the mama trail

Flagstaff Biking Organization is urging all of Flagstaff’s cyclists to comment on the Walnut Canyon Study. This study, in part, is to determine the suitability of the Walnut Canyon area for expansion of the Walnut Canyon National Monument. Expansion of the Monument would be problematic at best for mountain biking on the Arizona Trail, Flagstaff Loop Trail and the Campbell Mesa Trails. Please use the information below to let decision makers know that mountain biking on Campbell Mesa, Walnut Canyon Rim, Fisher Point, Arizona Trail and Flagstaff Loop Trail is important to you! Please see Flagstaff Biking Organization’s formal comments to the consultant.

Keeping mountain biking as an option on Campbell Mesa, Walnut Canyon Rim, Fisher Point, Arizona Trail and Flagstaff Loop Trail is vital to the Flagstaff community. That system of trails is the only trail access in that area, and provides a unique trail system that can not be found in the rest of Flagstaff. Closing it to bikes effectively removes the mountain bike community from having any vested interest in maintaining the trails, or cooperating with officials in charge of the Walnut Canyon area. The mountain bike community should be credited with much of the construction of the trails in that area (notably: Campbell Mesa and Flagstaff Loop Trail), so removing mountain bikes from access to those trails is particularly ironic.

The mountain biking community as a whole is a very respectful group, driven with environmentally conscious ideas. We want the same things as hikers, equestrians, runners, and other trail users: access to the beauty in and around the place we call home.