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Broken Mesa Rim Mountain Bike Trail
St. George, Utah
MTB TRAIL STATS
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1 trail review |
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Difficulty:  Advanced |
| Length: 0 miles | Global Rank: 1388 |
| Tread: Singletrack | Configuration: Loop |
| Ridden: 11 | Wishlist: 12 |
Directions:
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Description: The trail starts at the northern end of the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. You'll make an initial singletrack climb up some fairly buff switchbacks. At 0.5 mile, the trail reaches a doubletrack with a pipeline on the far side. Find the continuing singletrack trail on your right, just across the pipeline. Now the climb gets a bit more technical, with frequent basalt rocks to negotiate.
At mile 1, the trail reaches the Broken Mesa Rim. It twists through juniper and brush, with more basalt boulders to keep things interesting. At mile 1.6, the downhill begins. The trail twists for 5 miles towards the edge of the cliffs at Washington, first in juniper and rock, then on the mesa-top.
At the edge of the mesa, you'll drop at a 20% grade through the broken lava. It's not as bad as it looks. Nothing too tricky here; just hang your butt back and aim the front tire straight down the trail. You'll be fine.
added in 2003 by guest
Description: The trail starts at the northern end of the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. You'll make an initial singletrack climb up some fairly buff switchbacks. At 0.5 mile, the trail reaches a doubletrack with a pipeline on the far side. Find the continuing singletrack trail on your right, just across the pipeline. Now the climb gets a bit more technical, with frequent basalt rocks to negotiate.
At mile 1, the trail reaches the Broken Mesa Rim. It twists through juniper and brush, with more basalt boulders to keep things interesting. At mile 1.6, the downhill begins. The trail twists for 5 miles towards the edge of the cliffs at Washington, first in juniper and rock, then on the mesa-top.
At the edge of the mesa, you'll drop at a 20% grade through the broken lava. It's not as bad as it looks. Nothing too tricky here; just hang your butt back and aim the front tire straight down the trail. You'll be fine.
added in 2003 by guest 
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by JackPompanoBeach on August 19, 2009
This trail is insane! It's a lot of climbing up to the Mesa, we went dirt road and singletrack. Once up, it's a lot of rocky, fun, technical fast single track, then a loose, softball to basketball sized lava rock downhill that is crazy. To get back out to the water tower(where we parked) was a really tough climb out, but it was so worth it...the views here, like everywhere else in Utah, are spectacular.
Additional Utah Mountain Bike Info
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 |  Mountain Biking Utah |  | Mountain Bike America Moab |
 | Backcountry Moab - Where The Tours Don't Go |  | Mountain Bike! Southern Utah |
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