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Moab - Ride Report, many a public Thank You, and a few regrets.
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[QUOTE="Rodzilla, post: 779607, member: 16220"] Tony, I truely was my pleasure and I too hope we can get together and ride sometime. I am working on getting the information I gave you in a format I can share with anyone who wants it (guess I need to learn to make a web page) Including photos and GPS, unfortunately I broke my GPS antenna this trip. :think: Just got back myself from the area this weekend and here is a mini trip report. Tony did a good job of summing things up. But I want to say a few things in addition to his comments. First, Moab is about so much more than just the ride...if you are going out there looking for tight single track or tree riding look elsewhere, almost all of the trails are accessable by Jeep so keep that in mind. If you HATE rocks or sand...don't go, because that is pretty much all there is rocks X10 and if it ain't a rock it's sand or a sandy rock or rocky sand...take your pick ;) If you are an A or AA enduro guy and are looking for the hardest nastiest stuff, I can point you at some of that...but most of the miles of trails you might find boring (I have no illusions of my skills, I find many areas challenging but I know I am an average rider at best...took a really fast guy out and he was dissappointed...but he could care less about the scenery) But Moab is AMAZING for the sheer grandure of it. It truely is a national tresure. I've been there 20 times and I still burn 3 or four rolls of film each trip. Every 30 feet is another Kodak moment. My best riding bud (and best friend) is now back in Denver from the east coast (job transfer) and he met a friend from New Jersey who he talked into coming out. Jay, Doug and I left Denver Thursday afternoon for the 6 hour trip into Utah. Ford F-250 turbo diesel three bikes and a 30 foot camp trailer. Pulled into Moab about 10 pm. Friday morning we geared up and headed to Moab Diner (only place we eat breakfast) then up to Potash road (we're dual sported) to Poison Spider Mesa, rode through to Golden Spike to Golden Crack then down to Gemini Bridges trail head. We took a video camera and naturally I did a dirt sample in the first minute of filming (I'm such a spode) Quick trip to the gas station north of the trail head then off to Gemini Bridges, BLM has run a grader through this since my last visit so not too much to write home about. Down to Bull Canyon for a view of the bridges from below. Day one milage 100 (includes a few mile of interstate) We intended to finish this day with a evening ride to Klondike for sunset..but our east coast guy was pretty beat! Cold local brew and a pie at Eddie McStiffs rounded out the day. Saturday we head out to Sand flats, run around the slick rock trail then out to fins and things connect into the "back door" to Porcupine rim. Road the "rim" all the way through, the end (where most people turn around and go back) is about 4 miles of the only "real" single track in the area. Much of this is "hike a bike" for the mtn bikers (yea the pedel guys have to carry their bikes over much of this) Side hill with 200 feet down on one side and a wall on the other. Half way in we catch a guy who looks at our cycles and says: "You DO know what the end of this trial is like, right?" Yep. Pull the highway back to camp, total for the morning 68 miles. Eat and drive up to Arches National Park, hike in to two arches including the 3 mile loop (1.5 miles up hill, 1.5 miles down) to Delicate arch at sunset. Total hike miles, 5 man I miss my KTM on these trips! Sunday, "Technical day" Start the morning at the Diner then west to Pritchett Cyn. the Canyon is only about 5 miles long but with our skill sets it takes almost two hours. There are 7 major obsticals including a 4 foot vertical ledge. Most have silt sand leading up to them so getting a run at them is not an option. One bent subframe and broken bark buster later we get out of the canyon and onto "Behind the Rocks" as noted by Tony. Pull that through to the Highway with a quick stop at the sand dunes. Run to "Hole in the Rock" to refill the camelbacks then down to Kane creek. Complete the loop and your back to Kane Creek road in town. Total for the day 80 miles, total bike damage total...about $300 Sunday afternoon means shopping for trinkets in gratitude for the kitchen passes. Monday we head out the old highway and stop at Dewey bridge for a quick trip to Top of the World. Part of the Kokopelli Trail, it sits 30 miles out side of town so it doesn't see much traffic. But IMO the best view point in the region (well second to maybe Dead Horse point) Not a bad weekend (our east coast buddy, used to 90% humidity and tight trees, sleeps a good protion of the ride home) guess it was a job well done afterall :) [B]NOTE:[/B] We are in great danger of losing this incredible riding area. Southern Utah Wilderness Assoc. is trying really hard to get the BLM to close many of the areas. Unfortunatley the influx of Quads has not helped, there is much trail blazing going on in the desert. So please stay on the trails, pack out your trash and remember it takes years for things like banana peels and human waste to decay because there is so little moisture in the area. What can you do to help? Join BRC at Sharetrails.org or more directly to the area join Utah Shared Access alliance at [URL=http://www.USA-ALL.com]USA-ALL[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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