Arizona Mountain Unicycle Weekend, Feb 13–15, 2009

Please click here to sign up (note, there is no longer any registration fee for the weekend since Saturday dinner is being provided by our club sponsor). If you haven't signed up by now, then you can still do so, but also contact us to let us know you are coming.

Events Schedule

Weekend overview map, click for a more detailed image. Weekend overview map, small

Friday, Feb 13

  • Arrival and unicycle basketball at 8:00 pm at Indian School Park, Indian School Rd & Hayden Rd, Scottsdale, AZ. Here's a map of the park vicinity, and a map of the park. Meet at the basketball courts.

Saturday, Feb 14

Saturday, South Mountain ride overview, click on image for detailed version. South Mountain overview map, small

The road to the top is shown in purple. We'll meet in the main parking lot at 8:30 am. The first ride will be from the Buena Vista parking lot on the loop shown in blue. People can feel free to turn around at any point they like. The trail is fairly moderate most of the time (but there are some difficult features). From the Buena Vista Parking lot, people can choose to ride along the trail shown in green which starts along National trail (shown in yellow) heading west and then turn right onto to Holbert trail. The top part of Holbert is fairly easy until you get to Dobbin's Lookout parking lot. Actually, the trail goes below Dobbin's Lookout, but there's a short trail up the hill from Holbert to Dobbin's Lookout. The main group will proceed to go all the way down Holbert back to the main parking lot where we will shuttle back up to Dobbin's Lookout for lunch and informal trials. After lunch, people can choose to ride down Holbert again. Others could choose to ride west along National for a more moderate, but awesome ride.

  • Morning muni ride at South Mountain. We'll meet in the main parking lot at 8:30 am which is located at the end of S. Central Ave in Phoenix. When you enter the park, take the first left after you pass the gate and then park in the first parking lot to the left again. I've indicated where this is on the map with the red X shown below. South Mountain main parking lot
  • We'll be shuttling to the Buena Vista parking lot at the top of South Mountain. From there, we ride east along National trail and ride back along Mormon Loop trail to meet up with National trail again and back to Buena Vista parking lot. Next people have the option of heading directly to Dobbin's Lookout parking lot (also top of Holbert trail) for lunch, or riding down Holbert trail once and shuttling back to the top of the mountain. Holbert trail is about 2 miles long with a 1000 foot drop. Here's an overview of the trails (from a hiking perspective): South Mountain Trail Guide.
  • Lunch (pack your own) and trials at the Holbert parking lot, top of South Mountain, around 1:00 pm. Due to the relatively small number of people who expressed interest in trials, there will be no formal trials competition this year. Instead, everybody is invited have fun making trials lines on the natural rock features where we'll be having lunch.
  • 2:30 pm, Optional second ride down Holbert (yes, this trail is that good!).
  • Approximately three hour break before dinner.
  • 7:30 pm dinner at Thom's house (club member and sole sponsor). Although we mentioned a $20 registration fee on the sign-up form, there will be no fee collected since dinner generously is being provided by our event and club sponsor AutoShoppingService.com. Here's the details for Thom's place:
    Thom's contact info image
    Driving Directions:
    51 North to 101, East
    Exit Tatum Blvd
    Left Tatum Blvd. North
    Left Deer Valley Road
    Right 40th Street
    Left Cashman Way
    Right Tracker Trail
    Tracker Turns into 38th Place
    We suggest you use Google Maps to find it exactly.

Sunday, Feb 15

  • Meet on Olive, in front of park entrance at 9:00 am. Three ride options: green: Mesquite canyon up and down (6.8 mi), blue: Mesquite canyon to Willow (6.8 mi), double black: Mesquite Canyon to Goat Camp (10.3 mi). There might be a $6 per car fee, so we'll meet just in front of the little guard-house at the park entrance at the end of Olive Ave / White Tank Mountain Rd.
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  • Here's a map of the park: White Tank Mountain Park, and here's a topo: White Tank Topo

Monday, Feb 16 (bonus day)

  • Visitor's choice: For those with President's Day off, Chris LaBonte will be leading the group for even more muni riding on some other great trails at South Mountain ( topo) or possibly in the Phoenix Mountains ( topo) depending on the interests of those remaining.

Accommodations

There are lots of accommodation options in the Phoenix area. If you are really into camping, then camping in the White Tank Mountain Regional Park is an option. If you want to crash at somebody's place, then contact one of the organizers and we'll ask around.