Category: Foothills

Trail V (Vela (Candle)), a member of The Smoking Section collection, runs from an offshot of Trail LLL (Larry’s Lacerated Leg) where it passes under the electrical tower and down to Trail TTT (Toro Toro Toro (Bull Bull Bull). Singletrack all the way, goat-trail tread at the start, turning into a narrow water-cut rut at the bottom. Poor exit/entry onto TTT. If you like twisty, vegetation-shrouded, barely-there singletrack with ruts, some drops, and occasionally vanishing tread, you’ll love this trail and all the other trails that make up The Smoking Section collection.

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Trail UHAR (Upper Huayapam Access Road) is a dirt road, probably built for fire access to the forested mountains north of Huayapam, Donaji, and San Felipe del Agua. Very steep and prone to rutting during/after the rainy season. Signs at the top are from the community of San Pablo Etla so there is probably access over to San Pablo Etla via this road. One hell of a long, steep grind up. One hell of a brake roaster down.

Trail TTT (Toro Toro Toro (Bull Bull Bull)) is the main, off-road arterial for the MTB trails north of Oaxaca de Juarez (i.e. San Felipe del Agua). Referred to by locals as a segment of Las Carnivoras (The Carnivorous). This jeep trail / doubletrack has a wide, contour-following east section; a steep, rutted middle section, and a wide, gently climbing west end.

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Trail TPR (Teléfono Polo Calle (Telephone Pole Road)) is mostly a dirt road. Its main value is in providing passage between the western items (e.g. San Felipe del Agua area trails) and Huayapam area items. Trail TPR follows obvious dirt roads (e.g. Las Palmas) but there is a hike-a-bike creek crossing on the western end of the route. Note that the west end connects with the east end of the LNR ((Libramiento Norte Road) ).

Trail T (Tostadora (Toaster)), a member of The Smoking Section collection, is a narrow singletrack that runs down a ridge twisting through the scrub oak and acacia bushes. The upper section, accessible from Trail HFR (High Flyer Ridge) has a well-worn tread and is in the taller, older scrub oak and wide-leaf trees. After a short traverse off of Trail HFR it dives down a ridge line through some short, twisty turns. It turns into a doubletrack tread right before its junction with Trail ML (Mechero Lado (Side Burner)). At this trail junction, cross Trail ML continuing straight downhill (south) through an opening in the vegetation straight across from where Trail T came into the trail junction. From this point, the tread is more prone to being hidden by vegetative growth but generally follows the fallline winding only as needed to avoid bushes. At the bottom, the trail falls to the east side of the ridge and exits onto Trail TTT (Toro Toro Toro (Bull Bull Bull)) along with the west-side ravine. Paths near the bottom that go right (west) tend to be rutted and covered by low vegetation. Thus, at the bottom as social paths abound, generally it is best to go left instead of right when given a choice.