The Hole-in-the-Rock Road near Escalante, Utah, is the route used in 1879 by Mormon pioneers on the way to settle the Four Corners region. Huge cliffs descending to the Colorado River blocked the way, so they blasted a slot through the rock where wagons could be lowered 1,000 feet down the the canyon bottom. This passage was named Hole-in-the-Rock, and evidence of the incredible event still remains. Lake Powell now occupies the bottom of the canyon where much of this accomplishment took place, but the road still exists and can be traveled year round by vehicle and by bike.
Category: Mountain Biking
Mountain biking The Bobsled
The Bobsled, a wild descent from the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, is a semi-technical series of rutted single track, stream beds, banking turns, jumps, obstacles, low-hanging branches, and several abandoned cars. Any mountain biker will tell you it’s is the only way to ride down between City Creek Canyon and Dry Creek as Bobsled is a sort of test piece for the Bonneville Shoreline. Talk to a fellow biker about riding above Salt Lake City, and they will always ask if you’ve tried Bobsled.
Mountain biking the White Rim Trail: Day four
The morning of the fourth day on the White Rim Trail broke clear and sunny. The horrible wind that plagued us the day before was gone, but the storm left cold air behind. We dusted ourselves off, packed up, ate breakfast and started biking the last leg of our trip.
Mountain biking the White Rim Trail: Day three
The warm weather and sunny skies were gone when we emerged from our tents on the morning of the third day on the White Rim Trail. It was overcast and the wind was not promising an easy ride. Keeping a positive attitude, and the hope that the weather would clear up later in the day, we ate breakfast and saddled up on our bikes.
Mountain biking the White Rim Trail: Day two
On the second day, the longest stretch lay before us. There was 28 miles to ride, split by the steepest hill on the trail, Murphy’s Hogback. The morning started out clear and sunny, and with the Hogback in mind, we loaded up on a big breakfast before packing up and heading out.
Mountain biking the White Rim Trail: Day one
The first day on the White Rim Trail started out freezing cold. The ground around the Island in the Sky Visitor Center was covered in snow, and a sharp wind was blowing across the top of the mesa. We bundled up in ski coats and gloves, and rode our bikes down the Shafer Trail switchbacks that descend to the White Rim of Canyonlands National Park.
The White Rim Trail (video)
Mountain biking the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park has been by far the best outdoor adventure of the spring so far. Four days and three nights cruising along some of the most scenic red-rock country in the world from the seat of a bike doesn’t get much better.
Mountain biking to Desolation Lake via Great Western Trail
The mountain biking trails in Salt Lake’s Mill Creek Canyon are very popular, including the trails to Dog Lake and the Great Western Trail which sees a lot of downhill traffic from bikers descending the Wasatch Crest Trail. However, it’s also a fun ride to go up the Great Western Trail and experience the Wasatch Crest going the other way.