Superior, Winkleman, Globe triangle

0 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Cruiser

I try to do this ride at least once a year. It is a good one in late fall though early spring when it is still to cold to head up into the mountains but it is to nice in the valley to be stuck in town. If you normally ride in the desert in the summer it is a fine run as well if you get an early start and plan on spending some time relaxing along the way so as not to get back into town when it is to hot in the middle of the day. A good little side trip is over to Coolidge Dam, which is not to far out of Globe.

6 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Other

This road certainly has it's moments of long sweepers and canyons/mountains. If you start at Superior and drop down to Winkleman you will see the first 10 miles displaying steep carving sweepers on a road that I would rate a 4 in terms of asphalt quality. Watch out for enormous mining equipment that is being driven or hauled on the road as the steep downhill grades will force them to a crawl. The last 10 miles to Winkleman are pretty straight with nice views of the bluffs and meadows.
You can gas up at Winkleman and food is limited, but there is a little mexican place on the right side of road when you get to Winkleman.
From Winkleman up to Globe in my opinion is the best part of the run as there are more long sweeping roads that carve through the mountains and the views are pretty good. Traffic is very light most of the time.

619 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Touring

Route 60 was delightful. In Globe you pass by the denuded landscape that the copper mines ruined. On the way south, we stopped in at Biosphere II. Traffic was light, although you go through some towns.