After taking a week off from riding, we eased back in with a gravel ride from our boondocking spot out along the west side of Palisades Reservoir. Our ride was an out and back of 22.4 miles with 2090′...
Wild Horse Canyon
We are boondocking right off the Wild Horse Canyon Road that runs between Green River and the highway east of Rock Springs. For our last day in Green River we rode out and back on the gravel road to...
Temple Mountain Gravel Loop
We already posted about the mountain bike trails in Goblin Valley State Park, which unfortunately are the only real mountain bike trails nearby. There are a lot of off-road (OHV) routes around here that are popular with the jeep...
Smith Mesa Gravel Ride
Wow! We hit the scenery and solitude jackpot with this part paved and part gravel/dirt road ride. Our ride up Smith Mesa, around the backside of Zion and down Kolob Terrace was around 33 miles with 3079′ of climbing....
Gravel Ride to Gold Butte Town Site
All the roads out here are gravel but pretty rough in some spots. So, we rode our mountain bikes out to the historic Gold Butte town site. Our ride was 35 miles with 2610’ of climbing. This was an...
Lava Butte Gravel Ride
A big part of our time on the road is spent exploring areas. Our ride the other day is a perfect example! We rode some gravel roads just outside Lake Mead National Recreation Area. We rode up and down...
Aguereberry Point
Derek and I rode our bikes up to Aguereberry Point. We started from the Wildrose Campground and rode out and back for a total of 33 miles with 3745’ of climbing. The first half of the road is on...
Mt Hopkins Gravel Ride
From our boondocking spot we can see the top of Mt Hopkins and today we rode up to the gate at the top where the Smithsonian Fred Whipple Observatory is. Our recording messed up with the GPS signal in...
Ruby South Ride
Dirty Freehub posted details of this route last year and it looked intriguing so we checked it out. This is definitely one that is best ridden on mountain bikes because the gravel road is very washboarded in long sections....
Adobe Ruins Ride
We debated what bikes to ride for about half an hour and according to Derek, we chose wrong. Our ride out Forest Rd 143 to the adobe ruins at Alto was 26 miles with 3544′ of climbing. The rocky...