Delberts

Total Miles
4.1

Elevation

2,213.09 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

5

Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Winter

Trail Overview

Delberts is a challenging single track in the Manzanita Mountain Trail System near Albuquerque, New Mexico that has lots of rock ledges, roots, and shelfy sections of trail. This trail is slightly harder than some of the surrounding trails because it has a bit of exposure as it rides around the rim of a mountainside and it has bigger obstacles. It starts on the east end very tight in the trees on a rocky trail. It isn't as tight in the trees after the intersection with Chamisoso, but continues to have lots of several-foot-high rock ledges. There is one really big one which is a slanted boulder face on the edge of the hillside that is much harder to get up because it's slanted sideways. The west end gets more shelfy again and exposed. The forest gets denser again on the west end as well and is like a tree tunnel at times, and goes past a cool stone wall. The trail only gains and loses 500 feet of elevation over 4.4 miles, so it's mostly flat along the rim of the mesa, but does have some steeper climbs and descents at times.

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Delberts
Delberts

Difficulty

This is an intermediate desert single track with more challenging rock ledge obstacles and lots of sections of shelfy narrow trail with a bit of exposure.

Technical Rating

5

Access Description

The Manzanita Mountain Trail System is a very well-maintained multi-use area popular for hiking, horses, mountain biking, and dirt bikes. There are 40+ trails ranging from a mile to 5 miles long of varying difficulties between easy and advanced in a Chihuahuan desert terrain in the Cibola National Forest. There's enough trails for 2-3 days of riding, and is best in fall and spring when it's not too hot. Be aware of oncoming traffic since there are lots of tight turns and it can be busy. There are several staging areas from the north off of Chamiso Canyon Road, as well as the Tunnel and Pine Flat Trailheads along State Road 337, and from the south at the Oak Flat Trailhead.

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