Sugarite Canyon State Park in the Norte de Nuevo MayHeeCoe is the place. Only about 10 minutes east of I-25 at Raton - worth a stop to ride this sweetness. Check in at the entrance to get a map since you could ride for hours and could actually get really lost if you head out onto some of the backcountry trails - which are all (well almost all) open to bikes. There are a couple of close-in loops that will keep you busy for a couple of hours while still keeping you close to your beer cooler. It's a good mix of roots, rock (not much reggae) and there's even an awesome lake to take a swim in (a rare thing in this state). While I was there a few weeks ago, I ran into two riders from Raton and they were actually surprised to see somebody on "their" trails - they told me that they rarely see another mountain bike out there. That
right there makes it worth checking out. Another trail encounter was a big black bear - even though I would have rather run into a big black BEER, it was cool except he watched me for a good 5
minutes through the bushes only about 20 feet away. The picture below that looks like a bunch of bushes is actually a bear peering through the branches - zoom in on it and you can see fuzzy wuzzy right in the middle of the pic.
