Phoenix Mountain Bike Trail Conditions
Phoenix is a winter riding destination with a dense desert trail network. South Mountain, the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, Hawes, and the Estrella trails ride on rocky, fast-draining desert soils that are good almost any time it isn't raining. Winter and spring are prime; summer rides happen at dawn.
352 featured mountain bike trailselevation 1,010–3,947 ft
Is it muddy in Phoenix right now?
Right now about 340 of 340 featured Phoenix trails are riding well. Conditions change daily with rain and snowmelt, so the list below shows the live read for each trail, and the chart shows which day ahead is your best bet.
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Phoenix conditions at a glancesnapshot · Jun 30
Live conditions map
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340 of 340 trails riding well
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Air quality
AQI 35 · Good
EPA AirNow (observed) + CAMS forecast. Informational.
Next 10 days
Trails riding well each day · blue dot = rain
340 Today 340 Tue 340 Wed 340 Thu 340 Fri 340 Sat 340 Sun 340 Mon 340 Tue 340 Wed Most trails are riding well and should hold through the week.
Temperature this week
Lower trails 1,030–2,073 ft
67° typical 78°–103°F 111°
High country 2,549–3,819 ft
65° typical 71°–97°F 105°
60° 80° 100° 120°
Trail soil & drainage
61% 21% 13% 5%
Mostly loam, which drains at a moderate pace.
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Best time of year to ride Phoenix
Typical riding conditions by month, blending heat and trail conditions from 10 years of local climate data — so you can plan a trip for the right window.
The best time to ride Phoenix is January through April and October through December , when daytime highs sit in the 65–87°F range and the dirt is typically dry. May through September runs hot, with typical highs near or above 104°F. Planning a trip? Those are your safest bets — and for this week, the live forecast below shows exactly which days are riding well (right now 340 of 340 featured trails are good to go).
January: Prime, typical high 65°F (ride score 100/100) J 65° February: Prime, typical high 69°F (ride score 100/100) F 69° March: Prime, typical high 76°F (ride score 100/100) M 76° April: Prime, typical high 85°F (ride score 96/100) A 85° May: Too hot, typical high 91°F (ride score 77/100) M 91° June: Too hot, typical high 103°F (ride score 40/100) J 103° July: Too hot, typical high 104°F (ride score 37/100) J 104° August: Too hot, typical high 102°F (ride score 44/100) A 102° September: Too hot, typical high 97°F (ride score 58/100) S 97° October: Prime, typical high 87°F (ride score 91/100) O 87° November: Prime, typical high 75°F (ride score 100/100) N 75° December: Prime, typical high 65°F (ride score 100/100) D 65°
Bar height = our ride-friendliness score for a typical year; colour = the main limiting factor; the number under each month is the average daytime high. Based on 2014–2023 climate normals (ERA5); this year's live conditions are below.
Trail networks in Phoenix
Named riding areas in Phoenix, each with its own live conditions and the trails inside it.
Best Phoenix mountain bike trails to ride right now
Every featured singletrack trail, sorted by today's real conditions, best first. Refreshed every morning. Riding gravel instead? See gravel and dirt road conditions near Phoenix.
(Connector Track) · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail · 10.8 mi · 1,312–1,644 ft Dusty / loose #1A - Perl Charles Trail · 3 mi · 1,365–1,732 ft Dusty / loose #220 - Dreamy Draw Nature Trail · 0.7 mi · 1,493–1,683 ft Dusty / loose #300 - Summit Trail · 0.9 mi · 1,598–2,569 ft Dusty / loose #302 - Circumference Trail · 2.7 mi · 1,460–2,100 ft Dusty / loose #304 - Nature Trail · 1.4 mi · 1,539–1,752 ft Dusty / loose #306 - Shaw Butte Trail · 3.4 mi · 1,358–2,054 ft Dusty / loose #60 - Nature Trail · 1 mi · 1,312–1,572 ft Dusty / loose #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail · 2.2 mi · 1,499–1,781 ft Dusty / loose #8A · 0.6 mi · 1,621–1,837 ft Dusty / loose #8A - Quartz Ridge Trail · 1.2 mi · 1,398–1,837 ft Dusty / loose #8B · 0.3 mi · 1,749–1,837 ft Dusty / loose #8B - Ruth Hamilton Trail · 0.5 mi · 1,594–1,916 ft Dusty / loose 104th Street Spur · 0.8 mi · 1,683–1,765 ft Dusty / loose 13 Ditches · 0.9 mi · 1,542–1,601 ft Dusty / loose 136th Street Express · 2.9 mi · 2,497–2,582 ft Dusty / loose 150th Street Trail Spur · 0.7 mi Dusty / loose 158th Street Spur Trail · 0.7 mi Dusty / loose 310 - Shadow Mountain Big Loop Trail · 1.5 mi · 1,493–1,821 ft Dusty / loose 310 & 312 - Shadow Mountain Loop Trails · 0.2 mi · 1,657–1,719 ft Dusty / loose 312 - Shadow Mountain Small Loop Trail · 0.6 mi · 1,480–1,719 ft Dusty / loose 32nd St Connector · 0.2 mi · 1,355–1,460 ft Dusty / loose 35th Place Trail Access · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose 5k Trail · 3 mi · 1,207–1,332 ft Dusty / loose Access Trail · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Alta · 4.6 mi · 1,325–2,421 ft Dusty / loose Alta to Hau'pal Connector · 0.4 mi · 2,303–2,365 ft Dusty / loose Alta-Bajada Connector · 0.3 mi · 1,555–1,667 ft Dusty / loose Alternate Summit Trail 300A · 0.3 mi · 1,375–1,598 ft Dusty / loose Americana Trail · 1.1 mi · 1,946–2,028 ft Dusty / loose Amigos Wash Trail · 1.2 mi · 1,772–1,877 ft Dusty / loose Anasazi Spur · 0.5 mi · 1,703–1,778 ft Dusty / loose Andrew/Kinsey Trail (Moderately Difficult) · 2.5 mi · 2,654–2,963 ft Dusty / loose Andrews-Kinsey Trail (Moderately Difficult) · 0.5 mi · 2,457–2,654 ft Dusty / loose Arizona Canal · 9.1 mi · 1,280–1,322 ft Dusty / loose Axle Grease · 1.7 mi · 2,333–2,382 ft Dusty / loose Bajada Nature Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,696–1,736 ft Dusty / loose Bajada Trail · 4.1 mi · 1,293–1,693 ft Dusty / loose Beacon Hill Trail · 1.1 mi · 1,325–1,463 ft Dusty / loose Bell Pass Trail · 3.2 mi · 2,021–3,202 ft Dusty / loose Bell Pass Trail (Alternate) · 0.1 mi · 2,992–3,136 ft Dusty / loose Beverly-Pima Connector Trail · 1.2 mi · 1,230–1,506 ft Dusty / loose Big Butte Loop · 0.7 mi Dusty / loose Big Sister Trail · 1.2 mi · 1,506–1,801 ft Dusty / loose Black Hill Trail · 2.1 mi · 2,484–2,661 ft Dusty / loose Blevins Trail · 3 mi · 1,804–1,896 ft Dusty / loose Bluff Trail · 2.1 mi · 2,060–2,382 ft Dusty / loose Boulder Trail · 1.1 mi · 2,280–2,543 ft Dusty / loose Boulderdash Trail · 1.1 mi · 1,736–2,277 ft Dusty / loose Buckhorn Campground · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Bull Run · 0.4 mi · 2,087–2,123 ft Dusty / loose Bulldog Saddle · 0.3 mi · 1,942–2,021 ft Dusty / loose Bulldog Saddle Trail · 2.4 mi · 2,021–2,598 ft Dusty / loose Burro Bush Boulevard · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Bursera Canyon · 1.2 mi · 1,266–1,713 ft Dusty / loose Bursera to Gila · 0.1 mi · 1,755–1,877 ft Dusty / loose Bursera Trail · 3.3 mi · 1,240–1,909 ft Dusty / loose Bush Lite · 1.6 mi · 1,463–1,535 ft Dusty / loose Bush Lite Loop · 0.9 mi · 1,470–1,581 ft Dusty / loose Bush Lite West · 1.6 mi · 1,444–1,535 ft Dusty / loose Butterfly Breeze Way Dusty / loose Caballo Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,687–2,743 ft Dusty / loose Cactus Garden Trail · 0.9 mi · 2,195–2,625 ft Dusty / loose Cactus Nectar Trail · 0.9 mi · 2,123–2,241 ft Dusty / loose Cactus Wren · 0.4 mi · 1,939–2,021 ft Dusty / loose Cactus Wren Trail · 1.4 mi · 1,722–1,795 ft Dusty / loose Camino Campana Interpretive Trail · 0.7 mi · 2,539–2,589 ft Dusty / loose Canal Trail Dusty / loose CAP Road Trail · 1.5 mi · 1,503–1,614 ft Dusty / loose Cat Peaks Pass Trail · 0.2 mi Dusty / loose Cat's Peaks loop · 0.9 mi · 1,814–1,942 ft Dusty / loose Cattail Crawl · 0.2 mi Dusty / loose Chain Fruit Trail · 1 mi · 1,883–1,969 ft Dusty / loose Channel Trail · 1.2 mi Dusty / loose Charles M. Christiansen Trail 100 Dusty / loose Charles M. Christiansen Trail 100 Dusty / loose Cholla Flats Loop · 2.5 mi · 1,286–1,440 ft Dusty / loose Chuparosa Trail · 0.5 mi · 1,883–1,936 ft Dusty / loose Cinch Trail · 0.6 mi · 1,683–1,739 ft Dusty / loose Circumference Trail · 1.4 mi · 1,503–1,670 ft Dusty / loose Cliffhugger · 0.6 mi · 1,407–1,483 ft Dusty / loose Coachwhip Trail · 2.5 mi · 2,178–2,428 ft Dusty / loose Connector Dusty / loose Connector · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Connector · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Connector (Moderate) Dusty / loose Corona de Loma Trail · 1.6 mi · 1,614–2,365 ft Dusty / loose Corona to DC Connector · 0.5 mi · 1,476–1,614 ft Dusty / loose Corona to DC Connector 2 · 0.2 mi Dusty / loose County Line Trail · 1.1 mi · 1,732–1,837 ft Dusty / loose County Park Connector · 1.4 mi · 2,474–2,608 ft Dusty / loose Crismon Wash Trail · 0.9 mi · 1,772–1,883 ft Dusty / loose Crosscut Trail · 1.1 mi · 1,450–1,677 ft Dusty / loose Crossover Trail · 0.2 mi · 1,808–1,847 ft Dusty / loose Cypress Ridge Community Walking Trail · 0.9 mi Dusty / loose DC to Corona Connector · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose DC-Ray Connector · 1.6 mi · 1,289–1,549 ft Dusty / loose De Las Lomas Access Trail · 0.2 mi Dusty / loose Degoba Alt · 0.3 mi · 1,371–1,424 ft Dusty / loose Degoba Loop · 0.7 mi · 1,394–1,512 ft Dusty / loose Delsie Trail · 2.4 mi · 2,165–2,474 ft Dusty / loose Desert Classic · 3.9 mi · 1,421–1,585 ft Dusty / loose Desert Classic Trail · 4.7 mi · 1,332–1,480 ft Dusty / loose Desert Hawk Trail · 0.5 mi Dusty / loose Desert Iguana Trail · 0.9 mi Dusty / loose Desert Park Trail · 3.1 mi · 1,699–2,293 ft Dusty / loose Desert Tortoise Trail · 1.1 mi · 1,683–1,765 ft Dusty / loose Desert Willow Walk · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Devestator Trail · 0.7 mi · 1,224–1,870 ft Dusty / loose Dirt Therapy · 0.5 mi · 1,969–2,241 ft Dusty / loose Dixie Mine Trail · 4.9 mi · 2,001–2,402 ft Dusty / loose Dixie Mountain Loop · 3.5 mi · 1,654–2,031 ft Dusty / loose Dobbin's Lookout Extenstion Trail Dusty / loose Dobbins Lookout Connector · 0.2 mi · 2,178–2,329 ft Dusty / loose Double Butte Loop · 1.9 mi · 1,247–1,355 ft Dusty / loose Eagle Trail (Youth Groups Only) · 0.4 mi · 1,699–1,749 ft Dusty / loose East Canal Bank Road · 5.7 mi Dusty / loose East End Trail · 1.4 mi · 2,579–3,609 ft Dusty / loose East Point Drop · 0.7 mi · 1,430–1,588 ft Dusty / loose Escondido Trail · 6.1 mi · 1,621–1,903 ft Dusty / loose Falcon Trail · 0.7 mi Dusty / loose Feldspar Trail · 0.7 mi · 2,733–2,969 ft Dusty / loose Fence Line Trail (Easy) · 1.2 mi Dusty / loose Gateway Loop Trail · 3.5 mi · 1,772–2,388 ft Dusty / loose Gila Lookout Connector · 0.4 mi · 2,441–2,631 ft Dusty / loose Gila Trail · 2.9 mi · 1,276–1,719 ft Dusty / loose Goat Trail · 0.5 mi · 2,569–2,638 ft Dusty / loose Gold Link Trail · 1.2 mi · 1,936–2,221 ft Dusty / loose Gold Link Trail Connector · 0.1 mi · 1,900–1,946 ft Dusty / loose Gooseneck Trail · 6.6 mi · 2,500–2,638 ft Dusty / loose GP to DC · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose GPT to DC Connector · 0.1 mi · 1,591–1,663 ft Dusty / loose Granite Trail · 3.5 mi · 1,900–2,221 ft Dusty / loose Granite Trail · 0.7 mi · 1,319–1,509 ft Dusty / loose Great Horned Owl Trail · 3 mi · 1,631–1,988 ft Dusty / loose Greenbelt Access Trail · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Guadalupe Perimeter · 1.9 mi · 1,450–1,808 ft Dusty / loose Guadalupe Perimeter Trail · 2.7 mi · 1,345–1,778 ft Dusty / loose H-1 Trail · 4.8 mi · 1,319–1,496 ft Dusty / loose H-1A Trail · 1.1 mi Dusty / loose H-2 Trail · 1.6 mi · 1,453–1,857 ft Dusty / loose H-3 Trail · 2.7 mi · 1,371–1,791 ft Dusty / loose H-4 Trail · 1.1 mi · 1,329–1,663 ft Dusty / loose H-4A Trail · 0.3 mi · 1,339–1,394 ft Dusty / loose H-4B Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,371–1,503 ft Dusty / loose H-5A Trail · 0.3 mi · 1,365–1,414 ft Dusty / loose Hairpin Alley · 0.7 mi · 1,486–1,535 ft Dusty / loose Hau'pal Loop Trail · 2.7 mi · 1,332–2,297 ft Dusty / loose Hawes Loop Trail · 1.5 mi · 1,969–2,313 ft Dusty / loose Hawes Trail · 3.4 mi · 1,421–2,051 ft Dusty / loose Hawk's Nest Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,608–1,831 ft Dusty / loose Hawknest Connector · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Hawknest Trail · 0.6 mi · 2,333–2,388 ft Dusty / loose Helipad · 0.2 mi Dusty / loose Hidden Valley Connector Trail · 0.2 mi · 1,991–2,188 ft Dusty / loose Hidden Valley Trail · 0.5 mi · 1,949–2,087 ft Dusty / loose High Noon Trail · 2.1 mi · 1,562–1,791 ft Dusty / loose High Ridge Trail · 1.6 mi · 2,123–2,644 ft Dusty / loose Hillside Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,618–2,694 ft Dusty / loose Hilltop Trail · 0.3 mi · 1,860–1,946 ft Dusty / loose Holbert Trail · 2.6 mi · 1,342–2,431 ft Dusty / loose Horse Trail at Sunridge Park · 0.4 mi Dusty / loose Horseshoe Trail · 0.7 mi · 1,706–1,811 ft Dusty / loose Iron Goat Trail · 1.2 mi · 2,211–2,641 ft Dusty / loose Jackrabbit Jaunt · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Javelina Canyon Trail · 2.9 mi · 1,230–1,998 ft Dusty / loose Javelina to National Connector · 0.2 mi · 1,565–1,614 ft Dusty / loose Javelina to Ridgeline · 0.1 mi · 1,312–1,440 ft Dusty / loose Jomax · 0.4 mi · 2,680–2,723 ft Dusty / loose Jumping Jack's Cut · 0.4 mi · 1,791–1,916 ft Dusty / loose Kachina Access Trail · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Kovach Family Nature Trail · 0.4 mi Dusty / loose L'Alpe D'Huez Trail · 1.2 mi · 2,080–2,638 ft Dusty / loose Lance's Trail · 1.2 mi · 1,877–2,103 ft Dusty / loose Lariat Trail · 1.4 mi · 2,162–2,260 ft Dusty / loose Las Lomitas Trail · 2.8 mi · 1,365–1,588 ft Dusty / loose Latigo Trail · 5.8 mi · 2,333–2,841 ft Dusty / loose Levee trail · 1 mi · 1,693–1,932 ft Dusty / loose Levee Trail · 1.6 mi · 1,752–1,824 ft Dusty / loose Little Butte Loop · 0.5 mi · 1,286–1,329 ft Dusty / loose Lizard Trail · 0.9 mi · 1,171–1,234 ft Dusty / loose Loma Trail · 0.3 mi · 1,171–1,227 ft Dusty / loose Lone Mountain Trail · 0.9 mi · 2,057–2,779 ft Dusty / loose Long Loop · 7.8 mi · 1,562–1,762 ft Dusty / loose Lookout Trail · 0.4 mi · 3,743–3,888 ft Dusty / loose Lost Dog Wash Trail · 2.9 mi · 1,709–2,080 ft Dusty / loose Lost Ranch to Cholla · 0.2 mi · 1,316–1,358 ft Dusty / loose Lost Ranch Trail · 1.7 mi · 1,302–2,290 ft Dusty / loose Lost Sheep Trail · 1.6 mi · 1,850–2,028 ft Dusty / loose Lower Corona de Loma Trail · 1.2 mi · 1,434–1,614 ft Dusty / loose Lower Gidro · 1.6 mi · 1,978–2,487 ft Dusty / loose Lower Salt River Interpretive Trail · 2.2 mi Dusty / loose Ma-Ha-Tuak Connector · 0.3 mi · 1,263–1,329 ft Dusty / loose Ma-Ha-Tuak Perimeter Trail · 7.1 mi · 1,181–1,644 ft Dusty / loose Magic Mountain Trail · 0.3 mi · 1,808–1,919 ft Dusty / loose Marcos de Niza Trail · 1.3 mi · 1,394–1,778 ft Dusty / loose Marcus Landslide Trail · 1.4 mi · 2,530–2,795 ft Dusty / loose Maricopa Madness · 1.2 mi · 1,847–2,034 ft Dusty / loose Maricopa Trail · 0.4 mi · 2,201–2,372 ft Dusty / loose Maricopa Trail · 1.9 mi · 1,411–1,470 ft Dusty / loose Meridian Trail · 0.9 mi · 1,801–1,841 ft Dusty / loose Microwave DH · 0.3 mi · 2,224–2,566 ft Dusty / loose Midlife Crisis · 1.1 mi · 1,765–2,221 ft Dusty / loose Mine Trail · 1.1 mi · 1,362–1,752 ft Dusty / loose Mo Ridge Trail · 0.3 mi Dusty / loose Monument Trail · 0.6 mi · 2,487–2,543 ft Dusty / loose Moon Rock Trail · 1.4 mi · 1,798–1,870 ft Dusty / loose Mormon Trail · 1.4 mi · 1,273–1,998 ft Dusty / loose National Trail · 15.2 mi · 1,142–2,477 ft Dusty / loose Nighthawk Wash Trail · 0.5 mi · 1,762–1,814 ft Dusty / loose North 3rd Avenue · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose North Canal Bank Road · 2.2 mi Dusty / loose North Linear Park Path · 1.7 mi Dusty / loose Noso Trail · 1 mi · 1,772–1,896 ft Dusty / loose NRA All Mountain Party D · 0.4 mi · 1,975–2,293 ft Dusty / loose NRA All Mountain Party E · 0.1 mi · 2,241–2,293 ft Dusty / loose NRA: All Mountain Park 3 · 0.3 mi · 1,880–1,975 ft Dusty / loose NRA: All Mountain Park 3A · 0.1 mi · 2,041–2,087 ft Dusty / loose NWO · 0.4 mi · 1,890–2,064 ft Dusty / loose Oasis South · 0.4 mi · 1,463–1,535 ft Dusty / loose Old Jeep Trail · 1.4 mi · 1,949–2,142 ft Dusty / loose Old Man Trail · 1.4 mi · 1,470–2,543 ft Dusty / loose Old Trail 308 · 0.6 mi · 1,627–1,706 ft Dusty / loose Outer Loop South · 2.3 mi · 1,522–1,565 ft Dusty / loose Papago South · 0.2 mi · 1,191–1,247 ft Dusty / loose Paradise Trail · 1.4 mi · 1,657–2,008 ft Dusty / loose Pass Mountain Trail · 7.5 mi · 1,890–2,612 ft Dusty / loose PCL to Beacon · 0.2 mi · 1,365–1,434 ft Dusty / loose PCL to Ridgeline · 0.1 mi · 1,362–1,440 ft Dusty / loose Pemberton Trail · 15 mi · 1,827–2,474 ft Dusty / loose Pima Canyon Loop · 0.8 mi · 1,378–1,558 ft Dusty / loose Pima Canyon Loop Trail · 2.5 mi · 1,270–1,463 ft Dusty / loose Pima Wash Trail · 1.4 mi · 1,362–1,562 ft Dusty / loose Pima West Loop Trail Dusty / loose Pinnacle Peak - Four Seasons Trail · 0.7 mi Dusty / loose Pino Trail · 0.9 mi · 1,952–2,051 ft Dusty / loose Pipe Dream · 1 mi · 1,545–1,644 ft Dusty / loose Playa Del Norte Walking Path · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Power Rd Trail (Easy) · 1.4 mi · 1,506–1,581 ft Dusty / loose Promenade Trail (Moderate) · 0.9 mi · 2,474–2,579 ft Dusty / loose Prospector · 1.3 mi · 2,398–2,904 ft Dusty / loose Prospector Loop · 1.8 mi · 1,404–2,365 ft Dusty / loose Prospector to National · 0.1 mi · 2,359–2,415 ft Dusty / loose Pure O · 0.5 mi · 1,880–2,293 ft Dusty / loose Quartz Trail · 4.9 mi · 1,516–2,654 ft Dusty / loose Ranger Trail · 1.7 mi · 1,430–2,251 ft Dusty / loose Rattle Saddle Trail · 0.1 mi · 1,644–1,873 ft Dusty / loose Rattler · 1.3 mi · 2,031–2,365 ft Dusty / loose Rattlesnake Ridge Trail · 0.2 mi Dusty / loose …and 90 more. Search or explore the live map. Phoenix mountain biking FAQ What are the best mountain bike trails to ride near Phoenix right now? Today the trails riding best near Phoenix are (Connector Track), #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail and #1A - Perl Charles Trail. The full list below is sorted by today's real conditions, best first, and refreshes every morning, so the top of the list is always your best bet right now. See live conditions →
When will the mountain bike trails in Phoenix dry out? It depends on recent rain and each trail's soil. The 10-day outlook on this page shows how many Phoenix trails are expected to be riding well each day, with rain markers, so you can pick the right day instead of guessing. See the 10-day outlook →
Is it too muddy to ride in Phoenix after rain? Right now 0 of 340 featured Phoenix trails are reading soft or too muddy to ride. Phoenix is mostly loam soil, which drains at a moderate pace, so after a storm some trails firm up within a day while others stay greasy. Riding wet, soft dirt damages trails and leaves ruts, so check the live mud reading on each trail before you head out. Check the live mud reading →
How many mountain bike trails are in Phoenix? Phoenix has 352 featured mountain bike trails tracked here for conditions, with more searchable on the live map.
How high are the Phoenix trails? Phoenix trails run from about 1,010–3,947 ft. Higher trails hold snow later into spring and dry out later than the lower ones, so conditions can vary a lot across the same area on the same day.
When is the best time to ride mountain bikes in Phoenix? The best time to ride Phoenix is January through April and October through December, when daytime highs are in the 65–87°F range and the trails are typically dry. May through September runs hot, with typical highs near or above 104°F. This is based on 10 years of local climate data; check the live conditions on this page for how the trails are actually riding today.
Is it too hot to mountain bike in Phoenix in summer? May through September in Phoenix averages daytime highs near or above 104°F, hot enough that most riders go at dawn or dusk or wait for the cooler shoulder seasons. The best riding window is January through April and October through December.
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