There are a lot of dirt or gravel forest roads and unpaved country roads in the Mancos Valley to explore. Derek and I rode this a few years ago when we were in the area and enjoyed it so I rode it again the other day. What I like about this ride is that the …
I call this the Chicken Creek Gravel Loop but part of it is paved. We have ridden this loop before and it’s always so beautiful and fun. No different this time. I did roll the dice with the weather and ehhh, you win some and lose some. I got sprinkled on. The climbing on this …
Wow, these year end review posts are always so fun. We went a lot of places this past year and saw a lot of new things. It’s a big wide world out there and as we go into year 7 fulltime RV travelling, lets look back at some of the magic of 2024. We visited …
On our drive to St. George where we are camping for two weeks, we passed Snow Canyon State Park and made a note to get out there to check it out. There are a multitude of paved bike paths all over the area and we made good use of them. Snow Canyon State Park is …
AllTrails showed a hike, ride, or drive out to a Giant Sequoia tree near where we are camping in Southern Utah so we routed a ride to see it. The rough dirt forest service road leaves from the interstate at Browse, Utah. We parked just off the highway and hopped on our mountain bikes to …
Our last ride in the Great Basin area went up into the hills and Black Horse Canyon towards Mount Moriah. It was purely exploratory because we knew nothing about the roads. It was mostly a success. The gravel/dirt was pretty good for the most part as we headed up into the canyon. As the story …
There isn’t much mountain biking on singletrack in the area of Great Basin National Park, but there are a lot of dirt roads that go up into different mountains and canyons. We rode Osceola Road and around Sacramento Pass on previous days, this time we road out and back into the park on the dirt …
There isn’t much of the historic town left, be we rode our bikes out and back on dirt/gravel to see Osceola. It was a straightforward ride climbing out and descending on the way back. After a mind boggling 12 mile gold-bearing quartz vein was discovered in 1872, a placer mining community took form in this …
Our new two week spot by Great Basin National Park provides a lot of exploring opportunities. There is a great short rocky < 3mile hike with some spectacular views, and a lot of dirt/gravel roads to explore too. We’re camping at 6727′ but these mountains are high! Wheeler Peak is 13,065. Not a lot of …
On a cool morning we rode what we call the Bridle Trail Loop. This was not our first time doing this loop so we knew what to expect. The trail follows the Barlow Road – part of the Oregon Trail followed by pioneers in wagon trains coming to Oregon and wanting to avoid rafting their …