We left this doozy for the end of our stay in Canyonlands. Big Springs Canyon to Wooden Shoe Canyon loop is one of the longer day hikes in the area and we LOVED it. It’s around 7.5 miles and starts from Campground A in the Needles Campground. What I liked about this hike is the …
Month: November 2025
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. Derek and I rode out a 4X4 road to a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River. …
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 Moab. It’s too long for a single day out and back, in fact it’s often bikepacked. …
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 the Needles District, this would be a good option for you. Slickrock Trail is under three …
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 Overlook. Please don’t attempt to ride this on a gravel bike. You will hate it and …
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 Mesa Sandstone that dominate the area. This park is remote and rugged. There aren’t hotels, restaurants or …
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. Allegedly, in March of 1948, a UFO was rumored to have been tracked by radar and …
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 of interbedded sandstone, shale, mudstone, coal, and silt. We’ve seen this topography/geology several times in our …
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 lot of sage, pinon pine and juniper. It being a weekday, we didn’t see any other …