Casner Mnt Trail to Sedona?

[mathieu]

Hi all! This spring I will ride Route 66 with detours on dirt roads in neighbouring parks. One is from Williams to Sedona. Because in the Red Rock Wilderness bikes are forbidden, the most direct road seems the Casner Mnt Trail, a 4-wheel drive. From YouTube parts of this trail seem very stony. Has anyone descended it? I am on a loaded MTB; walking the bike for half a mile is no problem. 

[AZTtripper]

Hi

Yes Casner from Flag to Sedona has been done it's one of the AES rides http://rockyroad5050.wordpress.com/

I don't see it posted as a current ride. But I know they have done it in the past.

It's Arizona so yes it will be rocky.

Sounds like a cool trip.

Tim

[schillingsworth]

I did the AES Casner ride back in '11, here's my recap of the route if you're interested:

http://schillingsworth.blogspot.com/2011/06/aes-casner-mtn.html

By AZ standards I don't think that route is all that rough, sure there were a few short chunky bits, but if you're cool with 1/2 mile HAB's, then there should be no concern. I don't think any of my HAB's were more than a hundred yards or so.

[mathieu]

Thanks for the nice story. The good news is that the baby heads aren't as bad as I feared and there is a local brewery waiting downhill. The bad news, there is a lot more uphill than I imagined, 4300 ft! I hope next May sky will be as blue as in your pics.

[mathieu]

John Schilling, thanks again for the info. I did Casner yesterday. My HAB added up to a lot more than 0.5 mi, but then my bike was loaded with 30 kg and very rear-heavy. I found it very rewarding.

[schillingsworth]

You're welcome and glad you enjoyed it.