Winter Riding (smaller town)
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Not sure what kind of ridding your looking for, but check out Sonoita. AZT runs right through the area, couple of wineries and a nice brew pub in town.
We dd St. George a couple of winters ago. It's good, but my wife is wanting somewhere that's warmer than that. My son and I love St. George/Virgin area, but it was still pretty chilly. We did Las Cruces last Thanksgiving, and that was pretty awesome weather-wise, but the riding wasn't great.
As for type of riding: we are definitely gravity-focused with my son leaning heavily toward freeride (hence Virgin a couple of years back). He's pumped on Tucson because of the skate parks and dirt jumps, but I would love to stay somewhere fairly quiet, personally.
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I really like Kingman but they don’t have any park riding or real dh.
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This^
Bootleg and Vegas may just be the best winter riding spot in the country
lets go next month for a couple days sinatorj. I’m down to camp.
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Me three.
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That’s where we should go!
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100% agree. However its not gravity focused ridding. Its for sure more XC/Trail ridding.
Wanting to be gravity focused, Tucson is going to be a better choice. If you don't mind driving to trail heads, check out Oro Valley or Oracle. They're on the north side of Tucson, and while not small towns, they do offer peace and quiet unlike the middle of Tucson. 50 year trail is one of my personal favorites in the state, and its right there. You can drive down to ride the other side of Mt Lemon as well.
Awesome, thanks!
And for those recommending LV, we're driving in from Arkansas for like a week (too many bikes to fly).. so Tucson is about as far as we're willing to drive.
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Or Tanque Verde Guest Ranch, if you're looking to be on the south east side.
Tucson's a big-small town. My noisiest neighbors are coyote.
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Maybe consider Cottonwood. It won't be quite as warm as Tucson but has an old downtown is a smaller town, and with Clarkdale and nearby Jerome some of the old mining town flavor. Deadhorse Ranch has some fun riding and there also is the new Blowout Wash system. Sedona is a 15 min drive, Black Canyon trail is 30 min, and any number of rides in Phoenix 90 min. There are bike parks in both Cottonwood and Sedona and DH shuttle options off Mingus Mtn although the latter likely snowed out at the top during that time frame.
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Wha? Tell me more!
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I presume you know about the one in Sedona which is pretty sweet and is a big part of the Sedona Mtn Bike Festival. The new one in Cottonwood was built last spring on the hill behind Mountain View Preparatory and is open to the public.
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Nice! My mother in law is in Cottonwood. I'll have to make sure I bring the bike the next time I visit 
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Oh, I thought you meant bike park as in gravity trails and at least shuttling, if not lifts. I do think that the term should be "DH park" or "DH resort" or whatever, but the industry has taken to calling them just "bike parks", which doesn't help to differentiate between things like this and even pump tracks...
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How about skills park? Either way, no lift access or DH Parks in Arizona unless you count Sunrise.
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