After a couple weeks in Hurricane, Utah we moved on to Torrey, Utah right outside Capitol Reef National Park. We are further north and higher up. Our boondocking spot is around 6700′ and we had to endure a cold spell last night…and a bit of snow this morning. No biggie, break out the giant tub …
Month: April 2021
National Parks are kind of a shit show these days. I think it’s just that I am so used to being away from cities and crowds that sometimes the whole scene is a little much. Late one afternoon we drove a few miles outside Zion National Park and rode the rest of the way to …
Camping right on the trail system makes riding so easy! We spent several days riding different loops in the Hurricane Cliffs trail system right from camp. I won’t bore you with details of all the trails we rode, just look at a couple pretty pictures. After returning from a ride one day we discovered that …
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. We started from a parking lot in Hurricane Cliffs along the Virgin River and rode up …
It’s no secret I am not enthusiastic about hiking on popular trails with lots of folks around. The hike out to Northgate Peaks in Zion National Park has to be timed right or you will come across lots of families since the first couple miles are easy. Our hike was 6 miles with 1100′ of …
Woohoo, for this ride we started with Wire Mesa which is one of my favorite loops in the area, and added some new to us trails for a great ride of 21.3 miles with 1620′ of climbing. There are two ways to get to this ride and I can no longer recommend going at it …
We are boondocking on the trail network here in Hurricane and it is very convenient to ride right from camp. Our first mountain bike loop was 25 miles with 2433′ of climbing. As I mentioned the other day, this is not our first time in the area. We have been coming to ride the trails …
From camp we can see the magnificent towering cliffs and mesas of Zion. We took a morning to hike Eagle Crags just outside the park and loved it. This hike is 7 miles with 1300′ of climbing with great views across the valley to Zion. The best part of this hike is you don’t have …
Even though we have been enjoying warm sunny weather (Derek would say it’s hot), our ride to Kolob Reservoir was a good reminder that winter just happened. Our out and back ride to the reservoir was 27 miles with 2830′ of climbing. Kolob Reservoir is a 250 acre “lake” created in 1956 by the Kolob …
After spending a month in Nevada we moved a state and we’re up in Utah. We didn’t make it very far though, we’re back in Hurricane, UT. We have been here a handful of times over the past couple decades and love it. Last time we stayed at some friends’ property but we’re boondocking this …