You need a state land permit to ride on state land. This includes Fantasy Island, Rail X, the 24 Hour course and the Bobby trails at Oracle Junction. For information on obtaining a state lands permit and why you should have one click HERE.

IMBA Rules of the Trail
1. Ride On Open Trails Only.
2. Leave No Trace.
3. Control Your Bicycle!
4. Always Yield Trail.
5. Never Scare Animals.
6. Plan Ahead.

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State Land Permit
If you ride on state trust lands you are required to have a state lands permit. While enforcement is nearly nonexistent, a deputy sheriff who doesn't like your bumper sticker could give you a ticket. Or you could be having a bad day and as you are carrying your bike back because you had four flats and ran out of patches you could meet one of the two or three State Land Department enforcement people, who had just been run off the trail by three gonzo outlaw mountain bikers.

To avoid this, and to be a law-abiding citizen, you'll need to shell out $15 for an annual permit ($20 for families). You will get a permit to carry on your person and a hang tag for your car. Even easier, give the nice folks a call at 520-628-5480 and they'll send you an application in the mail.

To give you an idea of where you need this permit, if you park at the cattleguard to ride the 50 Year Trail you need one. (If you park at Catalina State Park and ride ONLY on the 50 Year Trail -- no chutes or other jeep roads or trails -- you don't have to have one.) A lot of other riding areas, including parts of the Watermans, West Silverbells and of course, Fantasy Island, are either partially or wholly state trust lands.

The Tucson office no longer sells permits. You can download the form from the Internet and mail it, with your check, to Phoenix. Download their form (pdf).

For more information, please visit here.

SDMB Ride Leaders: Here is a information packet you might like to have for your rides. Please download, read, and print off a rider waiver sheet for your ride. You may also want a few club membership forms, too!

Tucson WIKI
A few months back Chad started a WIKI for keeping track of all of the trails in the Tucson area. Currently, the Tucson Mountain Park, Golder Ranch, Fantasy Island, Rillito and Santa Maria trail areas have significant sections described and mapped into Google Earth. A color coded rating system similar to "The Map" has been used for the Google Earth file. Each trail is linked to a corresponding entry in the WIKI that contains further description and ratings. If SDMB members would be interested in knowing of or contributing to this resource, please do so! The web address is http://tucsonbiketrails.wikispaces.com

North of Tucson (Mt. Lemmon, Catalina, Oracle, Willow Springs)
• Catalina State Park to the “Chutes.” also most of the Golder Ranch Area (1-A through 3-C) This map includes the Chutes, Deer Camp Loop, some additional trails.
• Oracle Ridge, Cody Trail, Arizona Trail (sweetness) (3-C)
• Charouleau Gap (3-C)
• 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo (2-B) Updated map Dec 2002
• Rail X and Honeybee Canyon (2-B)
• Baby Jesus (3-C)
• Meadow/Aspen Draw Trail on Mt. Lemmon (3-C)
• Peppersauce (to the cave), jeep trail and explore (3-B)
• La Milagrosa (3-D)
• The Bobby Trail System 1-A through 3-B
• Dove Mountain (2B)

West of Tucson (Tucson Mountain Park, The Watermans)
• Starr Pass and the rest of Tucson Mountain Park (1-A through 3-D)
• The Watermans (3-B) to (3-C)
• West Silverbells (3-B)
• SASCO (2-B)

South of Tucson (Santa Rita Mountains)
• Gardner Canyon (Kentucky Camp) (3-B)
• Elephant Head (3-B)
• Temporal Gulch (3-C)
• Keyhole (3-C)
• The IMBA Epic

Sierra Vista and points East
• Cochise Stronghold (3-B)
• The West side of the Dragoons (3-A)
• Tucson side of Cochise Stronghold
• Garden Canyon (3-B)
• Brown Canyon (3-B) If you don’t enjoy this you are in the wrong sport.
• Perimeter Trail (3-B) 10 mile loop of almost all single track

In the City of Tucson
• Fantasy Island (2-B)

East of Tucson (Redington Pass Area)
• Molino Basin to Bellota Ranch (3-C+)
• Chiva Falls (3-C)

HI-RESOLUTION map of the Tucson area which shows Arizona State Trust Land. The Trust land is in blue. You must have a permit to ride on any of the Trust l and.