4 Prescott Monstercross

When:
At 8:00am on Saturday, April 21, 2012

Where:
Meet outside of Prescott at the Costco parking lot on State Route 69. The route will be 60.5 miles with around 8,800 feet of climbing. Here is a rough view of the route (that is mostly singletrack), click here to see the map.

Here is map and profile of the 2011 course (2012 is very similar, but with two new singletrack sections):

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GPX file:

Updated for 2012 to include 2 new sections of singletrack!

http://topofusion.com/GPX/AES/PMC/PMC_2012_v1.gpx

This route/race was made possible by Dan and Dave. Picture taken by Scott Morris at the 2007 Prescott Monstercross. If you plan on attending, please make a comment below with your name. This free ride/race is limited to the first 50 people that sign up.

Prescott Monstercross Cue Sheet

Cue Sheet Caution: Please be warned that you also need to use tire tracks and common sense to complete this loop. A GPS is highly recommended for this course, although not mandatory.

Go up highway 69, then right on Prescott Lakes Parkway just after ”In & Out.” Go down to bottom of hill turn right on Sundog Ranch road.

At the parking area for the Peavine trail on turn left into parking area. Go across parking area and take the Peavine trail to the right about 3/4 mile along the lake.  Take the Lakeshore Trail which angles slightly off to the left almost parallel to the Peavine.   Stay on the main trail for about two miles.  There are lots of short side trails that you should avoid.  Usually there is a sign or white dots to guide you to the main trail.

Toward the end of Lakeshore, after a difficult technical climb, watch out for the Over the Hill Trail on the left. Take this trail down to Boulder Creek.  Hop the Creek.  Continue on trail up and over rocks to Granite Creek below the Dam (follow the white dots).  Once you hit the grass turn left and find catwalk bridge across the creek.  Once across the bridge, look for the unsigned High Trail on the left within 100 feet and hike a bike up it.  Continue West 1/2-1 mile until this trail ends at Granite Dells road.  Turn Left on Granite Dells road, take it to HWY 89

Turn right on HWY 89 (busy and fast)  Go 200 feet and turn left on Twisted Trail Road at an open gate.  Take this road down and around, staying right until it ends at a gate.  Go around the gate and continue to Boulder Creek Lane.  Turn Left.  Stay straight on Boulder Creek until it dead ends at a cul-de-sac.  Go through gate and head into Willow Dells.

Everything in the Dells is left turns.  Turn Left at first available trail and take it up over a slickrock climb.  At the trail just after the climb, turn left.  Take this around a mile, initially going East, and circling around the Dells until you are heading West, stay on the main trail and avoid any side trails until you hit another large slickrock area.  Follow white dots across slickrock and turn left at the trail they lead to.  Take this trail up and out of the Willow Dells area going West.  It will end at a parking area.  Continue straight across the lot to find the Willow Lake trail.  Take this trail 1.5 miles until you see a tunnel on your Right.  Go through tunnel and under Willow Creek Rd.

Follow to double track turn, left on double track. Continue behind ball field you do a quick right on dirt road then left on single track follow till it ends at 4 way stop. Go across the road into Pioneer Park. Look for trail on left, go up trail to singletrack on right take single track till it ends at double track. Turn, go up hill on double track take this trail straight up hill, you will be looking directly at Granite Mountain heading West. Dirt road ends at parking lot on Pioneer Parkway.

Stay on left side of road go up then down road to Williamson Valley rd.left on Williamson Valley Rd about 1 mile turn right on Dineh St. Take first left at stop sign then first right on Katahn, go to end of street. There is a dirt parking area and the start of real trails. Climb up #347 then right on #341 take this until you see gate on right. Take #347 follow down till left on #348 follow PAST gate on left turns into #352. Bomb downhill to Mint Wash trail #345 go left up to lake just before rest room left turn on #351.

At the first right go across road and continue on #351 to #349 go left. Take #349 across a paved road all the way till it ends at #346.  Go right up hill till #332 on right climb to top go through gate down to street. (Note: This section is different in the GPX file. On the GPX, you turn right on the street from 349 and reconnect with route at #332. Doing this misses a small amount of singletrack and climbing).

Cross street and go through gate. Continue on #332 until Iron Springs Road, cross road and take #332, which turns into old railbed. Continue maybe 1-1 1/2 miles look for #332 single track on right this trail will take you to thumb butte. Cross road take right turn on single track #392 to #322 to jeep road #51 turn left follow this to Camp Pearlstein. Go straight to trail #393 to Copper Basin road go straight across road to new single track section. Follow turns into #48 then turns into double track # 9401. Stay left and follow to east DO NOT TURN RIGHT with all the other bike tracks. That is the Whiskey course. Go to left up the double track stay right on #9415. You should be at quartz point; follow the furthest right double track down hill to White Spar Road turn right on road go about 1/2 mile to White Spar camp ground left into camp ground look for trail head. This is the best place to refill water, fresh water next to restroom closest to trail head. Take trail #396 all the way until it ends at Senator Hwy.

Go south/up Senator Hwy to Spruce Road, turn Left. Climb to Smith Ravine Trail #297, turn left down #297. Take #297 to the bottom, cross road to #305, down #305 back to Walker road, turn left to Costco.

Use the comment section below to ask questions or make a comment about this race.  This ride is limited to 74 participants.