Albuquerque Mountain Bike Trail Conditions
Albuquerque puts desert and alpine riding side by side. The Sandia foothills and North trails ride year-round on decomposed granite, while the high Sandia Crest trails open as the snow recedes. Fast-draining soils mean the foothills are rideable through most of the year.
169 featured mountain bike trailselevation 5,725–10,617 ft
Is it muddy in Albuquerque right now?
Right now about 162 of 169 featured Albuquerque 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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Albuquerque conditions at a glancesnapshot · Jun 30
Live conditions map
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162 of 169 trails riding well
38 66 57 1 7
Air quality
AQI 41 · Good
EPA AirNow (observed) + CAMS forecast. Informational.
Next 10 days
Trails riding well each day · blue dot = rain
161 Today 168 Tue 168 Wed 168 Thu 168 Fri 168 Sat 168 Sun 168 Mon 166 Tue 166 Wed Most trails are riding well and should hold through the week.
Temperature this week
Lower trails 5,217–7,507 ft
56° typical 65°–88°F 94°
High country 8,658–10,545 ft
46° typical 53°–77°F 82°
40° 60° 80° 100°
Trail soil & drainage
6% 75% 19%
Mostly decomposed granite, which drains fast and firms up quickly after rain.
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Best time of year to ride Albuquerque
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 Albuquerque is February through November , when daytime highs sit in the 48–88°F range and the dirt is typically dry. January and December rides cold. 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 162 of 169 featured trails are good to go).
January: Cold, typical high 42°F (ride score 79/100) J 42° February: Prime, typical high 48°F (ride score 92/100) F 48° March: Prime, typical high 58°F (ride score 100/100) M 58° April: Prime, typical high 66°F (ride score 100/100) A 66° May: Prime, typical high 75°F (ride score 100/100) M 75° June: Prime, typical high 86°F (ride score 93/100) J 86° July: Prime, typical high 88°F (ride score 88/100) J 88° August: Prime, typical high 84°F (ride score 99/100) A 84° September: Prime, typical high 79°F (ride score 100/100) S 79° October: Prime, typical high 66°F (ride score 100/100) O 66° November: Prime, typical high 54°F (ride score 100/100) N 54° December: Cold, typical high 44°F (ride score 83/100) D 44°
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 Albuquerque
Named riding areas in Albuquerque, each with its own live conditions and the trails inside it.
Best Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque.
Trail 230C · 0.2 mi Hero dirt TRAIL 204A · 0.3 mi · 6,555–6,634 ft Hero dirt Trail 230 · 1.1 mi · 6,453–6,670 ft Hero dirt Foothills Trail North · 5.7 mi · 6,201–6,650 ft Hero dirt Four Seasons Nature Trail · 0.2 mi · 10,282–10,328 ft Hero dirt Jaral Trail · 2 mi · 6,102–6,975 ft Hero dirt Juan Tabo Cabin Trail (205) · 0.4 mi · 6,224–6,368 ft Hero dirt Mid-Parking to Pino Connector · 0.1 mi · 6,447–6,490 ft Hero dirt Middle · 0.9 mi · 7,405–7,487 ft Hero dirt Trail 141 · 0.4 mi · 6,447–6,572 ft Hero dirt Trail 366 · 0.8 mi · 6,362–6,440 ft Hero dirt 10K Trail South (200) Hero dirt Arroyo Loop Trail East · 0.9 mi · 6,781–6,936 ft Tacky / good Arroyo Loop Trail West · 1.1 mi · 6,785–6,929 ft Tacky / good Arroyo Seco Trail Connector · 0.1 mi · 6,785–6,818 ft Tacky / good Bart's Trail · 0.1 mi · 7,500–7,536 ft Tacky / good Bart's Trail (195) · 0.2 mi · 7,310–7,500 ft Tacky / good Canterbury Trail · 0.3 mi · 9,186–9,314 ft Tacky / good Casa Grande Route · 0.9 mi · 5,991–6,795 ft Tacky / good CCC Road Trail (2) · 0.9 mi · 6,624–6,864 ft Hero dirt Cedro Creek Trail · 1.2 mi · 6,453–6,562 ft Tacky / good CEDRO PEAK · 0.4 mi · 7,510–7,766 ft Tacky / good Chamisoso · 2.7 mi · 6,555–6,962 ft Tacky / good Chaparral Trail · 0.2 mi · 6,929–6,985 ft Tacky / good Concrete Trail · 0.4 mi · 6,558–6,673 ft Tacky / good Connector Trail · 0.2 mi Tacky / good Coyote · 3.4 mi · 6,572–6,913 ft Tacky / good Coyote Split · 1.9 mi · 6,677–6,955 ft Tacky / good Coyote-Chamisoso Link · 1.1 mi · 6,604–6,706 ft Tacky / good Deer Bed Trail (218) · 0.9 mi · 7,254–7,520 ft Tacky / good Delberts · 2.9 mi · 6,926–7,264 ft Tacky / good Doe Run Trail · 2.2 mi · 6,742–7,106 ft Tacky / good El Gallo Trail · 0.1 mi · 6,906–6,962 ft Tacky / good Elk Track Trail (245) · 0.6 mi · 7,372–7,602 ft Tacky / good Embudo to Three Gun Connector · 1.4 mi · 7,044–8,140 ft Tacky / good Embudo Trail · 1.2 mi · 6,178–6,696 ft Tacky / good Foothills Trail · 5.1 mi · 5,758–6,407 ft Tacky / good Foothills Trail (365) Tacky / good Foothills Trail South · 1 mi · 5,958–6,027 ft Tacky / good Forest Park Trail · 1.1 mi · 6,955–7,680 ft Tacky / good Forestry Service Exercise Trail · 0.4 mi · 6,329–6,385 ft Tacky / good Hilldale Loop · 0.5 mi · 6,027–6,125 ft Tacky / good Hilldale Trail · 0.1 mi · 5,965–6,017 ft Tacky / good La Barba Trail (244) · 0.9 mi · 7,156–7,287 ft Tacky / good Leopold Loop / Rocky Ridge Link · 0.2 mi · 7,064–7,146 ft Tacky / good Loop Trail · 1 mi · 6,683–6,788 ft Tacky / good Loop Trail 402 · 0.3 mi · 6,027–6,096 ft Tacky / good Lorenzo Canyon Trail · 1.1 mi · 6,955–7,602 ft Tacky / good Manzano / Four HIlls trail · 0.9 mi · 5,827–6,083 ft Tacky / good More Cowbell · 1.5 mi · 6,880–6,975 ft Hero dirt Northrop Trail · 1.1 mi · 7,054–7,700 ft Tacky / good Old South Crest Trail · 2.5 mi · 6,611–9,321 ft Tacky / good Open Space Trail · 0.2 mi · 6,027–6,096 ft Tacky / good Overlook Spur Trail · 0.3 mi · 7,080–7,247 ft Tacky / good Overlook Trail · 0.7 mi · 7,257–7,293 ft Tacky / good Picnic Site Trail · 0.1 mi · 5,991–6,030 ft Tacky / good Pinon Longcut Trail · 0.1 mi Hero dirt Pinon Trail · 0.9 mi · 6,631–6,834 ft Hero dirt Powerline · 2.7 mi · 6,447–7,264 ft Tacky / good Ridge Trail · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Road Noise · 2.1 mi · 6,565–6,850 ft Tacky / good Sandia Vista Trail · 0.7 mi · 6,798–7,060 ft Tacky / good Sierra Vista Bypass · 1.2 mi · 6,906–7,067 ft Tacky / good South Lomas Channel · 0.7 mi · 5,863–6,040 ft Tacky / good Three Gun Spring Trail · 3.9 mi · 6,325–8,455 ft Tacky / good Tierra Monte North Trail · 0.2 mi Hero dirt Trail 230A · 0.8 mi · 6,358–6,549 ft Tacky / good Trail 230B · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Trail 285 · 0.9 mi · 5,978–6,184 ft Tacky / good Trail 288 · 0.5 mi · 5,948–6,014 ft Tacky / good Trail 305 · 1.4 mi · 6,348–6,470 ft Tacky / good Trail 342 · 0.6 mi · 6,480–6,555 ft Hero dirt Trail 344 · 0.4 mi Tacky / good Trail 365A · 0.6 mi · 6,198–6,404 ft Tacky / good Trail 375 · 0.5 mi · 5,974–6,043 ft Tacky / good Trail 400 · 0.3 mi · 5,942–6,073 ft Tacky / good Trail 401 · 3.4 mi · 5,965–6,214 ft Tacky / good Trail 401 Access · 0.1 mi Tacky / good Trail 401a · 0.5 mi · 6,020–6,135 ft Tacky / good Trail 66 · 0.8 mi · 5,725–5,925 ft Tacky / good U Mound Trail · 0.1 mi · 6,188–6,270 ft Tacky / good Vista Trail (259) · 1 mi · 7,385–7,546 ft Tacky / good Wagon Road Trail · 0.2 mi · 6,785–6,906 ft Tacky / good Yucca Loop · 0.4 mi · 5,781–5,853 ft Tacky / good Granite Trail · 1 mi · 6,224–6,555 ft Hero dirt Hidden Valley Route · 1.2 mi · 6,171–6,864 ft Hero dirt Jaral Spur · 0.3 mi · 6,719–6,903 ft Hero dirt Jaral Spur Shortcut · 0.1 mi · 6,736–6,768 ft Hero dirt Trail 341 · 1.8 mi · 6,499–6,719 ft Hero dirt Trail 505 · 0.9 mi · 6,509–6,555 ft Hero dirt Tin Shed Trail · 0.6 mi · 7,516–7,933 ft Hero dirt Gravel Pit Trail · 0.6 mi · 10,289–10,413 ft Hero dirt Jaral Cabin Trail · 0.6 mi · 6,243–6,490 ft Hero dirt Kiwanis Cabin Trail · 0.5 mi · 10,420–10,617 ft Hero dirt Sandia XC Ski Loop (15) (Groomed) · 1.8 mi · 10,013–10,279 ft Hero dirt Sandy Arroyo Trail (10) · 0.5 mi · 6,440–6,627 ft Hero dirt Trail 305A · 1.2 mi · 6,378–6,499 ft Hero dirt Buried Cable Trail · 0.2 mi · 10,449–10,564 ft Hero dirt Rocky Point Trail · 0.8 mi · 10,226–10,299 ft Hero dirt Klaus Groomed XC Ski Trail / King of the Mountain · 0.1 mi Hero dirt Rocky Point to Service Road Connector Hero dirt Sandia XC Ski Loop Link · 0.1 mi Hero dirt Switchback Trail · 1.5 mi · 10,299–10,587 ft Hero dirt UNM XC Ski Trail · 0.1 mi · 10,315–10,358 ft Hero dirt Cienega Trail (148) · 0.1 mi · 7,477–7,625 ft Dry 10K Trail South · 2.3 mi · 9,419–9,977 ft Dusty / loose 9 Mile Loop Trail · 1.1 mi · 9,006–9,255 ft Dusty / loose Acequia Trail Dusty / loose Acequia Trail (227) · 1.1 mi · 7,119–7,513 ft Dusty / loose Acequia-Cienega Link · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Armijo Trail · 1.8 mi · 7,096–7,615 ft Dusty / loose Bear Canyon - Michael Emery Connector · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Bear Canyon Trail · 0.7 mi · 5,961–6,161 ft Dusty / loose Bill Spring Trail · 0.7 mi · 7,385–7,730 ft Dusty / loose Camino de la Sierra Trail · 0.2 mi Dusty / loose Canon Madera Route · 1.9 mi · 7,162–8,232 ft Dusty / loose Capulin Canyon Access Route · 0.2 mi · 8,681–8,816 ft Dusty / loose Capulin Canyon Trail · 0.3 mi · 8,596–8,747 ft Dusty / loose Capulin Peak Trail · 0.8 mi · 8,750–8,930 ft Dusty / loose Capulin Spring Trail · 0.4 mi · 8,743–8,816 ft Dusty / loose Capulin Trail · 0.7 mi · 8,875–9,085 ft Dusty / loose Challenge Link · 0.1 mi · 8,822–8,871 ft Dusty / loose Challenge Trail · 8.6 mi · 7,730–10,299 ft Dusty / loose Cienega Horse Bypass Trail (226) · 0.9 mi · 7,116–7,326 ft Dusty / loose Cienega Horse Bypass Trail (266) · 1 mi · 7,280–7,674 ft Dusty / loose Cienega Trail · 2.1 mi · 7,510–9,219 ft Dusty / loose Cliff Base · 0.6 mi · 8,356–8,514 ft Dusty / loose Cresta Trail (258) · 0.4 mi · 7,198–7,244 ft Dusty / loose Doc Long/Sulphur Link Trail (345) · 0.2 mi Dusty / loose Faulty Trail (195) · 6.3 mi · 7,480–7,864 ft Dusty / loose Foothills Trail (365) · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Golden Eagle · 4.8 mi · 8,711–10,276 ft Dusty / loose King of the Mountain · 7.9 mi · 8,704–10,220 ft Dusty / loose KOM-Golden Eagle Connector · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Las Huertas PG Trail · 0.9 mi · 7,536–7,871 ft Dusty / loose Las Huertas Trail · 0.4 mi · 8,983–9,065 ft Dusty / loose Madera Locura Trail (220) · 1.1 mi · 7,264–7,657 ft Dusty / loose Medallion Spur · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Michael Emery Trail · 1.4 mi · 5,948–6,309 ft Dusty / loose New Capulin Trail · 0.2 mi · 8,848–8,894 ft Dusty / loose North Faulty Link Trail · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose North Mystery Trail · 8.1 mi · 7,047–8,117 ft Dusty / loose Old Faulty Trail · 1.4 mi · 7,448–7,615 ft Dusty / loose Oso Corredor Trail · 2.7 mi · 7,851–8,609 ft Dusty / loose Overlook Loop · 0.4 mi · 8,819–8,888 ft Dusty / loose Palomas Peak Trail (66) · 1.6 mi · 8,041–8,661 ft Dusty / loose Pinedrop Trail (224) · 0.7 mi · 7,156–7,247 ft Dusty / loose Ridge Trail · 0.9 mi · 9,416–10,049 ft Dusty / loose Rover Access Trail North · 0.3 mi · 5,935–6,037 ft Dusty / loose Rover Access Trail South · 0.3 mi · 5,961–6,056 ft Dusty / loose Santa Fe Medallion Tree Trail · 0.1 mi Dusty / loose Sulphur Canyon Trail (281) · 0.4 mi · 7,402–7,621 ft Dusty / loose Tecolote Trail · 1.4 mi · 8,635–8,822 ft Dusty / loose That Way Trail (243) · 0.9 mi · 7,165–7,215 ft Dusty / loose This Way Trail (242) · 0.7 mi · 7,103–7,215 ft Dusty / loose Trail 100A · 0.6 mi · 7,497–8,012 ft Dusty / loose Tree Spring Trail · 2 mi · 8,474–9,439 ft Dusty / loose Un Poquito Trail (241) · 1.4 mi · 7,142–7,356 ft Dusty / loose Valle Trail (256) · 0.6 mi · 7,087–7,221 ft Dusty / loose Wagon Trail Dusty / loose Wagon Trail (228) · 1.1 mi · 7,254–7,398 ft Dusty / loose Wagon Trail Access · 0.1 mi · 7,274–7,333 ft Dusty / loose Double Eagle to King of the Mountain Connector · 0.2 mi · 10,056–10,207 ft Soft — ride gently Double Eagle Trail (23) · 0.6 mi · 9,948–10,056 ft Soft — ride gently Ellis Trail · 2.9 mi · 9,764–10,285 ft Soft — ride gently FR488 to XC Connector · 0.1 mi · 10,223–10,315 ft Soft — ride gently Kiwanis Meadow Trail · 0.2 mi · 10,331–10,394 ft Soft — ride gently Survey Switchback Link · 0.1 mi · 10,351–10,463 ft Soft — ride gently Upper Double Eagle Trail · 0.2 mi · 10,102–10,240 ft Soft — ride gently Albuquerque mountain biking FAQ What are the best mountain bike trails to ride near Albuquerque right now? Today the trails riding best near Albuquerque are Trail 230C, TRAIL 204A and Trail 230. 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 Albuquerque dry out? It depends on recent rain and each trail's soil. The 10-day outlook on this page shows how many Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque after rain? Right now 7 of 169 featured Albuquerque trails are reading soft or too muddy to ride. Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque? Albuquerque has 169 featured mountain bike trails tracked here for conditions, with more searchable on the live map.
How high are the Albuquerque trails? Albuquerque trails run from about 5,725–10,617 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 do the high trails near Albuquerque melt out? The high trails near Albuquerque have largely melted out for now. From late winter through spring this page tracks snow coverage and the estimated melt-out date for each high trail, so you can catch them the moment they open. See the melt-out outlook →
When is the best time to ride mountain bikes in Albuquerque? The best time to ride Albuquerque is February through November, when daytime highs are in the 48–88°F range and the trails are typically dry. January and December rides cold. 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.
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Jun 30, 2026 and refreshed every morning from public weather (Open-Meteo), terrain (OSM), and
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