UPDATE: 2023 The park now has a new flow trail, jumpline and dual slamon course, all machine built. And one more important thing we forgot to mention in the video is that the park is Closed Mondays (except some Holidays) and Tuesdays in 2022. We are planning another trip up to Sunrise Bike Park soon, maybe on July 24th, 2022. Another thing is they are adding a small jump line thing that is about half done as of mid August. They have gotten a ton of rain up there this summer so it has delayed the building.
Heh, "Trail*Monster!" I enjoyed becoming acquainted with you and your channel. I was attached to Luke AFB in the '60s, although I worked and lived 'remotely'. My team and I set up a Radar Site in Holbrook AZ. We provided 'scoring' and ''practice bombing runs'' for the B-52s (NO physical bombs. all electronic signals). "Pre-Sunrise Park", I hooked up with a beta-test team, judging snow conditions in the White Mountains ( a J-bar and rope-tow.) Our efforts contributed to the decision to move fwd with creating "Sunrise Park". A pretty fun team, representing the Apache Nation, creating a fun side gig, as well! I returned to my home state of WA, where I learned down-hill-skiing, many years prior to my Active*Duty. Now, at 76 yrs of age, I am yearning to return to the Sun*Valley And, the White*Mountains! Blessings*SharonZ Puyallup WA 😊 ps. Puyallup is a residential community that adopted the Tribal*Name to honor their Nation. This is where I was born and raised.
That was some awesome info, thank you for sharing, I didn't see this comment until today, I think my comment section is messed up or I just happen to miss it.
Riding the cable car was awesome, but the downhill was amazing my brother. The trail was nice looks so steep and long. Its very extreme and full of adventure bro, keep safe always.
Nice to see you on the trail brother. If you ever hit a bad @$$ bike park of the caliber of Angel Fire Bike Park let me know. I'll sleep on the floor brother just to tag along and shred with the trail 👹❗
I was there a few weeks ago and they have installed foam on the lift chairs to protect the bikes. They must be watching :-). Had a great time up there and I loved the techy trails. I agree that they need to improve the signage. Took me quite a while to get it down.
Put some protective stickers in that area on your bike. Its Beautiful Up There. My Younger Sister Lives up in that Area and i go up in that area every year. I might be going up again in August.
We are planning to do another ride up there in mid/late August as well. I used to have a cheap ride ride wrap on my bike but it got all tore up so I took it off. I seen another rider up there that had his bike ride wrap destroyed in that same spot from rubbing on the chair lift chair but at least his paint was mostly protected.
Fantastic video Trail Monster. We are camped here in the area now and it's opening weekend in a few days and hoping to hit the trails. There is still snow at the top of the mountain so should ad some excitement- Kyle
i found this video the day after i rode sunrise bike resort. i must admit i was disappointed after the first couple runs down the mountain. i was expecting jumps and berms and … after i got to know the trails a little better i started enjoying it. it is cheap and very technical… but worth it.
It's actually why I made this video, to help inform riders kind of what to expect, or not expect when going to this park. The riders in Tucson and Phoenix are used to this type of riding so it's fun having the lift but it would still be nice to have a few jump lines and berms etc.
@@Cannavis Nice, we rode Lone Cactus this morning. I used to ride ATV's and dirt bikes quite a bit, we still have two of our older ATV's but haven't rode in several years now...and I did around 10 jumps at Skydive Arizona out in Eloy a couple years ago. My Cat B landing on the L Z is on my channel here somewhere 😎...it wasn't the best but I blame the shoes ha ha.
@TrailMonster. Loved you video. Helpful information. Question--do you know if they allow ebikes? In our group there are 2 riders that have them. I can't find any information about them. I do know they'll have to be ok with lifting the heavy bike onto the lift. Thank you.
oe what if i live in mexico is it necessary to buy medical insurance? because medical care in the states is stupid expensive, it's better live me dying on the trail expensive.
Nando's jump line or the Slalom course is the only ones I know that have table tops but they having new stuff every year so hopefully they'll put in some new stuff soon as well.
Oh you could do it on a hardtail but you probably wouldn't enjoy it, or at least like you would on a full suspension. Sunrise doesn't really have true green trails. Their Greens are definitely more like Blues, everything in the park is basically an intermediate or higher trail. I highly recommend a full suspension (even an Enduro type setup if possible, 160+ travel in front and rear) They rent a new fleet of Specialized bikes there now. I've had my two hardest crashes up there on "Green trails"...I recommend taking every trail extremely slow at first, like Seriously Slow the first couple laps. Hope you have a good time if you end up going, just please be safe.
That is so true, it's nice to get out of the heat of Southern Arizona, and be up in that cooler elevation. We are heading back up to the park this weekend, looks like it might rain quite a bit though.
Dude this really was the best video on TH-cam for sunrise park. Thanks Neal. Much appreciated 🤘🤘🤘
Thanks Dawg, I appreciate that, we going back up again in about two weeks and then again in mid/late August.
UPDATE: 2023 The park now has a new flow trail, jumpline and dual slamon course, all machine built.
And one more important thing we forgot to mention in the video is that the park is Closed Mondays (except some Holidays) and Tuesdays in 2022.
We are planning another trip up to Sunrise Bike Park soon, maybe on July 24th, 2022.
Another thing is they are adding a small jump line thing that is about half done as of mid August. They have gotten a ton of rain up there this summer so it has delayed the building.
Heh, "Trail*Monster!"
I enjoyed becoming acquainted with you and your channel.
I was attached to Luke AFB in the '60s, although I worked and lived 'remotely'.
My team and I set up a Radar Site in Holbrook AZ.
We provided 'scoring' and ''practice bombing runs'' for the B-52s (NO physical bombs. all electronic signals).
"Pre-Sunrise Park", I hooked up with a beta-test team, judging snow conditions in the White Mountains ( a J-bar and rope-tow.)
Our efforts contributed to the decision to move fwd with creating "Sunrise Park".
A pretty fun team, representing the Apache Nation, creating a fun side gig, as well!
I returned to my home state of WA, where I learned down-hill-skiing, many years prior to my Active*Duty.
Now, at 76 yrs of age, I am yearning to return to the Sun*Valley And, the White*Mountains!
Blessings*SharonZ Puyallup WA 😊
ps. Puyallup is a residential community that adopted the Tribal*Name to honor their Nation.
This is where I was born and raised.
That was some awesome info, thank you for sharing, I didn't see this comment until today, I think my comment section is messed up or I just happen to miss it.
Looks like a good day out Neal, nice long drive but well worth it. I’m impressed by your back flip too mate. Great vid 👊
A bit of a drive but it's the closest park there is to Tucson...we are going there again in a few weeks.
Wow looks awesome. Thanks for the video. I'm still riding the horse trails next to the Loop in Tucson.
Well any day out on any trail in the desert is a good day for me 😀
Thank you for your service
Outstanding review brother 🤘🏻 hoping to make it out there for the first time this season.. subbed💪🏻
Thanks for this. Good to see what I’m getting into before I go.
I'm it may have helped some...hope you enjoy the park.
Nice job dude! Can't wait to hit the park with you again.
Thanks brother, I am looking forward to the park visit soon. Hopefully the trails are not quite as dry on the next trip.
Great video buddy 🤩🤘🔥
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Nice vid. I plan on heading up there sometime this summer, so I found this rather informative.
I'm glad you liked it, thanks for watching.
Great informative video! Thank you!
Riding the cable car was awesome, but the downhill was amazing my brother. The trail was nice looks so steep and long. Its very extreme and full of adventure bro, keep safe always.
We are heading back to the park this weekend to have fun and shoot more video with other content creators.
Enjoy the weekend bro
Nice to see you on the trail brother. If you ever hit a bad @$$ bike park of the caliber of Angel Fire Bike Park let me know. I'll sleep on the floor brother just to tag along and shred with the trail 👹❗
I'll be sure to let you know...the next time we go up to Sunrise we are just sleeping in some tents I think ha ha
I was there a few weeks ago and they have installed foam on the lift chairs to protect the bikes. They must be watching :-). Had a great time up there and I loved the techy trails. I agree that they need to improve the signage. Took me quite a while to get it down.
We are going back to the park in couple weeks, it would be interesting to see if they installed the foam protectors because of my video lol.
I dove into the comments looking for just this info. Thanks!
Put some protective stickers in that area on your bike. Its Beautiful Up There. My Younger Sister Lives up in that Area and i go up in that area every year. I might be going up again in August.
We are planning to do another ride up there in mid/late August as well. I used to have a cheap ride ride wrap on my bike but it got all tore up so I took it off. I seen another rider up there that had his bike ride wrap destroyed in that same spot from rubbing on the chair lift chair but at least his paint was mostly protected.
Fantastic video Trail Monster. We are camped here in the area now and it's opening weekend in a few days and hoping to hit the trails. There is still snow at the top of the mountain so should ad some excitement- Kyle
I hope you had a good day of riding.
i found this video the day after i rode sunrise bike resort. i must admit i was disappointed after the first couple runs down the mountain. i was expecting jumps and berms and … after i got to know the trails a little better i started enjoying it. it is cheap and very technical… but worth it.
It's actually why I made this video, to help inform riders kind of what to expect, or not expect when going to this park. The riders in Tucson and Phoenix are used to this type of riding so it's fun having the lift but it would still be nice to have a few jump lines and berms etc.
That was a really awesome video, it was very informative, thank you for posting it. I am going to be watching more of your videos for sure.
Thank you very much.
Great info!
This is great. Thank you. Is one day enough to ride each trail several times and get the full Sunrise experience?
dope vid!! lets shred in tucson!!!
Thanks my man, we are up on Mt. Lemmon quite often, met so many cool people/riders up on the mountain.
Btw you're nice on the skydives my guy 😎
@@trailmonster thx man we (my wife and I) ride motorcycles, mountain bikes and skydive. We frequent fantasy island as we are really close
@@Cannavis Nice, we rode Lone Cactus this morning. I used to ride ATV's and dirt bikes quite a bit, we still have two of our older ATV's but haven't rode in several years now...and I did around 10 jumps at Skydive Arizona out in Eloy a couple years ago. My Cat B landing on the L Z is on my channel here somewhere 😎...it wasn't the best but I blame the shoes ha ha.
@@trailmonster we will ride with you, ill also jump with you!
Nice, I feel as though you can do most if not all of these trails on a hardtail. You don’t need an enduro.
@TrailMonster. Loved you video. Helpful information. Question--do you know if they allow ebikes? In our group there are 2 riders that have them. I can't find any information about them. I do know they'll have to be ok with lifting the heavy bike onto the lift. Thank you.
That is a very good question, I will have to ask them and update it in my next video...I will try and find out and let you know as soon as I can.
Do you need a lift pass of some sorts to ride up the service road?
They have a jump line and slalom run now.
Where are the videos for that stuff? The park needs to be up to par with surrounding bike parks.
oe what if i live in mexico is it necessary to buy medical insurance? because medical care in the states is stupid expensive, it's better live me dying on the trail expensive.
whats the best trail with flowy like tabletop jumps would you say?
Nando's jump line or the Slalom course is the only ones I know that have table tops but they having new stuff every year so hopefully they'll put in some new stuff soon as well.
Would I be able to do the green runs on a hard tail? Or should I rent a full suspension?
Oh you could do it on a hardtail but you probably wouldn't enjoy it, or at least like you would on a full suspension. Sunrise doesn't really have true green trails. Their Greens are definitely more like Blues, everything in the park is basically an intermediate or higher trail.
I highly recommend a full suspension (even an Enduro type setup if possible, 160+ travel in front and rear) They rent a new fleet of Specialized bikes there now.
I've had my two hardest crashes up there on "Green trails"...I recommend taking every trail extremely slow at first, like Seriously Slow the first couple laps. Hope you have a good time if you end up going, just please be safe.
Is it worth the 4hr drive??
I think so but I enjoy riding chunky tech...you really do have to enjoy chunky hard tech to have fun at this park.
I want to go here
Hey can you email me at trailmonsters@hotmail.com about podcast.
@@trailmonster sure can my man
I emailed you did you get my message. Is it Trailmomsters with an s?
Dony forget the weather 🌲☁️🚵♂️🚵♀️🧗♂️🧗🥏🎣🎯🐻🦃🦅🦌 🐎 🌥🌤☀️⛈
That is so true, it's nice to get out of the heat of Southern Arizona, and be up in that cooler elevation. We are heading back up to the park this weekend, looks like it might rain quite a bit though.