Comments on: Utah Mountain Bike Trails I’d Like to Ride Again (and Again!)

By: RideMoabUTah

RideMoabUTah — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:42:31 +0000

Over 40 miles of trails were added to Moab’s Mtn Bike Trail system last year 2011. You can see the updated trail descriptions and maps at http://www.discovermoab.com/biking.htm.

And Geoff of the Moab Trail Mix crew recently advised these updated trail facts about new trails since January 1 2012:

Klondike Bluff area:
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Dino-Flow. 4.6 miles
UFO. 1.6 miles
EKG add on 1.5 miles
Agate Loops 2.6 miles
Jasper Loop & connectors 2.3 miles

Moab Brands:
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O to 40 (extension on Circle O) 0.1 mile
Now working on Killer Bike 0.2 mile
Sidewinder 1.6 mi, and Maverick 0.4 mi, trails Scheduled for October

Gemini Bridges-Mag 7 area:
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Getaway. 4.4 miles
7-Up. 9.4 miles (2.0 mi ST with 7.4 mi two-track)

Klonzo area:
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8.5 miles projected to be built before Dec 30

Donate some time to the Trail Mix while you are here. There are some good people to connect with in that posse.

By: skibum

skibum — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:53:11 +0000

With over 300 trails under my knobbies, Gooseberry May be #1. I’m sure I could ride that puppy every day and never tire of it. Right next door is the equally scenic and entertaining Little Creek Mountain (actually another mesa, sort of a non-identical twin to Gooseberry). LCM is actually somewhat more varied than Gooseberry, with a cool mix of slickrock and singletrack.

Intrepid is an amazing trail. My wife, who had never been on knobbies and is most defintiely not an extreme sports type, loved it (the full, 9 mile version)–as did I. Lots of trails claime to be easy enough for a beginner but entertaining for an advanced rider, but few deliver–this one does.

In my experience, the real gem at the Brands Trails is Deadman’s Ridge. This trail gives you feature after feature after feature, each one flowing seamlessly to the next. If you get out there Madd, I highly recommend incorporating this one into your route (best run from North to South after completing EZ or Lazy, and then you can roll into Bar B for a wicked fun techy ride.

By: mtbgreg1

mtbgreg1 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:54:28 +0000

They all sounds like great destinations! Man, there are just SO MANY great trails out there that I need to explore!

By: maddslacker

maddslacker — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:24:32 +0000

I’m heading to Outerbike in October, so I suspect I’ll see a bunch more of the Brand Trails then.

By: mtbikerchick

mtbikerchick — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:15:31 +0000

@maddslacker: During that trip we took the Bar M to the Bar B, road it, then came back around to the Rockin’ A and Circle O. That was a few years ago. Last year, because of the new parking area, everything seemed a little more difficult to find…

By: maddslacker

maddslacker — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:12:20 +0000

I’ve been wanting to go to Gooseberry for a long time, I need to get that out of the wishlist and into the ‘rode it’ category!

Clearly I didn’t go far enough into the Brand Trails, that looks like more fun than anything I found there.

By: mtbikerchick

mtbikerchick — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:12:12 +0000

@Jared13: You’re welcome! The crypto is all over out here, both on hiking trails and bike trails. It makes staying on the trail even more important.

By: Jared13

Jared13 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:09:49 +0000

I had to google “cryptobiotic soil.” Thanks for the write up and the nature lesson!

By: PanzerTrekk

PanzerTrekk — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:54:20 +0000

Beautiful. Thank you for the write up.

By: mtbikerchick

mtbikerchick — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:38:10 +0000

I haven’t ridden in Park City or in the SLC area itself, but I plan to remedy that in about a month! We’re tacking a day in SLC onto our Tahoe trip, so I’ll at least get to experience the Mid-Mountain trail or Wasatch Crest. Brian Head is a neat place.

By: jeff

jeff — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:32:46 +0000

Even with a month of Sundays it would be tough to ride everything in Moab or St. George. Well, ok, maybe it would be possible to ride it all but I wouldn’t get tired of it!

The Brian Head area looks pretty amazing, I gotta add this to my wishlist. Have you ridden in Park City at all? That seems like another area like St. George or Moab with so many great trails you gotta keep going back for more.