Will technology never cease? With the proliferation of pocket-sized cameras flooding the outdoor recreation marketplace, it’s never been easier to document your totally rad descent of Wicked Hell Peak, or show off that epic mountain bike ride through Tacky Love Canyon… so to speak. Everything from HD GoPros to our smartphones allow easy recording...
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Mountain bikers who are first starting out may be intimidated while riding on Moab slickrock for the first time. Luckily, the Bar M and Lazy EZ loops are just north of town and provide a place where beginners can earn their slickrock chops, ride some single track and dirt roads, and feel damn good about it. First,...
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The nice thing about Utah, is that it could be puking snow outside in the north, and be sunny and warm down in St. George and Hurricane. For those of you who despise the snow, and hate (or don’t know) how to ski, then mountain biking down south can be the only way of...
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Mountain bikers like loops. Something in a gearhead’s DNA must get them excited about being able to start and end a ride in the same place. Well, the Hurricane Rim Loop is a nice, long loop that tours a wide range of singletrack options in the area by combining three popular trails into a...
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Gooseberry Mesa is lousy with exceptional mountain biking trails. There are dozens of ways to make loop rides on any number of singletrack and slickrock sections to match your skill level. The Windmill Loop is one such popular ride that, while short, contains a little bit of everything you’d expect from biking on “The...
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Think of Utah slickrock, and Moab immediately springs to mind. But the fact is, some of the best slickrock mountain biking in the state can be found on Gooseberry Mesa, just outside Zion National Park. It’s no secret among the fat tire community that Gooseberry Mesa features some of the most awesome, if not legendary, mountain...
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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...
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Jacob’s Ladder, located in Draper’s Corner Canyon, is a good trail option among the network of mountain biking and hiking routes in the area. Corner Canyon itself features short, before work out-and-backs, long loops, steep hill-climbs, technical descents, nice scenery, and links to other trails such as the Bonneville Shoreline. Although most bikers tend...
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It’s Tour des Suds time already! Nothing says fall mountain bike season is near than by dressing up in a crazy costume, mounting a decorated bike, then grinding 2,700 feet up a grueling hill climb from Park City to the top of Guardsman Pass. So that’s exactly what people will be doing at the 31st annual Tour...
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The 3rd annual Mount Ogden 50/100k mountain bike endurance race is coming up fast. The 2011 event takes place on August 27 at Snowbasin Resort. A few changes have been made this year, most notably the deletion of the team relay 100k. Now anyone who wants to grind their pedals all day through the...
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