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 single…
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Mountain biking Windmill Loop on Gooseberry Mesa
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 Goose.”…
Mountain Biking Gooseberry Mesa Rim Loop
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 bike…
Video: Mountain Biking the Whole Enchilada
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…
Mountain biking Jacob’s Ladder
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 to…
Mountain bike the 31st annual Tour des Suds
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 des…
Grind your pedals at Mount Ogden 50/100k mountain bike race
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 singletrack…
Mountain biking the Wasatch Crest Trail
The Wasatch Crest Trail is probably the most famous mountain biking route in the Salt Lake area. There are many good reasons for its legendary status, such as an extremely well maintained single track, incredible views of Big Cottonwood Canyon and the Park City area, open spaces, old-growth forest, alpine lakes, and simple fact that…
Mountain biking the Pipeline Trail in Mill Creek Canyon
The Pipeline Trail in Mill Creek Canyon is a well known and crowded trail filled with mountain bikers, trail runners, dog walkers and hikers. Despite the traffic, as a mountain bike trail it’s really fun and great for beginners. Overall, the Pipeline Trail is flat with only a few steep up and down sections. The…
Crusher in the Tushar brings “RoadDirt” bike racing to Utah
A new, one-of-a-kind bike race happens this July 16th in Utah, and it promises to be a “crusher.” The Crusher in the Tushar is the brainchild of professional cyclist, T. Burke Swindlehurst, who has been thinking for years about organizing a road/dirt mountain bike race around his hometown in Beaver. The Crusher in the Tushar…