Mc Dowell Mountain Preserve



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Name:Mc Dowell Mountain Preserve
Details: Mc Dowell Park is located northeast of Phoenix, at the end of the sprawling city. Thus it takes about an hour of driving from the downtown to get there, a fast that I did not think of when I went. Another deterrent is $5 entrance fee. There is about 45 miles of trails, mostly pretty smooth and fast singletrack (most of it is actually pretty wide, about 1 m - USFS standard trail size). A positive is pretty scenic desert, with a lot of cacti and other bushes. I rode first most of the trails in the main park in a double O loop fashion, that was about 25 miles, and probably preferred way. Closer to the park entrance entrance is competitive track area, which consists of three loops, long, short and techical. I was pretty tired from hammering the previous 25 miles, so, I just rode the 7 miles long loop. The short and technical are supposed to be 3 miles each.
Trip Length: 34.92 miles
Total Trip Time:3:20
Total Climbing: 3097 feet
Total Descending: 3331 feet
Average Speed: 10.56 mph
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