at Player's Club. Follow Player's Club to the first stop sign. Turn LEFT here on Anklam. Shortly on the RIGHT there will be a dirt road, turn here. Follow this road to a parking area past the homes on the right.
| Posted by: T-MARSH on 7/8/2007 |
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This trail was a lot of fun. It was a tad confusing tho. got turned around a bit. Would have gotten a five but there was just too muchh sand. but over all it was great. especially living just down the street. that's great.
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| Posted by: Sylvia Proulx on 6/23/2007 |
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Starr Pass is a great trail for all levels of mountain biking. I just started riding the trail a few months ago, and thoroughly enjoy it. Friends came up from S.V. to ride Friday...we saw a tortoise on the ride back. We begin and end on the single track just south west of the parking lot. I consider it the "new" way, since we used to go over the gate by the golf course.
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| Posted by: B.J. on 3/9/2007 |
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The direction to get there are a little off. St Mary's turns into Anklam. Turn left off Anklam onto Players Club. Then left at the T onto Starr Pass. It will be shortly up the road to your left. Look for the dirt road.
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| Posted by: Kyle Akin on 3/26/2001 |
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Great riding area, close to Downtown and easy to get to. Love riding at Starpass for its technical challenge and beautiful scenery. However, either it's getting rockier or I'm getting older and less tollerant. Beginners Beware! Not a pleasure ride-in-the-park. (Visitors: Don't worry too much about the snakes, unless you leave the trails and start hiking around)
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| Posted by: Zoid on 1/27/2001 |
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Concur with Skotty, this is classic bang-clang, smash-bash desert singletrack.....LOTS of rocks, sand and thorny green plants to challenge you.....BUT, the trails are so worn in by the urban masses, that GENERALLY, the speed is there to enjoy......Big rain, AKA monsoons, bring the level right back down to fear and reservation when it's all rutted out and that rock you ALWAYS drifted around at mach 3 is now sitting CROSSHAIRS in your line....More than once for me....Still, great fun, don't miss it...Slow down a tad-you'll be fine...Fun
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| Posted by: Skot on 11/4/1999 |
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Just got back to Seattle, Had a great ride at Star Pass yesterday. Very rocky with lots of sandy/gravely washes. Fast downhills with mild uphills. Watch out for thoose cati & rattlesnakes, I saw one little snake behind a rock I used as a jump. I went out for 4 hours and never saw anyone on the trail (although it was mid-week and most locals were probably working). This trail is very close to downtown Tucson. Bring lots of water, spare tubes & a good pump. I got lucky and didn't get even one flat, but others i talked to after my ride weren't so lucky. Thank you Slime Tire-Liners. I was riding a 1999 Super V 400 Cannondale. It performed flawlessly. Very "smooth" ride. If your heading for Tucson and want a fast fun ride without miles of uphill this is the place.
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