The Best Mountain Biking Trails in Placitas

Even though the Placitas trail system is known as a beginner-friendly mountain biking hot spot, this 6-mile lollipop loop combines the easiest of the easy trails in the network for the perfect beginner ride! While these trails are easy and non-technical, that doesn't mean they're not fun! The flow factor is absolutely *dialed* on this route right from the trailhead, with Down & Out providing a swoopy entrance into the trail system and Ewok ratcheting up the flow factor as it twists down a hillside....

When people refer to the "Placitas" trails, they're almost always talking about the trail system located directly off Highway 165, which has a perpetually crowded parking lot. But for a much more remote and isolated ride, you can also drive north through the sprawling mansions and reach *another* Placitas trail system on BLM land....

When people refer to the "Placitas" trails, they're almost always talking about the trail system located directly off Highway 165, which has a perpetually crowded parking lot. But for a much more remote and isolated ride, you can also drive north through the sprawling mansions and reach *another* Placitas trail system on BLM land....

The Placitas Trail System is well-known in the Albuquerque area as one of the first trail networks to dry out after a heavy rain or winter snow. The low elevation of the Bernalillo area coupled with the aspect of this network, which receives a ton of sun, results in fast-drying trails....