Of all the mountain bike rides in Utah, no trails can promise to have a little bit of everything quite like the Whole Enchilada in Moab. The name itself describes the ride, as it’s a trail that truly does have it all: from forested mountain singletrack, to doubletrack in sagebrush flats, to slickrock in red rock desert. Friend of Utah Outside, Jared Anderton, recently took a trip down the Whole Enchilada with his GoPro in tow, and brought back this awesome video.
Anderton describes the ride and video as such: “The Whole Enchilada is a 26-mile, 7,000 vertical foot descent that starts high in the La Sal mountains and finishes just outside of Moab, UT. On the way down, you pass through every type of terrain one can imagine in Utah – from alpine singletrack to desert slickrock… and everything else in between.
This ride is truly an epic. There’s really no way to condense it all into 5 minutes and still do it justice, but with this video my goal was to show just a little bit of everything you can expect to find along the way. The first weekend in October turned out to be the perfect time of year for this, with the fall colors in full effect and the temperatures on the cooler side by Moab standards.
Shot with GoPro HD at 960p and edited in Final Cut Pro 7. Song is “Finally Moving” by Pretty Lights.”
To watc more of Anderton’s videos of outdoor adventure in Utah, check out his Vimeo page.