If you’ve been reading our blog lately you know we spent a couple weeks in Canyonlands National Park. I am behind on posting but here is another fantastic ride we did to experience one of the lesser visited areas....
Lockhart Basin Ride
There are some amazing remote gravel/rock road rides in the Canyonlands area. We rode Elephant Hill Road the other day and I blogged about it here. This time we decided to explore Lockhart Basin Road, the back road to...
Slickrock Hike
After two hard activity days we took an easier day and hiked a couple shorter spots in Canyonlands. First we hiked Slickrock Trail, then checked out Pothole Point and Stone Storehouse. If you only have a couple hours in...
Elephant Hill Ride to Confluence Overlook
Elephant Hill Road in Canyonlands is no joke. It’s a high clearance 4X4 dirt/gravel/sand/sheer rock road that goes into the remote backcountry. We decided to mountain bike it so we could get out to the Colorado River/Green River Confluence...
Chesler Park Hike
Canyonlands National Park in Utah is a huge expense divided into four districts. We’re dispersed camping in the Needles District for a couple weeks to ride, hike, and relax. The name “Needles” comes from the colorful spires of Cedar...
Alien Run Trails
The Alien Run Trails are technically challenging and scenic mountain bike trails routed near an alleged UFO crash site in Aztec, NM. The area boasts rugged singletrack winding through pinon tree and desert scrub badlands with playful slickrock areas....
Bisti Badlands
The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is a 60 mile remote rolling landscape of badlands with some of the most unusual scenery found in the Four Corners Region. Time and natural elements have etched a fantasy world of strange rock formations made...
Road Apple Trail System
Derek and I finally rode some of the trails in Farmington, NM. We started in the BLM Glade Run Recreation Area, featuring 19,000 acres of slick rock, rolling terrain, and sandy arroyos. This is high desert so there is a...
Jersey Jim Gravel Ride
Before the giant rain storm this past weekend, Derek and I rode our bikes on a loop up out of Mancos that went by the Jersey Jim Lookout and around towards Dolores before dropping back down to Transfer Campground....
Spruce Canyon Hike
Before the government shutdown, Derek and I hiked Spruce Canyon on a LOVELY day. It’s closed and you can’t hike it now, unfortunately. It’s not a terribly long hike but it gets down onto the canyon floor and never...