Just some thoughts and experiences from a mountain bike endurance racer who likes to ride and race his single speed mountain bike a long long way on remote single track in the mountains and desert.

Shawns ride maps & gps files

Below are some links to Shawn's Garmin Connect page with 

  maps and gps file downloads

You can download and use this FREE software to bisect these routes and also piece them together with other routes and upload it on your GPS if you don’t want to do the full length rides or alternate them in some way.  Great software for planning a ride!  Once you see how useful it is you may want to upgrade to the professional version for a nominal fee.

Arizona

Black Canyon City
Black Canyon Trail BCT, Singlespeed one day, N of Hwy 69 to Carefree Hwy 74
Black Canyon Trail BCT: in-n-out from New River Rd north to Black Canyon City
Black Canyon Trail BCT, in-n-out north of Black Canyon City Trailhead

Phoenix
McDowell 60 (Actually 45 ths year) AES race course, 2011 
2010 AES McDowell 60 Race Route
McDowell MBAA race 2012, Compeditive outer loop
Wingate pass - Bell pass - Sunrise pass - Wingate pass
2012 Fat Tire 40 race route
Fountain Hills to Cave Creek Arizona
Red Mountain Hawes loop and twisted sister trail to Usery Mountain loop
Flight of the Pigs 2011 route
Estrellia Mountain bike park MBAA race 2011
McDowell Scottsdale loop: Sunrise, Wingate pass loop

Sedona
2012 Sedona Big Friggin Loop Race Route
2011 Sedona (Not so big) Friggin Loop Race Route
2010 Sedona Big Friggin Loop Race Route

Tucson
2012, 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo

 

Colorado

Bailey
Bailey Hundo race route, Singlespeed 2011

Breckenridge
Breckenridge 100 race, Singlespeed 2011
Firecracker 50 race singlespeed, 2010


Cortez

Phil's World everything: Lemon Head - Ledges - Stinky - Ribcage - 2more - Trust - Hippy
Sand Canyon Loop: Sand Canyon - East Rock - West Rock
12 Hours of Mesa Verde race 2010, Singlespeed
Mesa Verde Road Ride

Crested Butte
CB Doctor's Park Loop 
Snodgrass and Lupine loop from CB
Strand Hill from CB
Deer Creek Loop from CB 
Reno - Flag - Bear -  Deadmans loop

Dolores
Boggy Draw Expert Race Loop
Bear Creek Loop: Hillside - Grindstone - Bear Creek
Stoner Mesa Loop
Death ride in a day on a Road bike, Colorado San Juan Skyway loop by bike
Taylor - Priest Gulch - Calico loop
Dolores - Mancos - Cortez triangle road bike ride

Durango
CT Classic Mountain Bike Race, Colorado Trail Molas pass to Durango

Gunnison
24 Hours in the Sage race, Single Speed Solo

Rico
Scotch Creek- Colorado Trail - Salt loop
Barlow - Colorado Trail - Scotch Cr
Rico - Dunton Road - Winter - West Fall - Calico - Horse Gulch
Barlow - Colorado Trail - Circle loop 
Barlow - Colorado Trail Blackhawk - Scotch loop

Salida
Vapor Trail 125 Mountain Bike Race, Singlespeed 2010

Silverton
Molas pass Colorado Trail to East Fork to Lisard Head

Telluride
Telluride Favorite Ride, Mountain Village - Village - Prospect - Alta - T35 - Goose - Meadows - Jurassic
Telluride Loop (no Jedi) Starting from Alta turn
Telluride Wilson Mesa - locals 
Telluride, Secret trail

Telluride: in-n-out Galloping Goose Ames - Sunshine
Telluride Deep Creek - Eider creek trail

Telluride Deep creek loop - river valley trail
Telluride Blackbear - Wasatch - Bearcreek
Telluride: Gondola - See forever - Wasatch - Bear

 

New Mexico

Gallup
Dawn Till Dusk 12 hour race, Gallup NM 2010

 

Utah

Moab
Kokopelli Trail Mountain Bike Race (Fruita to Moab), Singlespeed
White Rim in a day WRIAD on a singlespeed
White Rim in a Day WRIAD on Fatbikes
Moab-Sovereign - Babysteps - Megasteps - EKG - Otherstuff
Gemini Rd - Mag 7 - viewpoint then back to Gemini Rd - Bar stuff with deadmans
Mag 7 Loop: Hwy 191 - Mag 7 trails - Blue dot - Portal - Bike Path, Moab Utah
Flat Pass - Behind the rocks road - Hunter canyon - Kane creek
24 Hours of Moab, Single speed solo, 2010
Solvern Trail, Moab UT