I am interested also. Tim

 

this looks like a lot of fun, when are you wanting to go?

 

I've done parts of it starting in Yuma. The trails and roads there are on the difficult side with large embedded rock and some very narrow wash areas, along with slower, rock crawling type stuff. The washes are very rutted and rough as well. It's challenging and rough on the car but doable. No communications cellular-wise in most places. There were spots where GPS coverage was not good either. It's remote. There is some cool scenery and old mines, even an "oasis" which was interesting too. If I were to do the trail again I would be starting further north like Quartzsite or Parker.

 

From what we have seen and heard for every tough/rough section they also have a go around so you can stay on the pipeline/powerline routes

We just did the Good, Bad & Ugly section by Quartzsite. Definitely a lot different from March when we did it 3 times..
The flash floods this summer, they had to rebuild parts of it.

We didn't get any pictures through the technical part. LBR had to keep track of the right side rocks that were moving below is
The narrower Honda Pioneer behind us could fit between some of rocks where We had to go up on a few of them.

We have also been from Quartzsite north to Planet Ranch. Most of that section is FS roads fast paced.

I heard the only 3 technical spots is by Kingman, Cibola/Yuma and Quartzsite all have bypass routes

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I have most if not all the trail in GPS format.

Tim

 

Our friend in the Pioneer had the whole trail on Avenza, however it showed the Good Bad Ugly, but not a blue line. We just knew where it was. The route shown was the powerline road all the way to Cibola.

We will be taking the GB&U at least 3 or 4 more times in Feb..

Probably on those trips we will go through the technical/rough stuff then turnaround and come back through again..same trail different look


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It can’t be that rough if a pioneer made it just fine lol


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Sometimes narrower is better..




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Sounds like an adventure. Keep me updated please.

 

While the organizers and volunteers who care for the trail and update information regularly do a great job, with all the rains many of the trails on the south end of Yuma have become difficult. Large washouts in key places make some of the bypass trails inaccessible. Other areas are very slow going because the roads have suffered due to weather. Last time I was out near Red Cloud Mine, the road that was in decent shape 3 months prior was a teeth-chattering slow going mess. I made it to Ehrenberg but the only trail that was still in good shape was the one that paralleled the Colorado River. I have not started from Cibola in a year or so but I imagine those roads aren't in the best of shape either. A few friends have done some riding from Quartzite and they report the roads to be in decent shape but worse than last year. I don't mind going slow in technical stuff but after hours of it, my patience and body had enough. I'll be looking to do the northern areas this winter before it starts warming up. Maybe starting in Parker. If we decide on a group ride, I'm in.

 

Love the slow technical areas.. weeds out the go fast peeps.. that should take the bypass on the powerline roads..
More beer stops on the technical route..


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Pm me your email. I am Glamis now so it wont happen now.

If I dont do it in a couple days message me. Tim

 

They are available free for download here:
https://arizonapeacetrail.org/resources/gpx-kml_files/
They are set up for Google Earth but can be manipulated to work in other formats for other applications.

 

Great info! TIm