Sam Rowland Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 This is a nice 2 day ride. It follows the "devils highway" old state route 666 now state route 191 also known as "The Coronado Trail". A good stopping point is the lodge at Hannigan's Meadow. This ride goes from desert to over 9000' elevation. https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1ZL-lLi7wAm8xSftyTrq_FupamRs Link to comment
ArmyGuy Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I've ridden this route while I lived in Sierra Vista. Heading up 191 and down 87 is a blast. Link to comment
MarkAZ Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 It's on my list for later this summer. Link to comment
Sam Rowland Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 It's on my list for later this summer. Mine too, my wife and I will be spending some time this summer in Pinetop/Lakeside area. Fishing and "bike" riding in the white mountains. Link to comment
longjohn Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 I did a long one day ride out of Chandler that included heading north on 191 then coming down 60 out of Show Low. What a great ride. Oh be sure to get off of 191 before dark as all sorts of animals start clogging the road after sundown. Link to comment
RecentConvert Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 An old thread in need of an update! We rode this loop of Highway 191 (Devil's Highway, AZ666 or Coronado Trail) north from Morenci and looped back on Hwy 180 and 78 on March 20, 2021. The hype for this road may have been well deserved in the past, but we found the southern half of 191 to have conditions bordering on dangerous. The road surface had crumbled and worse is that the crumbling is more prevalent in the corners. If this were the midwest we would attribute the gravel/sand to sanding the roads during the winter, but AZ does not sand this highway. I am glad we rode from South to North because the prospect of needing to touch the brakes descending into the turn could have really bad results. Is it worth the ride? Maybe. If the road surface were average or good, definitely yes. But it isn't. Be Careful!!! The portion of the highway through the copper mine is very cool. My favorite part. The 180 loop from Alpine to highway 78 was both beautiful and had a good to very good road surface. Was able to put some wear on the sides. Overall, I was dissappointed. Conditions: Warm (60s), sunny and windy Bike: 2014 R1200RT Two up Link to comment
chrisolson Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, RecentConvert said: Overall, I was dissappointed. I've always thought that 191 was a bit over-rated even when the surface was half-way decent. The mine is very interesting and overall there's nice scenery and Hannagan's Meadow is always a great stop, but generally too twisty if there is such a thing. The 180 / 78 loop is definitely much better. Also off 180 an interesting run is to take 32 north to 60 east through Pie Town across to Datil and back via 12 ... another option used to be to continue on 60 east to the VLA, but due to covid-19 it is closed to the public. Link to comment
AZgman Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Hopefully, AZ will repave Rt191 in the near future. I rode RT 191 last year and it wasn't too bad, it also wasn't too good (due to road condition) Link to comment
Ken S Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 11:56 AM, RecentConvert said: Overall, I was dissappointed. Thanks for the update. My RT is in Albuquerque and I was considering this run in April. I still may do some of it, but appreciate your warnings. I'd also like to see an UN back in this part of the western US sometime in coming years. Link to comment
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